Sudan have celebrated their biggest football achievement in over 40 years when they nabbed a spot in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals.
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/ 27 January 2012
The Africa Cup of Nations group D will serve up a second West African derby when Ghana face Mali on Saturday.
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/ 26 January 2012
Rank outsiders Equatorial Guinea have reached the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals and eliminated Senegal with a shock 2-1 triumph.
Burkina Faso must stop conceding soft goals if they are to have any hope of defeating Côte d’Ivoire and getting their Afcon campaign back on track.
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/ 24 January 2012
Tunisia has taken the Maghreb derby honours, a 2-1 defeat of Morocco putting them alongside Gabon at the top of Group C in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Côte d’Ivoire has begun its quest for a second Afcon title with a 1-0 victory over Sudan, while over in Group B, Angola has beaten Burkina Faso 2-1.
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/ 18 January 2012
Ghana hopes its gifted squad can finally end a run of near-misses at the Africa Cup of Nations and deliver a fifth title, 30 years after its last.
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/ 17 January 2012
Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana have their best chance in years of ending long waits for another African Cup of Nations title.
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/ 16 January 2012
Coach Pitso Mosimane has lashed out at the media for coverage of Bafana’s games, saying his weak team "held their own" against Ghana.
A largely youthful and fragile Bafana Bafana team has managed to hold Africa Cup of Nations favourites Ghana to a draw in their training match.
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/ 14 January 2012
Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane says the mental approach of his side will be the key to overcoming a strong Ghanaian team.
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/ 13 January 2012
Lehlohonolo Majoro says his second-string team will not put pressure on themselves when they face Ghana in an international practice match.
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/ 10 January 2012
Burkina Faso will be playing in the Africa Cup of Nations after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Namibia’s appeal against Herve Zengue.
Safa has announced Bafana Bafana’s upcoming international friendlies have been downgraded after problems acquiring players for international duty.
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/ 29 December 2011
The first African football drama of 2012 will unfold as Namibia continues a battle to get Burkina Faso kicked out of the upcoming Cup of Nations.
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/ 27 November 2011
Wits will square up against Orlando Pirates in the Telkom Knockout final after the Students struck three times in the second half to beat Santos 3-0.
Fabio Capello says England defender John Terry retains his support during a police investigation into alleged racism against Anton Ferdinand.
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/ 21 September 2011
South Africa and England have dropped four places to 51st and 8th respectively in the latest Fifa world rankings.
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/ 9 September 2011
South Africans were justifiably angry — national broadcaster SABC failed to secure the rights for the match between Bafana Bafana and Niger.
England manager Fabio Capello has warned Andy Carroll that the Liverpool striker needed to drink less if he wanted to be a successful footballer.
Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane says he is disappointed they lost against Niger but says the team played well and he is still proud.
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/ 3 September 2011
Bafana Bafana are confident they will hand Niger their first home defeat in more than three years in an African Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday.
The Netherlands leads the latest Fifa rankings, ending World Cup winner Spain’s 13-month reign at the top.
Midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi will miss South Africa’s friendly against Burkina Faso in Johannesburg on Wednesday night because he is stuck in England.
Twitter users fired off a record number of tweets per second at the final whistle of Japan’s upset win over the US in the women’s World Cup final.
Spanish and European champions Barcelona have begun their pre-season training with only their Argentinian and Brazilian Copa America players missing.
Japan has won the women’s soccer World Cup for the first time after coming from behind to beat the United States 3-1 on penalties.
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced it agreed a rematch with Argentina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 6.
Stand-in captain Siphiwe Tshabalala says he was pleased with Bafana’s result against Egypt but he believes they have room to improve their game.
Fifa and Nigeria’s football federation are investigating Argentina’s loss in Nigeria after betting patterns suggests it was targeted by match fixers.
Defending champions Egypt are on the brink of elimination from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations while Côte d’Ivoire have secured a place at the finals.
SA will lack injured "hard men" Bongani Khumalo and Thanduyise Khuboni when they face Egypt in a crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier next month.