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.

 

23 Jul 2014
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 

21 Jul 2014
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

U-20 WORLD CUP 2015 - Nigeria lose to Brazil in opener

U-20 WORLD CUP 2015
GROUP E

Nigeria vs Brazil 2:4

Goals Nigeria:      
Success (10')
Yahaya (28')    

Goals Brazil;
Gabriel Jesus (4')
Judivan (34', 82')
Boschilia (59')

Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 5,887
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Brazil had to come from 2:1 down to beat African champions Nigeria in the opening Group E matches at the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

The two sides put defence aside and ploughed everything into an attacking game that produced some stunning goals as five-time winners Brazil emerged 4:2 winners.

 

U-20 WORLD CUP
GROUP E

Hungary vs North Korea 5:1 

Goals North Korea:
Choe Ju-song (32')

Goals Hungary:
Mervó (17', 49', 82')
Kalmár (33')
Forgács (60')

Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 8,153
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Hungary thrashed North Korea 5:1 in Monday's other Group E match.

Next up for Nigeria is North Korea while Brazil play Hungary on Thursday.

Brazil took the lead against the Flying Eagles after just five minutes with a close-range shot by Gabriel Jesus but it was a short-lived lead.

Nigeria had no trouble getting in behind Brazil's back four resulting in a sensational strike for Isaac Success who stepped around the keeper and slammed the ball into an open net.

A flurry of shots at both ends of the field resulted in Musa Yahaya putting Nigeria 2:1 up inside 30 minutes.

Judivan equalised just before half-time for Brazil and Boschilia regained the lead on the hour mark with a long-range shot that deflected in off the right-hand post.

The comeback was complete when Judivan bagged his second and wrapped up the game with a tap-in off a goalkeeping error.

 

 

2 Jun 2015
(BBC Sport UK)

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