2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Indonesia gears up to kick off tournament amid efforts to reform troubled local football culture

03 october 2023 - 06:07:57
Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - As Indonesia gear up to host the FIFA Under-17 World Cup next month, the country is [...] Full text...

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Nigerian female footballer seals deal with Mexican club

24 august 2023 - 07:38:20
Mexico City, Mexico (PANA) - Experienced Nigeria centre-back, Osinachi Ohale, has joined Mexican women's club, Pachuca, following an impressive 2023 [...] Full text...

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Inter Miami secures monumental signing of Lionel Messi

16 july 2023 - 08:48:32
Fort Lauderdale, US (PANA) - In an unparalleled move for Major League Soccer (MLS), Inter Miami CF of Fort Lauderdale, [...] Full text...

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FIFA chief wants referees to stop football games when racism occurs

16 june 2023 - 11:21:47
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - A zero tolerance approach must be taken over racism in football and referees at all levels [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Chukwueze wins best African player award in La Liga

07 june 2023 - 08:28:34
Villarreal, Spain (PANA) - Villarreal FC Nigerian forward, Samuel Chukwueze, has been named best African player in the 2022/2023 Spanish [...] Full text...

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US to play Germany, Ghana in October International Friendlies

03 june 2023 - 07:36:26
Connecticut, U.S. (PANA) - The US men's national team (USMNT) has announced it would be playing Germany and Ghana during [...] Full text...

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Technology crucial in Angola 2020 Olympics fans experience

21 july 2021 - 21:41:56
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Billed as the world’s biggest sporting event, the Summer Olympics scheduled to take place in Tokyo, [...] Full text...

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Canal Plus acquires German Bundesliga broadcast rights in francophone Africa

29 august 2020 - 09:34:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African arm of French pay television broadcaster, Canal Plus, has acquired the French language rights [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Wuhan soccer team gets stuck in Spain, local residents afraid of spread

01 march 2020 - 09:57:56
Madrid, Spain (PANA) - It’s been a tough journey for the first-division soccer club from Wuhan, the epicenter of the [...] Full text...

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Esperance de Tunis first African team in world clubs ranking

21 january 2020 - 20:55:31
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Esperance Sportive of Tunis (EST) has achieved a performance of 41 positions ahead in the world [...] Full text...

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Nigerian legend Ikpeba to grace Kenya sports gala

19 january 2020 - 14:32:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Africa Footballer of the Year, Nigerian star Victor Ikpeba, will be the chief guest at [...] Full text...

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Sevilla come from behind to beat Tanzania’s Simba 5-4

23 may 2019 - 22:41:14
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Spanish top flight side, Sevilla FC, on Thursday secured a 5-4 hard-fought win over [...] Full text...

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Spanish side Sevilla FC visit Tanzania for friendly against Simba SC

20 may 2019 - 16:45:31
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Spanish top flight side, Sevilla FC, are due in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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South Africa to bid to host 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

19 march 2019 - 17:17:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Africa is among the nine countries that have shown interest in bidding for the 2023 [...] Full text...

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Best FIFA Football Award winners to be announced on Monday

24 september 2018 - 13:08:20
London, UK (PANA) - The world's best male and female footballers will be named at the Best FIFA Football Awards [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Harambee Stars coach quits

19 february 2018 - 14:31:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya head football coach Paul Put has resigned, hardly three months after he took charge of [...] Full text...

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Award-winning Cristiano Ronaldo wants a 7th Men's player-of-the-year award

24 october 2017 - 12:04:55
London, UK (PANA) - Not satisfied with his fifth Men’s Player of the Year award, Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal says [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Striker Olunga invited for Iraq, Thailand friendlies

22 september 2017 - 15:00:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Striker Michael Olunga and defender Abud Omar are the most notable foreign-based professionals called up to [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Multichoice renews EPL broadcast deal

21 july 2017 - 14:25:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Africa's entertainment pay TV group, Multichoice, has renewed the broadcast rights to the [...] Full text...

