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
Transfer - Senegal - Armand Traore - QPR defender signs new two-year deal

The Senegalese international defender has signed an extension which will tie him to the club until 2016.

16 Jul 2014
COACHES - ex Algeria Coach - Trabzonspor appoint coach Vahid Halilhodzic

Halilhodzic, who was born in what is now Bosnia-Hercegovina, has also coached club sides in Croatia, France, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Saudi Arabia.

15 Jul 2014
2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 25 - FINAL - GERMANY VS ARGENTINA 1:0

Germany is the new World Champion

13 Jul 2014

Africa Cup 2015 Preliminaries
first round - second leg

14 N’Djamena Stadium 1 May 2014 - 6 p.m.
Chad 3 : 1 Malawi
15 Porto-Novo Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Benin 2 : 0 Sao Tome and Principe
16 Brazzaville Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Congo 3 : 0 Namibia
17 Malabo Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Equatorial Guinea 3 : 0 Mauritania
18 Juba Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
South Sudan 0 : 0 Mozambique
19 Harare Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Zimbabwe 2 : 2 Tanzania
20 Freetown Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Sierra Leone  1 : 0 Swaziland
21 Bangui Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Central African Republic 2 : 0 Guinea-Bissau
22 Gaborone Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Botswana 1 : 0 Burundi
23 Kigali Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Rwanda 3 : 0 Libya
24 KampalaStadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Uganda 2014 1 : 0 Madagascar
25 Moroni Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Comoros 1 : 1 Kenya
26 Maseru Stadium 1 Jun 2014 - 6 p.m.
Lesotho 2 : 0 Liberia