Accra News
Ghana wins Under-20 football World Cup
Ghanaians are celebrating victory in the Under-20 football World Cup in Egypt after their team clinched a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over Brazil. This is the first time that an African team has won the...
Accra News
National Sports Festival in Accra
The government has decided to resurrect the national sports festival in a bid to unearth new talent in the various sporting disciplines, Ghana news agency reports. The festival, once an annual event,...
Accra News
National Sports Festival in Accra
The government has decided to resurrect the national sports festival in a bid to unearth new talent in the various sporting disciplines, Ghana news agency reports. The festival, once an annual event,...
Maputo News
Maputo stadium not ready for World Cup
The new 42,000-seat stadium under construction in Zimpeto north of the capital will not be ready in time for next year
Cairo News
The FIFA U20 world cup, the biennial world championship of association football for players aged under 20, opens in Egypt on 24 September.
The opening match, between hosts Egypt and Trinidad and T...
Cape Town News
2010 World Cup volunteers needed.
Organisers of the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa are looking for 15,000 volunteers to help run the competition. Prospective applicants can come from any country, must be 18 or older on 1 Marc...
Lagos News
U17 football world cup hangs in the balance.
Nigeria may be stripped of its right to host the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) under-17s world cup from 24 October to 15 November this year due to serious delays in preparat...
Addis Ababa News
Addis school children run for Europe Day.
Roughly 2,000 schoolchildren in Addis Ababa will be taking part in the fifth edition of the annual road race to mark Europe Day on 9 May. The event itself will take place the following day, 10 May, on...
Addis Ababa News
East African Cross Country Championship.
Ethiopia will hold the East African Cross Country Championship on 22 February. At least four athletes from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Egypt, Tanzania, Somalia and Djibouti are expected to take pa...
Cape Town News
Cape Town Tens rugby tournament.
The first edition of the Cape Town Tens rugby tournament will kick off on 7 February. The two-day competition will be held at Hamilton RFC at Green Point, the oldest rugby club in South Africa. It is...
Lagos News
African Footballer of the Year.
The annual African Footballer of the Year award function is to take place in Lagos on 10 February, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said. The ceremony should have been held in Benin in...
Accra News
Ghanaian women in South Pole expedition.
Two women from Ghana have been shortlisted by the Commonwealth Women
Cape Town News
2010 World Cup mascot unveiled.
A bright yellow leopard with spiky green hair, green shorts and a white T-shirt is the mascot for the next World Cup football tournament, to be held in South Africa in 2010.
