Patrick Mboma names Cameroon’s all time best XI

  By Angu Lesley, kick442.com Legendary Cameroonian striker Patrick Ndem Mboma has revealed his Cameroon dream XI but surprising he didn’t include himself. The man, who won 54 caps and scored 32 goals for the Indomitable Lions, merged the generation that played three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals between 1984-1988 and the generation that appeared in two consecutive finals between 2000-2002 to form a formidable XI. The former PSG forward picked two-times African Footballer of the Year…

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8 years after and 8 records that made Rashidi Yekini worth remembering

  opera.com It’s been eight years since the passing away of one Africa’s biggest goal poacher, Rashidi Yekini, who died on the 4th of May, 2002 in a mysterious manner. The mystery behind his death until today has not been unravelled and while the focus of this article  is not to explain the mystery and circumstances behind his death, but is to establish those moments that really defined his career and made his memory cast forever in the minds…

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Why Côte d’Ivoire ex-footballers snubbed Didier Drogba

Ghanasoccernet.com Shockwaves spread like wildfire when news emerged on Sunday that former Côte d’Ivoire footballers snubbed their own colleague Didier Drogba by voting massively for long-standing FA loyalist Sory Diabate in the FA presidential elections. The Chelsea great and former African Footballer of the Year had zero votes in the first phase of the election for the person to take over from Sidy Diallo as the FA President. All the votes went to Diabate, who had served for years…

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Legend Didier Drogba gets zero vote from Côte d’Ivoire ex-players in FA presidential elections

Ghanasoccernet.com Chelsea legend Didier Drogba’s quest to lead Côte d’Ivoire  football received a major blow after former players unanimously voted for his rival. Of the 14 members in the Association, 11 voted for his rival, league president Sory Diabate, while three abstained. The third candidate, the current vice-president, Idriss Diallo also got no votes from the ex-players. The results of the election, of which Drogba had been the massive favourite going into the polls done via video conferencing, has…

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Africans advised not to eat insecticide infested swarming locusts

Analysis by Joost Van Itterbeeck, allAfrica.com Massive swarms of locusts are sweeping across South Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. The current outbreak is the worst in recent decades and one million hectares of land is under threat in eight countries in the Horn of Africa.  This is a crisis and a serious threat to crops, economies and livelihoods. New bands and swarms are currently forming so the crisis will continue for several more weeks. Locusts…

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FIFA starts immediate financial support to member associations in response to COVID-19 impact

By Duncan Mlanjira FIFA will release all operational funding due to member associations for the years 2019 and 2020 in the coming days as the first step of a relief plan to assist the football community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This measure will mean that a total of around US$150 million will be distributed among the 211 national football governing bodies around the world. “The pandemic has caused unprecedented challenges for the entire football community and, as the…

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SADC warns against domestic violence neglect amidst Coronavirus

By Yamikani Yapuwa, MANA Southern African Development Community (SADC) Wednesday said governments, stakeholders and law enforcement establishments should not neglect domestic violence as they are focusing on measures to contain and enforce COVID-19 regulations and measures in the communities. The UN Women report showed that some countries around the world, particularly those highly affected by COVID-19, have registered up to 30 percent increase in reported domestic violence cases and around 33 percent increase in emergency calls for gender-based violence,…

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Prophet Bushiri extends humanitarian hand to most vulnerable

Maravi Express South Africa-based Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, who is on a humanitarian campaign to assist people with various food stuffs and sanitation products in the wake of Coronavirus (COVID-19), has also not ignored the most vulnerable in his host country as well as in neighboring Namibia On Tuesday, the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Limpopo branch was a beneficiary where Bushiri donated food stuff to the Vutlhari Simulation Disability Centre in Mamaila Village. The centre is an NPO that looks…

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Prophet Bushiri hands over COVID-19 relief food items, health kits to SA’s North-West province

By Ephraim Nyondo, ECG Publicist South Africa-based Malawian, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) on Tuesday handed over COVID-19 relief food items and health kits to his host country’s North-West province’s department of social social development. This was the Prophet’s response for vulnerable families in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and the assorted packages were received by the premier of North West Province, Professor Job Mokgoro at the Department of Agriculture Buildings in Rustenberg.  Professor Mokgoro…

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John ‘Shoe’ Moshoeu: Five years on since the Bafana legend passed away

By Muambo Edward, kick442.com It’s been five years to this day, since one of Africa’s best football feet and brain left the stage — former Bafana Bafana playmaker John ‘Shoe’ Lesiba Moshoeu, who died after a long battle with stomach cancer, aged 49 on April 21, 2015. The highly gifted native of Ga-Mashashane came through the ranks of Blue Whales and Kaizer Chiefs before playing almost 600 league games, scoring 152 goals for eight clubs in South Africa and…

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