NATIONAL TEAM - GHANA - COACH - AVRAM GRANT IN NEGOTIATIONS

The Black Stars have been without a coach since Appiah left the job after the opening two 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and was replaced by Maxwell Konadu on a temporary basis.

13 Nov 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - IVORY COAST - 5TH MATCHES - PREVIEW

Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard has recalled veterans Kolo Toure and Didier Zokora to his squad for the final 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Neither defender has featured for the Elephants in the 2015 qualifiers so far.

11 Nov 2014
2014 African Footballer of the Year - BBC list to be named

On the morning of 10 November, the BBC will unveil the five names in the running for the 2014 prize. The public will then be able to vote online via the BBC Sport pages and via text.

9 Nov 2014
AFRICAN FUTURE FOOTBALL STARS - RISING STARS

On monday the shortlist for the BBC African Footballer of the year 2014 will be revealed. While those five names will be established superstars from the continent, there are also a number of excellent young players coming through the ranks - emerging talent who themselves may soon compete for the title.

9 Nov 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP - MOROCCO FAILS TO MEET DEADLINE

Morocco have failed to meet the deadline to confirm it will host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in January.

8 Nov 2014
FRANCE - SAGNOL APOLOGISES FOR HIS COMMENTS ON AFRICAN PLAYERS

Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol has apologised and explained his comments earlier this week about African players. Senegal's Lamine Sane has backed his coach at Bordeaux Willy Sagnol over the comments.

6 Nov 2014
2015 Africa Cup of Nations - NO MOVE DESPITE CAF 'CONCERNS'

The Confederation of African Football has "concerns" over the Ebola outbreak, despite rejecting a request to postpone the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

4 Nov 2014

Fifa - New presidential election to be held on 26 February

Fifa will hold an extraordinary congress to elect its new president on 26 February 2016.

Sepp Blatter was re-elected as president on 29 May but four days later announced his intention to stand down amid two investigations into corruption at football's world governing body.

Candidates for the position must be nominated before 26 October.

UEFA president Michel Platini has been asked by a majority of world football chiefs to stand for the post.

Initial predictions were of a December election, as favoured by several regional football confederations.

By the time of the vote, Blatter will have been in office for almost nine months from the date of his 2 June resignation speech.

He is not expected to backtrack on his announcement to stand aside, despite appearing to suggest in June he was reconsidering his decision.

Earlier on Monday, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein - who lost to Blatter in the May election - called for the 79-year-old Swiss to leave his post immediately.

"President Blatter's resignation cannot be dragged out any longer.

He must leave now," he said.

"An interim independent leadership must be appointed to administer the process of the elections, in addition to the reforms that are being discussed prior to the elections."

Sources have told BBC Sport's Richard Conway that a reform task force will be be announced by Blatter at Monday's news conference.

Term limits for all Fifa executives and its president, likely to be a maximum of three terms of four years, have also been approved in principle by the executive committee, as have integrity checks and salary transparency.

 

 

20 Jul 2015
(BBC Sport UK)

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