Africa

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  Bundesliga outfit Werder Bremen heading to South Africa

  One-time Bundesliga champions SV Werder Bremen were impressed by the training facilities South Africa has to offer on a recent...

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  2018 AWCON: Cameroon coach hoping to win competition

  Coach of Cameroon female team, Bernadette Annor is hopeful of a successful Africa Women's Championship.Cameroon have been drawn in...

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  2018 AWCON: Adjoa Bayor believes Ghana can win tournament

  Former Black Queens captain Adjoa Bayor believes the current team has what it takes to win this year's Africa Women's...

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  2018 AWCON: Coach Bash not perturbed with lack of friendly matches ahead of competition

  Coach of the senior female national team, Bashir Hayford says he is not worried with the lack of international friendly...

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  Benzarti describes his sacking by Tunisia as 'humiliating and insulting'

  Faouzi Benzarti, who was sacked as Tunisia's head coach on Saturday having just secured the country's qualification for next year's...

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  Tunisia sack head coach Faouzi Benzarti just days after Afcon qualification

  Tunisia have sacked their head coach Faouzi Benzarti, just four days after he helped the Carthage Eagles qualify for the...

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  Ex-Guinea international Ismael Bangoura convicted of fraud

  Ex-Guinea international Ismael Bangoura has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence and fined more than 130,000 euros after being...

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  Ghana, Nigeria named top seeds

  Host Ghana and holders Nigeria have been named top seeds ahead of the draw of the final tournament of the...

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  All set for Awcon draw with Ghana legends Adjoa Bayor and Sulemana set to play a key roles

  Two of Ghana’s women’s football legends, Adjoa Bayor and Memunatu Sulemana have been named assistants for the final draw of...

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  Odion Ighalo: ‘Threat to family not enough to make me quit’

  Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo says death threats aimed at his family after the World Cup were not enough to make...

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  Fifa to lift Sierra Leone ban after end of Johansen trial

  Fifa will consider lifting Sierra Leone's suspension from international football after the corruption case against the country's FA President Isha...

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  Real Madrid face African trip to UD Melilla in Copa del Rey round of 32

  Real Madrid will visit the African continent in the Copa del Rey after drawing third tier UD Melilla in the...

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  AFCON qualifying winners and losers

  KweséESPN takes a look at the biggest winners and losers after the first four matchdays of Africa Cup of Nations...

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  Africa Cup of Nations: Rewards for Malagasy history makers

  Madagascar's government has rewarded the country's football team for qualifying for a first Africa Cup of Nations finals.The Barea...

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  The Gambia protest over Togo defender Adewale Olufade

  The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) has written a formal complaint to the Confederation of African Football over the eligibility of...

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  AWCON 2018: Kenya replace Equatorial Guinea at Women's Africa Cup of Nations

  Football Kenya Federation (FKFF) has announced the Harambee Starlets have replaced Equatorial Guinea at the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of...

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  Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has hand surgery

  Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has had surgery on a hand injury.The 26-year-old sustained the injury while on international duty...

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  Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony close to return from cruciate knee injury

  Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony is set to return to first-team training after eight months on the sidelines.Bony, 29,...

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  Chiefs star involved in car accident

  Kaizer Chiefs have received a scare after midfielder Lebo Manyama was involved in a car accident on Tuesday, but has...