Category: International

  By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s Minister of Sports will now be sitting in the Africa Union Sports Council Region 5 management board’ Council of Ministers (the Troika) after the country has been appointed as vice-chairperson. Malawi was appointed the important role at the Council of Ministers meeting held on November 11-12 in Maseru, Lesotho. AUSC Region 5 Council of Ministers comprises sports ministers from Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswathini, Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia and Malawi.  At the meeting,…

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By Giovanni Wanneh, Kick442.com Retired Cameroon football legend, Samuel Eto’o Fils is headed for the US in January to further his education at the Harvard University in Boston, which is going to be his home for about a year.  The 38-year-old, like most African players including George Weah, opted to go back to school as post football preoccupation. “I want to restart my education,” Cameroon’s all-time highest goal scorer told French newspaper Jeune Afrique. “It is not easy, but…

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By Duncan Mlanjira The first wave of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers wrapped up on Tuesday with the headline result being Ethiopia’s surprise victory over West African heavyweights Côte d’Ivoire.  The African giants scored first but Ethiopia struck back through Sufarel Dagnachew and Shimelis Bekele for their first three points. Malawi gave up their lead of Group B after losing to Uganda on Sunday. In their first match played Wednesday last week at Kamuzu Stadium against…

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  By Ahmed Zezo & Lawreence Ochieng, SuperSport Kenya ?? held Egypt ?? 1-1 while defending champions Algeria ?? thumped Zambia ?? 5-0 on Thursday in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers matchday one continued. Debutant Mohammed Kudus clinched victory for Ghana ?? over South Africa ?? while ?? Mali and Guinea ?? ended 2-2 after four goals in 19 minutes. In other matches, Comoros ?? upset Togo ??, a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang-inspired Gabon ?? held the Democratic…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira One of Africa’s top football clubs, Côte d’Ivoire’s FC San Pedro are on the verge of completing the construction of a state-the-art training centre based in Brofodoumé on an area of ​​22 hectares. The centre has 4 playing fields, three of them are natural grass and one with a synthetic lawn. “There is a stadium with grandstand that can accommodate 2,500 to 3,000 spectators,” said Ghanaian journalist Nuhu Adams, writing on the African Football Writers…

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