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Paul Bitok, Kenya's national women's volleyball team head coach, has stepped down. Bitok will not guide the country to the World Championship in Japan next year as he has signed a two-year-deal with the Rwandan national team. (AllAfrica)

A 15-year-old Kenyan international swimmer has won a swimming and education scholarship at a prestigious UK university. (AllAfrica)

Harambee Stars warmed up for the forthcoming Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge with a 4-1 thumping of Kenyan Premier League-bound Posta Rangers in a practice match at Nyayo National Stadium on Wednesday. (AllAfrica)

AFTER a lot of public pressure, the national soccer team Taifa Stars coach, has finally dropped the off-form goalkeepers Shabaan Dihile and Ali Mustafa for the Senior Challenge Cup which kicks off in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi and Mumias town this weekend. (AllAfrica)

THE Tanzania Basketball Federation (TBF) polls have once again been pushed back to December 19 for lack of funds. (AllAfrica)

TANZANIA ladies lost to Uganda by 29 runs in a thrilling match of the Africa under 19 Women Cricket tournament, at the Annadil Burhani ground in Dar es Salaam today. (AllAfrica)

After the successful hosting of the first edition of Muhammed Yahya Jammeh Zonal Cup competition in 2008, the sole sponsored of the annual community football event and the president of The Republic, Sheikh Professor Dr Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, has expanded the championship tournament to cover all the regions in the country. (AllAfrica)

The day-two matches in the on-going Muhammed Yahya Jammeh Zonal Cup competition were completed on Sunday, with Brikama defeating visitors Lamin 2-0 in the Group B opener at the Box Bar Mini-stadium. (AllAfrica)

Troopers retained the national basketball title over the weekend after garnering an unassailable 30 to top the league standings ahead of Spartans and Police V. (AllAfrica)

BDF XI ensured that BMC remained rooted at the bottom of the be MOBILE Premier League table with a 3-2 victory in Lobatse on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Boteti Young Fighters leaped from 14th to 12th spot in the be MOBILE Premier League standings after a 2-2 draw away to ECCO City Greens in Francistown on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Mochudi Centre Chiefs' young goalkeeper Gontse Tlhowe put up a five-star performance to help his side to a 2-0 victory over bitter rivals Gaborone United (GU) in a be MOBILE Premier League game played before an electrifying atmosphere at UB Stadium on Sunday afternoon. (AllAfrica)

The decision by Gaborone United (GU) to suspend coach Mike Sithole ahead of the crucial league game against Mochudi Centre Chiefs on Sunday afternoon backfired. (AllAfrica)

Ball Conge claimed their first nawettan league trophy out of ten years of existence, with a stunning 2-0 victory to depose defending champions, Rangers, after surrendering the knockout cup to Leeds United. (AllAfrica)

Striker Assan Jatta led the Bakau zonal team to victory with a mesmerizing tap pass the Gunjur goalkeeper following an interchange of pass with hot shot Daddy Gai, as Bakau won their first match against a lackluster Gunjur side in the recently commenced Muhammed Jammeh's sponsored zonal competition. (AllAfrica)

Serrekunda West on Saturday opened their 2009 account in the Muhammed Yahya Jammeh Perpetual Tournament by outclassing Sukuta by 1-0 at the Serrekunda West ground. (AllAfrica)

Sky Power on Wednesday beat Real Chelsea by 2-0 to cling the 2009 knockout final trophy played at the Box Bar Mini Stadium in Brikama. (AllAfrica)

The president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi has expressed worry over yesterday's front page story carried by the Daily Graphic, citing the FA as corrupt. Consequently, Mr. Nyantakyi has dared Mr. Kojo Bonsu to come clear within 24 hours, regarding the allegation leveled against the FA. (AllAfrica)

Consternation hit fans of Hayford Nuako-Manu and his fellow Ghanaian team mate Raphael Ocloo, when Master of Ceremonies, Eddy "Executioner" Blay announced the end of the road for the duo. (AllAfrica)

The Chief Marealle II Cup 2009 tournament will kick off in Moshi on December 9 to coincide with the Independence Day celebrations. (AllAfrica)

The future appears bright for small and medium enterprises, which play a key role in the economy as sources of income and employment. (AllAfrica)

Kilimanjaro Stars head coach Marcio Maximo has called up goalie Mwarami Mohamed from Mozambique's premiership team ..to replace injured Ali Mustapha. (AllAfrica)

Tanzania's Joseph Kaniki has finally signed a two-year contract with Gefle IF of Sweden for the 2010 Premier Division League. (AllAfrica)

Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has received sh. 33.7 million ahead of the Tanzania Mainland under 20 Uhai Cup scheduled to start on November 29 in the city. (AllAfrica)

Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission, Engr. Sani Ndanusa is worried that if nothing is done to reposition the Olympic Sports in the country Nigeria may not achieve the target of being one of the top 20 sporting nations of the world by the year 2020 as planned by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. (AllAfrica)

Is Coach Shuaibu Amodu going to be sacked for qualifying Nigeria for the World Cup despite all odds? More so this is the second time he has done that in the history of Nigeria's qualification for the world cup. (AllAfrica)

All is set for this year's Lagos State Asoju Oba Table Tennis Championship sponsored by Chief Molade Okoya Thomas. The event will hold between Monday November 30 and Friday 4th December, 2009 at the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Centre, Rowe Park, Yaba Lagos. (AllAfrica)

Former World and Olympic champion in the women's 5000m and IAAF Athlete of the year in 2007,Ethiopia's Meseret Defar and president of World Mountain Running Association (WMRA), Bruno Gozzelino arrived Nigeria Tuesday evening for this weekend's fifth Obudu international mountain race and the first African mountain running championships. (AllAfrica)

The Sports Minister and Chairman National Sports Commission Sani Ndanusa said yesterday that he is ready to answer to his actions and decisions in the just concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009. (AllAfrica)

Claims by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that globacom Limited, the official sponsor of the national teams of Nigeria, has defaulted in the payment of the sponsorship fee for 2009, have been rejected by the telephony company. (AllAfrica)

At the end of the month-long FIFA Under-17 World Cup soccer championship last week, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan announced that the Federal Government was instituting an inquiry into the finances and conduct of officials of the game's Local Organising Committee (LOC). (AllAfrica)