STARS IN EUROPE - CONGO DR - CLUB - Everton target Yannick Bolasie

Bolasie has scored nine goals in 89 Premier League games.

9 Aug 2016
STARS IN EUROPE - SENEGAL - CLUB - Sunderland sign Papy Djilobodji

Sunderland sign defender Papy Djilobodji from Chelsea.

7 Aug 2016
NATIONAL TEAM - NIGERIA - COACH - Gernot Rohr set to become new manager

Gernot Rohr previously coached Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso.

6 Aug 2016
STARS IN EUROPE - GHANA - CLUB - West Ham agree fee to sign Andre Ayew from Swansea

Andre Ayew scored 12 goals in 34 games for Swansea in 2015-16.

5 Aug 2016
STARS IN EUROPE - NIGERIA - CLUB - Onazi joins Trabzonspor from Lazio

Ogenyi Onazi joins Trabzonspor from Lazio 'to clear my head'.

4 Aug 2016
STARS IN EUROPE - GHANA - CLUB - Kevin-Prince Boateng joins Las Palmas

Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng joins Las Palmas.

3 Aug 2016
NATIONAL TEAM - GABON - COACH - Gabon reappoint Costa for six months

Jorge Costa had been in charge of Gabon since 2014.

2 Aug 2016
STARS IN EUROPE - EGYPT - CLUB - Mohamed Salah signs for Roma on permanent deal

Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah signs for Roma on permanent deal.

2 Aug 2016
STARS IN EUROPE - SENEGAL - CLUB - Everton sign Idrissa Gueye

Idrissa Gueye has won 32 caps for Senegal.

1 Aug 2016
AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2016 - GROUP STAGE - 4TH MATCHES - all results

Mamelodi Sundowns reach the Champions League semi-final

28 Jul 2016

FIFA RANKING - NOVEMBER 2017 FOR AFRICA

Senegal moved up to 23 from 32 on the Fifa World Rankings for November, to reach their highest ever position.

They have also moved above Tunisia and Egypt to become the highest-ranked team on the continent.

The Teranga Lions rise comes on the back of two wins over South Africa in November that saw them qualify for next year's World Cup in Russia.

Nigeria are the lowest ranked of Africa's World Cup-bound nations at 50 globally and 8 on the continent.

Burkina Faso are the biggest continental movers as they leapt 11 places to reach 44 overall and six in Africa.

The global top five of Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina and Belgium remains unchanged from October.

Africa's top ten on November's Fifa rankings - global ranking in brackets:

01. Senegal (23)
02. Tunisia (27)
03. Egypt (31)
04. DR Congo (36)
05. Morocco (40)
06. Burkina Faso (44)
07. Cameroon (45)
08. Nigeria (50)
09. Ghana (51)
10. Ivory Coast (61)

 

 

24 Nov 2017
(BBC Sport UK)

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