TRANSFER - IVORY COAST - Ex-Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou joins Hertha Berlin

Kalou, scored 23 goals in 67 appearances for Ivory Coast - He has proved his class in the Premier League, Champions League and with his national team. 

1 Sep 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - TOGO - 1ST MATCHES - PREVIEW - Emmanuel Adebayor

The Tottenham Hotspur striker, 30, refused call-ups for World Cup qualifiers last year following a spat with then coach Didier Six after the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

1 Sep 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - Sierra Leone - 1ST MATCHES - PREVIEW

Sierra Leone move tie with DR Congo to Lubumbashi - because of the ebola outbreak.

31 Aug 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - IVORY COAST - 1ST MATCHES - PREVIEW

Ivory Coast striker Seydou Doumbia has been coaxed out of international retirement by coach Herve Renard and named in the squad for September's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

29 Aug 2014
TRANSFER - MOROCCO - Bayern Munich sign Roma defender Mehdi Benatia

The 27-year-old, who helped Roma finish second in Serie A last season, had been linked with a move to Premier League sides Chelsea and Manchester United.

28 Aug 2014
TRANSFER - Mali - Modibo Maiga signs for Metz on loan from 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.

27 Aug 2014
TRANSFER - CAMEROON - Everton set to sign former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o

Talks are ongoing but Everton could sign Eto'o in time for him to be in line for a debut against his old side at Goodison on Saturday.

26 Aug 2014
AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS - Ethiopia and Kenya bid to host 2017 Africa Cup

Ethiopia Football Federation president Junedin Basha told BBC Sport: "We already have two ready venues, the Addis Ababa and the Bahir Dar stadiums, and the construction of the other venues has also reached to a good level.

26 Aug 2014

AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015 - DRAW COMPLETED

African Champions League 2015

African champions Entente Setif will begin the defence of their title against Barrack Young Controllers of Liberia or The Gambia's Real de Banjul.

The Algerians, along with six other clubs, were given byes into the first round of the 2015 African Champions League.

Coton Sport of Cameroon, Congo's AC Leopards, Egypt's Al Ahly, TP Mazembe for DR Congo and Tunisian duo of CS Sfaxien and Esperance are the other clubs who are into the first round.

Three former winners are in the preliminary round - Ghana's Asante Kotoko face East End Liond of Sierra Leone, Nigeria's Enyimba will play Buffles from Benin while Raja Casablanca take on Diables Noirs of Congo.

The tournament gets underway with preliminary round fixtures on the weekend of 13-15 February with second leg games scheduled for a fortnight later.


2015 African Champions League preliminary round draw:

Mbabane Swallows (Swaziland) vs ZESCO United (Zambia)

Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast) vs AS Kaloum (Guinea)

USM Alger (Algeria) vs Foullah Edifice (Chad)

AS Pikine (Senegal) vs Étoile Filante (Burkina Faso)

Al Hilal (Sudan) vs KMKM (Zanzibar)

Fomboni Club (Comoros) vs Big Bullets (Malawi)

Recreativo do Libolo (Angola) vs SM Sanga Balende (DR Congo)

KCCA (Uganda) vs Cosmos de Bafia (Cameroon)

Azam (Tanzania) vs Al Merreikh (Sudan)

LLB Académic (Burundi) vs Kabuscorp (Angola)

Sony Elá Nguema (Equatorial Guinea) vs AC Semassi (Togo)

MC El Eulma (Algeria) vs Saint George (Ethiopia)

East End Lions (Sierra Leone) vs Asante Kotoko (Ghana)

Enyimba (Nigeria) vs Buffles du Borgou (Benin)

Al Ahli Tripoli (Libya) vs Smouha (Egypt)

Gor Mahia (Kenya) vs CNaPS Sport (Madagascar)

Liga Muçulmana (Mozambique) vs APR (Rwanda)

CO de Bamako (Mali) vs Moghreb Tétouan (Morocco)

Al Malakia (South Sudan) vs Kano Pillars (Nigeria)

Real Banjul (The Gambia) vs Barrack Young Controllers (Liberia)

Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) vs Township Rollers (Botswana)

Raja Casablanca (Morocco) vs Diables Noirs (Congo)

St Michel United (Seychelles) vs Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)

AS Mangasport (Gabon) vs Bantu (Lesotho)

• Stade Malien (Mali) vs AS GNN (Niger)

 

24 Dec 2014
(BBC Sport UK)

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