STARS IN EUROPE - IVORY COAST - YAYA TOURE - MAN CITY MIDFIELDER - MY FUTURE IS AT ETIHAD

Toure, who signed a new four-year deal last season, also wants to see more signings in the coming weeks to help establish City as a "massive" club.

30 Jul 2014
TRANSFER - Guinea - Crewe Alexandra - Mathias Pogba exit will raise transfer funds

The Guinea international, who missed the first five months of last season with a knee injury as Crewe finished four points outside the relegation zone in League One, found the net 21 times in 63 appearances for the Alex.

30 Jul 2014
TRANSFER - GHANA - International Player Jordan Ayew signs for Lorient

He made a switch last winter by spending six months on loan at Sochaux, where his five goals in 17 matches could not prevent the club from relegation from the top flight.

29 Jul 2014
African Confederation Cup 2014 - group stage - 4TH MATCHES - All RESULTS

Group A
• 27 July: Coton Sport vs Asec Mimosas 2:1
• 27 July: AC Leopards vs Real Bamako 1:2
Group B    
• 27 July: Al Ahly vs Sewe Sports 1:0
• 27 July: Nkana vs Etoile du Sahel 4:3

28 Jul 2014
AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2014 - GROUP STAGE - 4TH MATCHES - All RESULTS

Fixtures & Results
Group A    
• 27 July: Vita Club vs Al Hilal 2:1
• 27 July: Zamalek vs TP Mazembe 0:0
Group B
• 25 July: Al-Ahly Benghazi vs Entente Setif 0:2
• 26 July: Sfaxien vs Esperance 1:0

28 Jul 2014
COACHES - SOUTH AFRICA - EPHRAIM 'SHAKES' MASHABA NAMED AS NEW COACH

Mashaba, more commonly known as 'Shakes', has had two previous caretaker spells with the senior team and was the permanent coach between August 2002 and November 2003.

27 Jul 2014
African Champions League 2014 - GROUP STAGE - 4Th MATCHES - Troussier secures a victory in first game as Sfaxien coach

Fixtures & Results
Group A    
• 27 July: Vita Club vs El Hilal
• 27 July: Zamalek vs TP Mazembe
Group B
• 25 July: Al-Ahly Benghazi vs Entente Setif 0:2
• 26 July: Sfaxien vs Esperance 1:0

27 Jul 2014
TRANSFER - IVORY COAST - Didier Drogba - Chelsea re-sign club legend on free transfer

The Ivory Coast international was voted Chelsea's greatest ever player in a poll of fans in 2012 and has spoken of his close ties to the Blues. His 34 goals for Chelsea in European competition remains a club record, as do his nine strikes in nine cup finals.

26 Jul 2014
COACHES - TUNISIA- Troussier ready to inspire CS Sfaxien

Sfaxien chairman Lotfi Abdennadher was thrilled at capturing a coach who rose to prominence by winning three consecutive Ivorian titles from 1990 for Asec Mimosas. "We have never had a coach of his level, experience, ability and vision. Talking with Philippe I quickly realised we were on the same wavelength," he said.

26 Jul 2014
COACHES - SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa set to name new coach

Queiroz coached South Africa for two years from 2000 but was sacked after qualifying the side for the 2002 World Cup. He has been in charge of Iran since 2011 and took them took to the World Cup in Brazil, where they were eliminated at the group stage.

26 Jul 2014

2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - 2ND ROUND- FIXTURES - PREVIEW

AFRICA CUP 2015 PRELIMINARIES

Qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations resumes this weekend, with 14 teams battling over two-legged ties to fill the remaining seven places in the group stage.

Sierra Leone go into their second-round match with Seychelles off the back off a week which has seen the country's football association and sports ministry suspend a group of 15 for alleged match-fixing.

Two of the the affected group are players who were set to play for Sierra Leone in Saturday's match in Freetown but have since been withdrawn from the squad.

Elsewhere on Saturday, Bostwana are in action at home to Guinea-Bissau in Gaborone.

Botswana are another team with controversy hanging over them.

FIFA has threatened to ban them because of tournaments being held in the country that football's world governing body believes are not under control of the Botswana football association.

They have been given until 22 September to comply with FIFA's directives.

In Saturday's other fixture Uganda take on Mauritania, who lost in the previous round but were reinstated after Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in the tie.

We will need to prepare ourselves well for a tough challenge - they are a good team, tactically and physically. "We need to find the holes in their defence so we can score goals. I believe we will achieve the dream of Uganda to reach the group stage."

On Sunday, Lesotho and Kenya meet in the first of the day's matches.

Kenya must do without several first-choice players who have been refused permission to play because the game falls outside FIFA's international match calendar. Among them is Norway-based goalkeeper Arnold Origi and France-based captain Denis Oliech. But Victor Wanyama has been given permission by English Premier League side Southampton to play in Maseru. 

Tanzania host Mozambique in Dar-es-Salaam also on Sunday. 

They hope they can take advantage of new Dutch coach Mart Nooij's experience of four years in charge of Mozambique from 2007 to 2011. Nooij told BBC Sport: "I know Mozambique rather well, I built their team myself, practically. I know the players and I will tell the Tanzania players where we can strike them and how to beat them. "At the back we can be very safe - that is one of our characteristics.

We have four defenders and a goalkeeper that can save us. And up front we have some killers. "We must get the ball up front so our attackers can score."

Tanzania have been boosted by the availability of star front men Mbwana Samata and Thomas Ulimwengu, who were freed by Democratic Republic of Congo outfit TP Mazembe.

Malawi have axed full-back and captain Moses Chavula and must do without injured midfielder Robert Ng'ambi when they meet Benin in Cotonou.

Benin rely heavily on West Bromwich Albion midfielder Stephane Sessegnon, scorer of three goals in the second-round triumph over Sao Tome e Principe.

Rwanda, who shocked Libya in the last round, visit Congo-Brazzaville.

 

18 Jul 2014
(BBC Sport UK)

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