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
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
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 - 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
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
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 - 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
  P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Senegal 6 4 2 0 10 3 7 14
Burkina Faso 6 2 3 1 10 6 4 9
Cape Verde 6 2 0 4 4 12 -8 6
South Africa 6 1 1 4 7 10 -3 4

WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS
GROUP D

7 8 Oct 2016 - 6 p.m.
Burkina Faso 1 : 1 South Africa
8 8 Oct 2016 - 8 p.m.
Senegal 2 : 0 Cape Verde
17 10 Nov 2017 - 6 p.m.
South Africa 0 : 2 Senegal
18 12 Nov 2016 - 6 p.m.
Cape Verde 0 : 2 Burkina Faso
27 28 Aug 2017 - 5 p.m.
Cape Verde 2 : 1 South Africa
28 28 Aug 2017 - 5 p.m.
Senegal 0 : 0 Burkina Faso
37 2 Sep 2017 - 5 p.m.
South Africa 1 : 2 Cape Verde
38 2 Sep 2017 - 5 p.m.
Burkina Faso 2 : 2 Senegal
47 7 Oct 2017 - 6 p.m.
South Africa 3 : 1 Burkina Faso
48 7 Oct 2017 - 6 p.m.
Cape Verde 0 : 2 Senegal
57 14 Nov 2017 - 6 p.m.
Senegal 2 : 1 South Africa
58 14 Nov 2017 - 6 p.m.
Burkina Faso 4 : 0 Cape Verde