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Angola: Football - Petro Vs 1º De Agosto Derby Heats Up 11th Round

The game between the teams of Petro de Luanda and 1º de Agosto, scheduled for Sunday in Luanda's Cidadela Stadium, is in the limelight of the 11th round of the first division National Championship of football, Girabola-2008. (AllAfrica)


Uganda: Kobs, Pirates Face Off for Title Rugby

Men are to be separated from boys when Guinness Super 8 Rugby League champions utl Kobs lock horns with the title hungry G4S Pirates at Kampala Rugby Football Club (KRFC) today. (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Rift Valley Names Team for National Competition

Rift Valley has picked a team of 81 athletes for the Kenya Prisons games at Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, on May 23 and 24. (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Bandari Hope to Use Home Advantage to Hit Leaders Mathare Utd

BANDARI coach Wycliffe Anyangu has told his struggling stars to turn the heat on form team and joint KPL leaders Mathare United at Mbaraki today. (AllAfrica)


Namibia: Gladiators Fall to Banyana

SHOWING too much respect on the field for the South African women's football side, cost Namibia´s Brave Gladiators a place in the final of the Cosafa Women Championships, says Jackey Gertze. (AllAfrica)


Angola: Portugal's Benfica Expected This Month for Friendly Games

Portugal's Sport Lisboa e Benfica football team are to arrive in Angola on May 19, for a five-day visit, during which they will play against the Angolan national squad, ANGOP has learnt. (AllAfrica)


Angola/Egypt: Egypt's Zamalek in Luanda to Play Interclube

Egypt's Zamalek is already in Luanda, where they are to play Interclube de Angola on Sunday, in a second leg match of access to the African clubs champions cup, on Friday announced an Egyptian diplomatic source. (AllAfrica)


Angola: Clube Náutico Aim At Winning National Title

The coach of Clube Náutico da Ilha de Luanda (CNIL), César Ribeiro, said Friday in this city that his team want to win the absolute national swimming championship, in both sexes, to be disputed on 5-6 July in Alvalade's swimming-pool. (AllAfrica)


Zimbabwe: Cheetahs' African Hunt

ZIMBABWE's sevens rugby team faces a defining season on the continent this year, starting with a Moroccan tour at the weekend and culminating in the World Cup qualifiers in Tunisia in August. (AllAfrica)


Zimbabwe: Vermeulen Offers to Rebuild Academy

FORMER Zimbabwe Test cricketer Mark Vermeulen has offered to help rebuild the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy in his latest bid to return to the Zimbabwe team. (AllAfrica)


Zimbabwe: Dembare Warned

FORMER Dynamos star Lloyd Mutasa has said his former team requires high-level discipline and mental strength to upset Tunisia's African club football giants Etoile Sportive du Sahel away at the weekend. (AllAfrica)


Rwanda: Disi Misses Qatar Grand Prix

Dieudonné Disi will not compete in today's Super Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar. Rwanda long distance ace confirmed the development yesterday. (AllAfrica)


Rwanda: Kids Soccer League Coming Soon

G.I. Sorora and Associates, a local marketing and Public Relations firm is in the final stages of starting up a Kids Soccer League in the country in the next two months. (AllAfrica)


Rwanda: Ascension Des Mille Collines Preps Underway

Local cyclists have started preparations for the 13th edition of the Ascension des Mille Collines (Ascension of a Thousand Hills) race. (AllAfrica)


Rwanda: Rwanda Rise on FIFA Ranks

WORLD (AllAfrica)


Rwanda: ATRACO FC Keep Title Hope Alive

Yesterday (AllAfrica)


Nigeria: CML Tour Acquires New Franchise

Nigeria's foremost golf sponsoring outfit, CMCL Golf Tour Limited has acquired the 'Teens on the Green and the World Masters' franchise. (AllAfrica)


Nigeria: NFA Bigwigs Hit Portsmouth for Amodu

Top officials of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) are leaving for London tonight en route Portsmouth where they plan to introduce newly appointed Super Eagles coach Shaibu Amodu to senior national team players. (AllAfrica)


Namibia: Netball Action At Khomasdal

Several matches have been scheduled in the Khomas Netball Regional League this weekend, with former champions United coming up against an ageing Tigers outfit at the Khomasdal Sports Complex netball courts tomorrow afternoon (13h30), whilst Civics have a date with Wanderers at the same venue at (14h45). (AllAfrica)


Sierra Leone: Kalusha's Inspections Postponed

Federation of International Football Association's (FIFA) National Stadium inspector Kalusha Bwalya arrival in Freetown has again been postponed to May 18. (AllAfrica)


Sierra Leone: Lawn Tennis Commences in Grand Style

The national junior and senior lawn tennis championship commenced on Wednesday at the National Stadium Lawn tennis court at different categories. (AllAfrica)


Sierra Leone: Pa Saffa, Others Join Leone Stars Training

Leone Stars' Indonesia based defender, Mustapha Sama alias Pa Saffa and three others Thursday joined the home based squad in training with the National team, for the 2010 Nation's/World cup qualifying. (AllAfrica)


Namibia: All Coming Down to the Wire

With only five rounds of matches left before the curtain comes down on the lucrative MTC Namibia Premiership, butterflies seem to be running riot in the bellies of the country's leading footballers with points being donated at the drop of a hat as the race for the coveted title intensifies. (AllAfrica)


Southern Africa: National Squad Qualify for Final

Angola's ladies soccer team qualified for the final of the Cosafa Cup by beating Zimbabwe on Thursday by 3-0, in a match played in Malanje Province, ANGOP witnessed. (AllAfrica)


Tunisia: 14 Year- Old Teen Leads New Wave of Table Tennis Players

The latest 2 nd International Open of Junior tennis table players which took place in Tunis, has revealed a new wave of young talented table tennis players such as Adem Hmam, Thameur Mamia, Wejdane Ben Hassen et Sofiene Chaieb. (AllAfrica)


Africa: Soccer - Broke KFF Wants to Pull Plug on Stars

Kenya's 2010 World Cup campaign appears to be doomed even before it has started following the admission by a top football official that there was no money to prepare the team. (AllAfrica)


Africa: Rugby - Makaka Returns After Two Years

Allan Makaka will make a return to seven-a-side rugby after nearly two years when Kenya's Shujaa play Maroc Scolaire in Tanger, Morocco on Friday. (AllAfrica)


South Africa: Western Cape to Promote Itself at Tourism Indaba

The Western Cape is preparing to promote itself as the destination of choice during this year's Tourism Indaba to be held in Durban from Saturday. (AllAfrica)


Ghana: FA Abrogates Le Roy Contract

Claude Le Roy will end his two-year spell with the Black Stars on May 30 following the Ghana Football Association's decision to abrogate the Frenchman's contract. (AllAfrica)


Ghana: FA Receives Request From Renard

The Ghana Football Association has acknowledged receiving a request by Renard Herve, a member of the technical team of the Black Stars to take up a coaching job with Zambia. (AllAfrica)


Namibia: Cross Country Faces Uncertain Future

THE fate of 300 workers at Cross Country Carriers is in balance as the owner is uncertain about the future of the company. (AllAfrica)