Transfer - Algeria - Midfielder Yavine Brahimi signs for Porto

The 24-year-old French-born attacking midfielder has agreed an $8.7m (£5.1m) deal with a $67m (£40m) buy-out clause.

 

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2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - 2ND ROUND - first leg - all results

SATURDAY'S MATCHES
• Botswana vs Guinea-Bissau 2:0 
• Uganda vs Mauritania 2:0 
• Sierra Leone vs Seychelles 2:0 
SUNDAY'S MATCHES
• Lesotho vs Kenya 1:0 
• Tanzania vs Mozambique 2:2 
• Congo Brazzaville vs Rwanda 2:0 
• Benin vs Malawi 1:0 

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COACHES - ALGERIA - Christian Gourcuff named as Algeria's new national coach

Gourcuff was last coach of Lorient, leaving the job in May at the end of the Ligue 1 season. He has also coached at Le Mans and Stade Rennes and had a one-year spell in Saudi Arabia.

21 Jul 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - 2ND ROUND - FIXTURES & RESULTS - Saturday matches

2nd round - fixtures & results

SATURDAY (19th July 2014)
Botswana vs Guinea-Bissau 2:0 
Uganda vs Mauritania 2:0 
Sierra Leone vs Seychelles 2:0 

20 Jul 2014
Fifa ranking - Nigeria move up, Carpe Verde suffer big drop

The Super Eagles climbed three places in the Confederation of African Football region and 10 spots on the global list - up to 34th in the world.

19 Jul 2014
TRANSFER - Algeria - Halliche joins Qatar Sports Club

The 27-year-old centre-back was part of the Desert Foxes squad that reached the last 16 of the World Cup in Brazil - their best performance at a finals.

19 Jul 2014
TRANSFER - NIGERIA - West Brom break club record to sign Nigerian striker Brown Ideye

The Baggies announced the arrival of the 25-year-old Dynamo Kiev player on Friday, saying they had broken the club's record.

19 Jul 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - 2ND ROUND- FIXTURES - PREVIEW

SATURDAY
•    Botswana vs Guinea-Bissau     
•    Uganda vs Mauritania 
•    Sierra Leone vs Seychelles 
SUNDAY
•    Lesotho vs Kenya 
•    Tanzania vs Mozambique 
•    Congo Brazzaville vs Rwanda 
•    Benin vs Malawi 

18 Jul 2014
TRANSFER - SENEGAL - DEMBA BA - Besiktas in talks with Chelsea to sign Senegal striker

Ba joined the Blues from Premier League rivals Newcastle in January 2013 on a three-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.

17 Jul 2014

2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERs - 2ND ROUND- 2ND LEG - ALL RESULTS

Saturday:
Malawi vs Benin 1:0 (0:1)
Rwanda vs Congo 2:0 (0:2)
Guinea-Bissau vs Botswana 1:1 (0:2)
Sunday:
• Mozambique vs Tanzania 2:1 (2:2)
• Kenya vs Lesotho 0:0 (0:1)
• Mauritania vs Uganda 0:1 (0:2)
 

Lesotho upset Kenya as Mozambique and Uganda advance

Kenya and Tanzania crashed out of qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations while their neighbours Uganda reach the group stages.

Lesotho caused an upset as they held Kenya to an 0:0 draw on Sunday in Nairobi, a result that was enough to see the visitors advance 1:0 on aggregate.

The loss resulted in Football Kenya Federation sacking their entire technical team including the suspended Belgium-born coach Adel Amrouche.

He had watched the game in Nairobi from the stands after being issued with a one-year ban after the first leg loss for allegedly spitting at an official in an earlier qualifier.

James Nandwa had been in charge of the Harambee Stars for Sunday's encounter, but has also lost his job along with the rest of the coaching staff.

The match had ended goalless despite Kenya dominating the game and starting with Southampton's Victor Wanyama and Italy-based McDonald Mariga.

The hosts could not find the breakthrough to cancel out Bushi Moletsane's lone goal from the first leg in Maseru two weeks ago.

Lesotho will now play in Group C of the qualifiers where they will face Angola, Burkina Faso and Gabon.

There was better news for Kenya's East African neighbours Uganda, who beat hosts ten-man Mauritania 1:0.

The only goal of the game came in injury time as Robert Ssentongo bundled the ball over the line to make it 3:0 to Uganda on aggregate.

Hosts Mauritania played the final 10 minutes with ten men after the dismissal of substitute Karamoko Traore.

Uganda advance to play in Group E of the qualifiers where they will be up against Ghana, Guinea and Togo.

Earlier Mozambique ensured their passage into the group stages too with a 2:1 win over visiting Tanzania, to give them a 4:3 overall win.

The Mambas took the lead in added time at the end of the first-half through Josimar.

TP Mazembe striker Mbwana Samatta gave Tanzania some hope with a second-half strike but Elias Domingues Pelembe gave the hosts the win.

Pelembe was playing his second game in as many days having come on as a substitute for his South African side Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday afternoon.

Mozambique go through to Group F of the qualifiers where Cape Verde, Niger and Zambia await.

A total of 28 nations will play in 7 groups in September, October and November to decide who will join hosts Morocco in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals.

The top two from each group and the best third-placed team will progress to the tournament that kicks off in January.

 

4 Aug 2014
(BBC Sport UK)

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