Transfer - Mali - Seydou Keita joins Italian side Roma

Mali's Seydou Keita has signed a one-year deal with Italian side AS Roma.

6 Jun 2014
2014 World Cup - warm up - Nigeria vs Greece 0:0

Keshi feels these games have given him and his players an insight into what lies ahead. "All I need is the mentality and discipline to dominate the game and take chances," he added. "In friendlies you can correct your mistakes but in a tournament it can cost us dearly.

5 Jun 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - COACH - SA will not renew the contract of coach Gordon Igesund

 "The contract of Gordon Igesund will not be renewed when it expires on August 31," national football association president Danny Jordaan told a Soweto news conference.

4 Jun 2014
2014 World Cup - squad - Nosa Igiebor cut from Nigeria squad

Nosa Igiebor is one of the seven players to be dropped from Nigeria's final 23-man squad for the World Cup. The Real Betis midfielder and Parma's Joel Obi, who both faced Scotland in last week's 2:2 draw, have been plagued by injury this season. The other players to miss out are goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi, midfielders Ejike Uzoenyi and Nnamdi Oduamadi.

4 Jun 2014
2015 Africa Cup qualifier - 2nd round- fixtures

Qualifying - second round- fixtures

• 18.-20.07.14: Congo vs Rwanda -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Rwanda vs Congo -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Benin vs Malawi -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Malawi vs Benin -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Lesotho vs Kenya -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Kenya vs Lesotho -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Sierra Leone vs Seychelles -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Seychelles vs Sierra Leone -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Uganda vs Equatorial Guinea -:-
• 01.-13.08.14: Equatorial Guinea vs Uganda -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Tanzania vs Mozambique -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Mozambique vs Tanzania -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Botswana vs Guinea Bissau -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Guinea Bissau vs Botswana -:-

 

3 Jun 2014
2014 World Cup - squad - Idrissou dropped from Cameroon squad

Mohamadou Idrissou is one of the five players to be dropped from Cameroon's final squad for the World Cup. The 34-year-old Kaiserslautern striker has struggled in recent times and missed a penalty in a 2:1 friendly loss to Paraguay last week. Otherwise coach Volker Finke has opted for a tried and trusted line-up for his World Cup squad. 

3 Jun 2014
2015 Africa Cup qualifier - 1st round- 2nd leg - all results

Lesotho an Rwanda advance in AFCON qualifying

2 Jun 2014
2014 World Cup - warm up - Eto'o helps Cameroon to draw with Germany

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's late equaliser earned Cameroon a 2:2 draw in a friendly in Germany. Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring just after the hour when he turned in from Choupo-Moting's pass.

2 Jun 2014
2015 Africa Cup qualifier - 1st round- 2nd leg - results so far

Rwanda pull off surprise win over Libya - Rwanda shocked Libya in the second leg of their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, winning 3:0 at home to progress to the next round.

• Rwanda vs Libya 3:0
• Uganda vs Madagascar 1:0
• Sierra Leone vs Swaziland 1:0
• South Sudan vs Mozambique 0:0
• Comoros Islands vs Kenya 1:1
Lesotho vs Liberia 2:0

1 Jun 2014

2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 10 - GROUP F & GROUP G - PREVIEW

GROUP F
Argentina vs Iran -:-
Nigeria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina -:-

GROUP G 
Germany vs Ghana -:-

 

SQUADS:
NIGERIA GHANA ARGENTINA GERMANY IRANBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 

 

KEY-PLAYERS:
ARGENTINA: Lionel Messi GHANA: Michael Essien NIGERIA: Obi Mikel

 

 

GHANA boosted by return of Essien

Ghana midfielder Michael Essien has returned to full training to boost his side before Saturday's World Cup Group G match against Germany.

The 31-year-old suffered a toe injury in the 2:1 defeat by United States in their opening match on Monday and was forced to rest on Wednesday.

However, the ex-Chelsea man played a full part in Thursday's drills. Essien is likely to be in the starting line-up to face Germany, having been a substitute against United States.

Coach Kwesi Appiah was criticised for leaving out Essien and Kevin-Prince Boateng from his first starting XI, although both players were brought on in the second half.

The pair were unable to prevent Ghana falling to an 86th minute winner by John Brooks that leaves the Africans needing to get something from their meeting with Germany.

If Ghana suffer a second defeat and United States beat Portugal in the group's other game, the Black Stars will be out of the tournament.

Appiah said: "It's not going to be easy to qualify from the group, but we'll give everything to do just that. "We're going to have to play well against Germany and I know we'll give them a good game."

 

 

21 Jun 2014
(BBC Sport UK)

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