2015 AFRICA CUP - CAF - EBOLA AND NATIONS CUP - SOUTH AFRICA RULE OUT BEING 2015 HOSTS

South African sports minister Fikile Mbalula has stated the country will not step in as hosts for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations if Morocco withdraws.

20 Oct 2014
NIGERIA - COACH - ENYEAMA 'SHOCKED' BY TIMING OF KESHI'S REMOVAL

Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama expressed his surprise that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) decided to replace coach Stephen Keshi barely a month before the side's final two African Nations Cup qualifiers.

18 Oct 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 4TH MATCHES - ALGERIA AND CAPE VERDE QUALIFY

Algeria and Cape Verde became the first teams to qualify for January's Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco.

18 Oct 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP - CAF - SOUNDS OUT ALTERNATIVE HOST OPTIONS

The Confederation of African Football has approached Ghana and South Africa about hosting the 2015 Nations Cup.

17 Oct 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 4TH MATCHES - ALL RESULTS

Cameroon on verge of qualification - Cameroon took a huge step towards qualification with a 2:0 victory over Sierra Leone on Wednesday.

16 Oct 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 4TH MATCHES - PREVIEW

Algeria will qualify, if they beat Malawi today, while wins for Cameroon and South Africa will put them within touching distance.

15 Oct 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - ZAMBIA - GROUP STAGE - 4TH MATCHES - KATONGO THROWN OUT OF SQUAD

The former BBC African Footballer of the Year was captain in 2012 when Zambia caused an upset to win the Nations Cup in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

14 Oct 2014

TRANSFER - Mali - Modibo Maiga signs for Metz on loan from West Ham

METZ

Malian striker Modibo Maiga has joined French side Metz on loan from English Premier League club West Ham.

The 26-year-old will spend the rest of the season at Metz, who also have an option to buy the player.

The deal is the second between the clubs this month after Diafra Sakho joined West Ham in a permanent move.

Maiga spent the second half of last season loaned out to QPR and has played only 31 times for West Ham since he joined the Londoners in July 2012.

He has already had experience of France's top flight, having played for Le Mans and Sochaux.

Maiga has played 31 times for his country and scored five goal for the the Eagles.

27 Aug 2014
(BBC Sport UK)

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