Africa Sport

[Cameroon Tribune] The African champions were the first team to qualify for the semi-finals and they have equally secured a ticket for the World Cup in Spain.

[Cameroon Tribune] The assurance was given by the SG of the African football governing body, Veron Mosengo-Omba after a meeting with the local organising committee (COCAN) on June 15, 2021

[The Herald] A RAY of hope has filtered through the Zimbabwe Cricket corridors as they believe they will be able to host Bangladesh, in a bilateral series, later this month.

[The Herald] FC Platinum are set for their sixth CAF Champions League appearance after ZIFA gave the side the nod to represent the nation in the next edition of Africa's premier inter-club competition.

[Namibian] NAMIBIAN athletics stars Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi will be in action at two different meetings in Europe this weekend.

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Botswana Football League (BFL) chief executive officer, Solomon Ramochotlhwane, says the league will unveil sponsors and partners next month.

[Daily News] TANZANIA is expected to host the Africa Kabaddi Championship 2021 tournament, which will take place in Dar es Salaam from 29th June to July 5th, this year.

[Daily News] The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) Election Committee has approved three candidates for the presidency of the Tanzania's football governing body.

[This Day] The insecurity in the land has crept into the country's football scene following the kidnapping of Rivers United FC Manager, Stanley Eguma by unknown gunmen on Tuesday.

[Premium Times] This was the first time Nigeria was winning the prestigious silverware away from home.

[Premium Times] Mr Usman said he had been away from Nigeria for more than 20 years and it was nice to be back home.

[Nation] Yaounde -- The Secretary General of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Veron Mosengo-Omba has said the delayed draws for next year's rescheduled Africa Cup of Nations will take place in Yaounde within the first 15 days of August.

[Nation] Coach Robert Ojienda stretched his unbeaten record to six matches when he led Shabana to a comfortable 2-0 win over Silibwet FC on Wednesday in round 23 of the Betika National Super League (BNSL).

[Nation] Reigning champions Gor Mahia kept the pressure on the top three teams in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League after edging out bottom-placed Mathare United 1-0 at Ruaraka grounds on Wednesday.

[Nation] AFC Leopards came from behind to hold Sofapaka FC to a 2-2 draw in their FKF Premier League match at Dawson Mwanyumba Stadium in Wundanyi on Wednesday.

[Nation] Wazito on Wednesday ended a five-match winless run with a deserved 2-0 win over struggling Kariobangi Sharks in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKF-PL) at Utalii Sports Club in Nairobi.

[Nation] Foreign-based Kenyan athletes have jetted in for the Tokyo Olympic trials that start Thursday at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.

[Nation] Blantyre -- KPA men and women's teams continued with their winning ways at the ongoing Malawi Annual International basketball tournament at Malawi University of Health Science arena in Blantyre on Tuesday night.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisian Raouf Redissi snatched on Wednesday the gold medal at the 20km race walk at day 1 of the 22nd edition of the Arab Senior Athletics Championship (men and women), organised in Rades.

[New Times] Rwanda Energy Group (REG) head coach Henry Mwinuka is confident his side can maintain their unbeaten run to stay top of Group B during the ongoing National Basketball League.

[New Times] The cycling governing body (FERWACY) has unveiled the itineraries for the upcoming 2021 Rwanda National Road Championship slated for Sunday, June 20, from which the top rider will be crowned as the best performing rider of the year.

[Daily News] MARA region Tuesday cruised into the semifinals of the Inter -Primary Schools Games with a bang after a 5-0 victory over Geita in girls' category football quarterfinals game.

[Nation] A high sense of the task ahead has gripped Kenyans eight days before the start of the eagerly awaited World Rally Championship Safari Rally from June 24-27, reputedly the biggest international sporting event on the continent since the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa.

[The Herald] Warriors' skipper Knowledge Musona's future is again under the spotlight at Belgian giants Anderlecht.

[The Herald] THE Cheetahs are expected to leave the country this morning ahead of this weekend World Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Repechage tournament in Monaco, France.

[Namibian] The Uefa-NFA basic coaching course that started on 8 June with Uefa instructor Hesterine De Reus at the Namibia Football Association (NFA), concluded last Thursday, with all 27 participants awarded with certificates.

[Namibian] The Brave Warriors have provisionally been entered to compete in next month's Cosafa Cup, although their participation will depend on the government's financial assistance.

[The Herald] Sports Reporter

[The Herald] UNITED States-based golfer, Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa, returned home to claim the Mashonaland West Golf Union Amateur Golf Championship at Kadoma Country Club.

[Nation] Safaricom Tuesday unveiled a Sh17.5 million sponsorship for three drivers nominated to compete in the Safari Rally and select World Rally Championship (WRC) events under the International Motorsport Federation (FIA) Rally Star Programme open to young promising drivers aged 27 and below.