Coaches National teams

COACHES - SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa set to name new coach

Queiroz coached South Africa for two years from 2000 but was sacked after qualifying the side for the 2002 World Cup. He has been in charge of Iran since 2011 and took them took to the World Cup in Brazil, where they were eliminated at the group stage.

26 Jul 2014

Club Stars in Europe Transfers

TRANSFER - IVORY COAST - Serge Aurier joins Paris St-Germain on loan from Toulouse

The 21-year-old right-back played in all of his country's matches at the World Cup in Brazil.

25 Jul 2014

Club Stars in Europe Transfers

Transfer - Senegal - midfielder Guirane N'Daw joins Metz

N'Daw, who has played 44 times for his country, started his career in France with Sochaux in 2002.

24 Jul 2014

Coaches National teams Transfers

COACHES - IVORY COAST - Renard among names on coach shortlist

The 45-year-old Renard ended his second spell as Zambia coach in October 2013 to take over at French club Sochaux for the second half of the Ligue 1 season.

23 Jul 2014

Club Stars in Europe Transfers

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

Club Featured Stars in Europe Transfers

TRANSFER - Ivory Coast - Didier Drogba considering Chelsea return on one-year deal

The Ivory Coast international, a free agent after leaving Galatasaray, left Stamford Bridge in 2012 after scoring the winning penalty in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

22 Jul 2014

Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results National teams

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 National teams Transfers

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

Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results National teams

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 rankings

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

Club Stars in Europe

STARS IN EUROPE - SENEGAL - CLUB - Kalidou Koulibaly extends Napoli contract

SSC Napoli Kalidou Koulibaly

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Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly signed a five-year contract extension with Serie A club Napoli on Monday.

The new deal ties the 25-year-old to the club until 2021.

Koulibaly was heavily linked with a move to the English Premier League in August, with Chelsea among the clubs trying to sign him.

Napoli are currently top of Serie A with 10 points, one ahead of champions Juventus, after four games.

21 Sep 2016

(BBC Sport UK)

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