Africa Cup 2015 Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Featured

2015 AFRICA CUP - TOUGH DRAW

Algeria - The Desert Foxes, who reached the second round of this year's World Cup, will face Senegal, Ghana and South Africa in Group C.

4 Dec 2014

Player Of The Year Stars in Europe

2014 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR - BBC PLAYER OF THE YEAR REVEALED

Brahimi wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2014 - The 24-year-old midfielder becomes the first Algerian to win the award, which is decided by football fans.

4 Dec 2014

CAF Player Of The Year

2014 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR - CAF CUTS AWARDS LISTS TO FIVE

Last month CAF announced an initial list of 25 names for its main 2014 African Player of the Year award.

3 Dec 2014

Africa Cup 2015 Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers CAF

2015 AFRICA CUP - CAF REVEALS SEEDING FOR DRAW

Former winners Zambia and hosts Equatorial Guinea will be among the top seeds in Wednesday's draw for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

2 Dec 2014

Rising Stars

AFRICAN FUTURE FOOTBALL STARS - RISING STARS

In four days' time 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.

1 Dec 2014

African Confederation Cup Fixtures+Results

AFRICAN CONFEDERATION CUP 2014 - FINALS - 1ST LEG - RESULT

Sewe take a slender lead over Ahly in final

29 Nov 2014

African Confederation Cup

AFRICAN CONFEDERATION CUP 2014 - FINALS - 1ST LEG - PREVIEW

Ahly hope to restore Egyptian pride

28 Nov 2014

Africa Cup 2015 CAF Featured

2015 AFRICA CUP - CAF PRESIDENT HAYATOU EXPECTS PROBLEMS

Equatorial Guinea have only weeks to prepare for the 17 January to 8 February tournament after replacing original hosts Morocco on 14 November.

28 Nov 2014

NATIONAL TEAMS - GHANA - COACHES - AVRAM GRANT APPOINTED NEW BLACK STARS COACH

Former Chelsea boss Avram Grant has been appointed the new coach of Ghana.

28 Nov 2014

FIFA rankings

FIFA RANKING - GUINEA CLIMB HIGH IN FIFA WORLD RANKINGS

Guinea are Africa's highest risers in Fifa's world rankings for November.

27 Nov 2014

Club Stars in Europe Transfers

STARS IN EUROPE - SENEGAL - CLUB - PAPISS CISSE JOINS TURKISH SIDE ALANYASPOR

Papiss Cisse Alanyaspor Embed from Getty Images

Veteran Senegalese striker Papiss Cisse has become the latest African to leave China for a return to European football.

The 33-year-old, who spent five seasons with Newcastle United and scored 44 goals in 131 appearances, has joined Turkish side Alanyaspor on a two-year deal from Chinese Super League (CSL) side Shandong Luneng.

"Very pleased and grateful to be starting the next chapter of my career with Alanyaspor," the forward said on Twitter.

1 Sep 2018

(BBC Sport by Oluwashina Okeleji)

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