2014 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR - SHORTLIST REVEALED

The five-man shortlist for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014 has been revealed.

13 Nov 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - GHANA - COACH - AVRAM GRANT IN NEGOTIATIONS

The Black Stars have been without a coach since Appiah left the job after the opening two 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and was replaced by Maxwell Konadu on a temporary basis.

13 Nov 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - IVORY COAST - 5TH MATCHES - PREVIEW

Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard has recalled veterans Kolo Toure and Didier Zokora to his squad for the final 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Neither defender has featured for the Elephants in the 2015 qualifiers so far.

11 Nov 2014
2014 African Footballer of the Year - BBC list to be named

On the morning of 10 November, the BBC will unveil the five names in the running for the 2014 prize. The public will then be able to vote online via the BBC Sport pages and via text.

9 Nov 2014
AFRICAN FUTURE FOOTBALL STARS - RISING STARS

On monday 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.

9 Nov 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP - MOROCCO FAILS TO MEET DEADLINE

Morocco have failed to meet the deadline to confirm it will host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in January.

8 Nov 2014
FRANCE - SAGNOL APOLOGISES FOR HIS COMMENTS ON AFRICAN PLAYERS

Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol has apologised and explained his comments earlier this week about African players. Senegal's Lamine Sane has backed his coach at Bordeaux Willy Sagnol over the comments.

6 Nov 2014
2015 Africa Cup of Nations - NO MOVE DESPITE CAF 'CONCERNS'

The Confederation of African Football has "concerns" over the Ebola outbreak, despite rejecting a request to postpone the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

4 Nov 2014

OLYMPIC GAMES 2016 - DRAW - South Africa drawn with Brazil

South Africa

South Africa's men's and women's teams will both play host Brazil in the group stage of the 2016 Olympics.

The men have been drawn in Group A, along with Iraq and Denmark.

The women are in Group E, with China and Sweden.

Brazil's men were runners-up in 2012, and the women were runners-up in 2008.

Both teams are expected to be tough opponents in their home country.

Fifty-eight matches - 32 for the men, 26 for the women - will be played in the tournament from 3 to 20 August.

Full draw for the Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016:


MEN

Group A
• Brazil
• South Africa
• Iraq
• Denmark

Group B
• Sweden
• Colombia
• Nigeria
• Japan

Group C
• Fiji
• Korea Republic
• Mexico
• Germany

Group D
• Algeria
• Portugal
• Honduras
• Argentina


WOMEN

Group E
• Brazil
• China
• Sweden
• South Africa

Group F
• Canada
• Zimbabwe
• Australia
• Germany

Group G
• USA
• New Zealand
• France
• Colombia

 

15 Apr 2016
(BBC Sport UK)

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