Shuaibu Amodu has named a full strength team including captain, Nwankwo Kanu and Yakubu Aiyegbeni for next month's friendly match against Colombia in Bogota.

Namibia Premier League (NPL) winners will pocket N$400 000 this season, N$100 000 less than the previous seasons.

Young tennis players from all over the country will converge in Selebi-Phikwe this weekend for the annual national championships.

Mogoditshane Fighters' coach, Letang Kgengwenyane has said supporters should not worry too much about the 5-1 humiliation the club suffered at the hands of Premier League debutantes Great North Tigers (GNT) in Francistown over the weekend.

DURING their days as Cup Kings, CAPS United wouldn't have needed to travel to Mutare twice to play a Division One side and decide who goes through to the semi-final of the CBZ FA Cup.

Walvis Bay was the venue for The Namibian Squash Association (NSA) Top 16 which was hosted by Buccaneers Squash Club last weekend.

ZIMBABWE will next year host the Under-19 World Junior Rugby Championships Africa Zone qualifiers following the approval of their application at the Confederation of African Rugby annual general meeting.

REFEREE Kuda Majo has been selected to officiate at the African Women championships in Equatorial Guinea.

THE International Olympic Committee have once again given their thumbs up to Zimbabwe to continue playing their role as the training ground for sports administrators from fellow English-speaking African countries.

ZIMBABWE cricket coach Walter Chawaguta has revealed that last week's 156-run thumping of Ireland in a Kenya Tri-Nations tournament opener in Nairobi was inspired by the need to put the Irish "where they belong."

Top Namibian professional golfers are currently sweating it out to perfect their swings and polish their shots to be on target for the prestigious MTC Namibian Professional Golf Association (NPGA) championship in Windhoek from November 6 to 9.

Rugby Cranes can finally breath a sigh of relief after their 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC) qualifier and 2009Africa Cup semi-final against Tunisia was confirmed as a two-legged affair scheduled for June 2009.

Hon. Abdou Kolley, Secretary of State for Trade, Industry and Employment, on Monday afternoon, presided over the inauguration of Commissioners for the Gambia Competition Commission (GCC), at a ceremony held at Department of State for Trade, Industry and Employment, in

FIFA announced a deal with African broadcasters yesterday to air the 2010 World Cup on free television and radio in 41 sub-Saharan countries.

Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi will not be in action for the Super Eagles when they take on their Colombian counterparts after he was left out of the squad for the November 19 international friendly.

All-rounder Frank Nsubuga is defiant despite nursing an injury in between his left thumb and index finger ahead of the national team's tour to South Africa scheduled for next week, November 3.

Indigent children from six Lagos motherless babies' homes will share a N2 million largesse in this year's Elizabeth Wuraola Ojo Memorial tournament which tees off at Ikeja Golf Club on Monday.

Mogas Falcons will have to wait for another year to play continental basketball following their withdrawal from the ongoing Africa Zone 5 Club Championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The Former Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Abdulrahman Gimba, yesterday disclosed that it was the pressure from FIFA, CAF, private broadcasters, individuals as well as some governors that made the federal government make a U-turn

Pressure from different segment of the Nigerian society has forced the federal government to rescind its decision to withdraw from hosting the Under-17 FIFA World up next year.