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Ivory Coast name Belgian Marc Wilmots as coach.

23 Mar 2017

CAF Featured

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Ahmad will lead CAF until 2021 at the earliest.

21 Mar 2017

African Champions League

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Holders Sundowns overcome KCCA to reach Champions League group phase.

19 Mar 2017

Club Stars in Europe

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Salomon Kalou went to Hertha Berlin from Lille in 2014.

18 Mar 2017

CAF Featured

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16 Mar 2017

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12 Mar 2017

Coaches National teams

NATIONAL TEAM - RWANDA - COACH - Antoine Hey appointed head coach

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5 Mar 2017

Club Stars in Europe

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2 Mar 2017

Coaches National teams

NATIONAL TEAM - GHANA - COACH - Maxwell Konadu appointed interim coach

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1 Mar 2017

FIFA

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27 Feb 2017

Club Stars in Europe Transfers

STARS IN EUROPE - NIGERIA - CLUB - Hope Akpan signs for Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers Hope Akpan

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Blackburn Rovers have signed midfielder Hope Akpan from Championship rivals Reading on a free transfer.

Akpan made 63 appearances for the Royals, having joined from League Two side Crawley Town in January 2014 .

The 23-year-old, who has won four international caps for Nigeria, has signed a two-year contract with Rovers.

Akpan started his career with Premier League Everton and also had a two-month loan spell with Hull City prior to joining Crawley in 2011.

12 Aug 2015

(BBC Sport UK)

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