Sports: Entails all major issues and events in the sports arena in the region covering, football, basketball, wrestling and the many and varied sporting activities.

•  Tue-09-Aug-2022  |  Senegal coach Aliou Cisse challenges Napoli over Nations Cup threat

  

•  Fri-05-Aug-2022  |  Nigeria to face Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in international friendly

  

•  Wed-03-Aug-2022  |  Commonwealth Games: Gambian athletes miss 100m amid visa woes

  

•  Mon-01-Aug-2022  |  Sadio Mane off the mark as Bayern Munich beat RB Leipzig to retain German Supercup

  

•  Wed-27-Jul-2022  |  Ivorian legend Yaya Toure joins Tottenham coaching setup

  

•  Tue-26-Jul-2022  |  World Championships: Nigeria's Tobi Amusan wins 100m hurdles final

  

•  Mon-25-Jul-2022  |  South Africa win their first-ever WAFCON title

  

•  Thu-14-Jul-2022  |  Zambia beats Senegal to reach WAFCON semi-finals, books World Cup ticket

  

•  Tue-12-Jul-2022  |  CAF releases final 10 nominees for 2022 award As Salah, Mane make list

  

•  Mon-11-Jul-2022  |  Nigeria's Super Falcons hit four past Burundi, qualify for Q/Final

  

•  Fri-08-Jul-2022  |  First list of women nominees for CAF awards 2022 announced

  

•  Thu-07-Jul-2022  |  Asisat Oshoala: Nigeria star ruled out of rest of WAFCON

  

•  Wed-29-Jun-2022  |  Blessing Okagbare: Nigerian sprinter's doping ban extended to 11 years

  

•  Mon-27-Jun-2022  |  Casa Sport wins Senegalese Cup to seal historic double

  

•  Fri-24-Jun-2022  |  Mohamed Salah sends emotional message to Sadio Mane after Liverpool exit

  

•  Thu-23-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria and Burkina Faso reach WAFU-B Final

  

•  Wed-22-Jun-2022  |  Draw for 2022 Beach Soccer AFCON to hold June 24 in Maputo

  

•  Tue-21-Jun-2022  |  Samuel Eto'o: Former Cameroon and Barcelona forward pleads guilty to £3.2m tax fraud

  

•  Mon-20-Jun-2022  |  CAF Awards to hold July 21

  

•  Fri-17-Jun-2022  |  Egypt part ways with coach Ehab Galal, in talks for foreign coach

  

•  Thu-16-Jun-2022  |  Tanzania to host 44th CAF Ordinary General Assembly

  

•  Wed-15-Jun-2022  |  WAFU B U-17 Championship: Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets beat Togo to qualify for semi-final

  

•  Mon-13-Jun-2022  |  Kenya top medals table at African Athletics Championships

  

•  Fri-10-Jun-2022  |  Nigeria defeats Sierra Leone 2-1 without fans in Abuja

  

•  Fri-03-Jun-2022  |  Basketball: Mali to replace Nigeria at Women’s World Cup

  

•  Thu-02-Jun-2022  |  AFCON 2023 QUALIFIERS: Ghana crushes Madagascar

  

•  Wed-01-Jun-2022  |  ASKO de Kara crowned Togolese champion for the third consecutive time

  

•  Fri-27-May-2022  |  CHAN 2022: Qualifying draw sets up potential Ghana v Nigeria clash

  

•  Thu-26-May-2022  |  Mohamed Salah on Liverpool future: I'm staying next season 'for sure'

  

•  Wed-25-May-2022  |  FIBA warns Nigeria of long-term impact of withdrawal from internationals