FIFA rankings - Egypt makes big leap in latest rankings

Egypt have climbed up more places than any other African country in Fifa's latest world rankings for March.

14 Mar 2014
2014 World Cup - warm up - Ghana

Ghana Sports Minister Elvis Ankrah is confident the team will prepare in the right way for a successful World Cup.

12 Mar 2014
2014 World Cup - warm up - African sides ready

All five of Africa's World Cup finalists are in action this week as they continue their preparations for this summer's tournament in Brazil.
(Algeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Côte d'Ivoire; Nigeria)

5 Mar 2014
stars in Europe - Yaya Toure's incredible journey

He won the Champions League and two La Liga titles while with Barca. Toure also won league titles in Greece and England, and domestic cups in each country too. According to the people who know him best, Yaya Toure always had the ability and ambition he needed to make his journey from a barefooted boy footballer to one of the best players in the world. 

22 Feb 2014
stars in Europe - AC Milan set to sign Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien

Chelsea have agreed a deal with AC Milan to sell midfielder Michael Essien to the Italian side. Essien has flown in for talks and a medical with Clarence Seedorf's underachieving Serie A club.

25 Jan 2014
NATIONAL LEAGUE - TUNISIA - COACH - Ruud Krol appointed as new Esperance coach

The 64-year-old former Dutch World Cup captain joined the Tunisian side only a day after leading CS Sfaxien to glory in the Confederation Cup with a 3:2 aggregate win over TP Mazembe. Krol's departure ends a successful year at the club in which he also led the Tunisians to a first league title in eight years in May. "It was my decision to leave. 

20 Jan 2014

NATIONAL TEAM - COACH - Rwanda want Stephen Constantine as coach

Rwanda have offered Briton Stephen Constantine a two-year deal to become their new national team coach.  The Federation of Rwandan Football Associations (Ferwafa) needs a successor to Eric Nshimiyimana, whose contract ends on 31 July. Former Millwall first-team coach Constantine, 51, has experience of African football, having managed Malawi from February 2007 to April 2008.

Constantine is expected to hold discussions with Ferwafa on Thursday. Rwanda Football Association (Ferwafa) spokesman Vedaste Kayiranga told BBC Sport on Wednesday morning that a deal had been agreed in principle. Former Ghana coach Ratomir Djukovic, Botswana coach Peter Butler and Ex-Tanzania coach Kim Poulsen had been among those in the running but Kayiranga. said: "We are impressed with Constantine and he is also ready to come and work."

Constantine, who holds a UEFA pro licence, recently helped Nea Salamis in the Cypriot First Division to gain promotion to the First Division. He has managed the national sides of Nepal, India, Malawi and Sudan. Ferwafa said it hopes to finalise the deal over the weekend in Tunisia where Rwanda takes on Libya in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Newly-appointed assistant coach Cassa Andre Mbungo is expected to be in-charge of the game against Libya.

A statement on Ferwafa's website  added: "There are a few details we need to discuss with Constantine before he can officially be unveiled as the head coach."

 

 

15 May 2014
(BBC Sport UK)

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