Andrea Dede Ayew is confident he can negotiate a release from Lorient to be able to play a part in Ghana's final African Youth Cup qualifier against Gambia in two weeks.

Mumuni Gamel claims the group of death that the Black Queens have been thrown into for the African Women's Championships is exactly what they need to do well at the event.

It started with a prolonged journey from Nigeria to Yamousoukro, Cote d'Ivoire, which lasted three days. Earlier, there was a minor unrest from the student athletes over their allowances before departure, and when the issue re-appeared on the eve of

A consortium of South Africa businessmen, based in Britain, have reportedly put in a bid of R5, 2-billion for crisis-ridden English Premier League side Newcastle.

A gathering of football administrators, coaches and journalists held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja last week called for the return to grassroots football by the country's football authorities as a way of reviving the dwindling fortunes of the country's

Ten is the magic number. Number 10 is what pleasant memories are made of. 10 was the number made famous by the irrepressible and inimitable Jay Jay Okocha, the Nigerian darling of international football. Charming, most endearing, very entertaining and

Rookie boxing promoter Dolph Shilunga of Dolph No Limit Boxing Promoters cc, has successfully cleared the first hurdle in the tough and demanding rigours of professional boxing.

President John Agyekum Kuffuor has urged Michael Essien not to let his five month injury lay off affect his service to Ghana football on a visit to the midfielder in London.

The face off between the Nigeria Football Federation and the Senate over the latter's recent change of name will soon be over, following the Federation's decision to meet with the lawmakers to resolve the matter.

Sellas Tetteh believes his national U-20 can still reach the African Youth Championship finals despite making hard work of their first leg tie in Accra.

Former Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates midfielder Jabu Mahlangu continued with his impressive performance in Sweden when he scored an important goal to help his team, Osters, beat Noorrby IF 1-0 in a league game yesterday (Sunday).

The story that an official of Nigeria's Under-20 football team, Magaji Abdulahi, was robbed may not have been true after all.

Former Benoni Premier United defender Godfrey Mokoena has finally recovered from a nagging injury and signed with First Division side Durban Stars.

THE red carpet was rolled out for Caps United at Rufaro Stadium yesterday as they collected their biggest cheque so far this season after the ABC Sup8r Soccer final, but Lengthens were crying "daylight robbery".

Petro do Huambo drew with Atlético Sport Aviação (ASA) (0-0) Sunday in Luanda in an effort to remain in the Angolan national first division championship of football (Girabola2008),in a 22nd round match.

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) listed Africa First Renaissance Corporation (Afre) is planning to build a top class hotel in Bulawayo before the end of the year as it seeks to grow its tourism portfolio ahead of the 2010 soccer

CRITICAL errors by the Lions and Western Province in their Currie Cup fixtures this past weekend have left both teams in dire straits ahead of their final pool game this week, forcing them to go head to head for the

Frustrated students in Nelspruit have vented their anger at authorities and politicians by burning down a section of their own temporary school, and attempting to cause harm to the 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium.

Bidvest Wits' midfielder Clifford Mulenga has ruled out any chance of joining a local team in the near future and has since told KickOff.com that his immediate dream now is to play in Europe.

We are now about three weeks into the new season and Esrom Nyandoro, Onismo Bhasera and Tinashe Nengomasha have so far been doing well.