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Lionel Messi's wedding: Everything you need to know before the big day, 30 June

29 june 2017 - 08:19:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As Lionel Messi, the Barcelona and Argentine sensation, prepares to get married at the end of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Nigerian Sunday Oliseh to tour Kenya

10 december 2016 - 13:40:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Bundesliga winner and Olympic champion Sunday Oliseh will visit Kenya on a three-day StarTimes Deutsche [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Confederation Cup: All the qualifiers for second round

21 march 2016 - 06:26:43
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are all the qualifiers for the second round of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Confederation Cup: Nine teams through to second round

20 march 2016 - 07:40:42
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nine teams have so far qualified for the second round of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Confederation Cup: 2nd-leg, 1st-round fixtures on Saturday, Sunday

19 march 2016 - 07:00:32
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are second-leg, first-round fixtures on Saturday and Sunday in the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, to [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Confederation Cup: 2nd-leg, 1st-round fixtures this weekend

18 march 2016 - 07:54:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are the second-leg, first-round fixtures of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, to be played across [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Confederation Cup: All 1st-leg, 1st-round results

14 march 2016 - 08:20:33
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following are all the results from the first-leg, first-round matches of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Confederation Cup: Results of first-leg, first-round matches played Friday, Saturday

13 march 2016 - 08:51:26
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are results of matches played Friday and Saturday in the first leg of the first-round [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Confederation Cup: All first-leg, first-round fixtures this weekend

11 march 2016 - 12:27:09
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are the first-leg, first-round fixtures for the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup to be played across [...] Full text...

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2016 CAF Confederation Cup prelim: Some first-leg results

13 february 2016 - 19:43:58
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Some results from the first-leg, preliminary-round of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup played Saturday across Africa. Light [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana beat Togo 1-0 in football friendly

08 june 2015 - 20:19:56
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's senior national football team, the Black Stars, on Monday beat their Togolese counterparts 1-0 in [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Women partners top Spanish football club, Valencia, to boost gender equality

27 may 2015 - 08:16:05
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), is partnering [...] Full text...

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2015 CAF Champions league prelim: First-leg results

16 february 2015 - 07:29:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are the results from the first-leg, preliminary round of the 2015 CAF Champions league. First-named teams [...] Full text...

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2015 CAF Champion league prelim: Sunday fixtures, results Friday, Saturday

15 february 2015 - 08:51:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are Sunday's fixtures in the first-leg, preliminary round of the 2015 CAF Champions league which [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: 'Gone but not forgotten', as FIFA remembers departed greats

01 january 2015 - 12:14:13
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - A number of historic figures from the worldwide football family passed on in 2014, a year [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: France international, Thierry Henry, retires from pro football

16 december 2014 - 11:29:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - France international Thierry Henry has announced his retirement from football, saying he will return to London [...] Full text...

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France: CANAL+ AFRIQUE acquires broadcasting rights for 2014 FIFA World Cup

23 april 2014 - 16:00:20
Paris, France (PANA) - CANAL+ AFRIQUE has acquired the broadcasting rights for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, to be held [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions League: Title holder Al Ahly leads others into Round of 16

10 march 2014 - 13:35:46
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Defending champion Al Ahly of Egypt, fellow Egyptian club Zamalek and Nkana FC of Zambia are [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions League: Results of CAF Champions League matches

09 march 2014 - 06:41:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The following are the results of the second round 2014 Orange CAF Champions League matches played [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions League: Fixtures for first-round, second-leg matches

07 march 2014 - 11:02:43
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Below are the fixtures for the second-leg matches in the first round of the 2014 CAF [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: All first round, first leg results in 2014 CAF Champions League

03 march 2014 - 08:41:54
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - All the first-round, first-leg results in the 2014 CAF Champions league matches played across Africa this [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Updated results in 2014 CAF Champions League

02 march 2014 - 10:21:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the updated results of the first leg, first round matches played across Africa on [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions league: First-round, first-leg matches this weekend

28 february 2014 - 07:55:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The following are the first-round, first-leg fixtures this weekend in the 2014 CAF Champions league. SATURDAY, 1 [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions league prelim: All 1st-round results

17 february 2014 - 18:14:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Results from the second-leg preliminaries of the 2014 CAF Champions league played across AFrica this weekend. SATURDAY, [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions league prelim: Second-leg fixtures this weekend

13 february 2014 - 16:40:57
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Here are the second-leg, preliminary-round matches in the 2014 CAF Champions league which will be played [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions League: Results of 1st leg, prelim matches

10 february 2014 - 09:13:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Preliminary matches in the 2014 CAF Champions League kicked off across Africa over the weekend, with [...] Full text...

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2014 CAF Champions league prelim: Results and fixtures

09 february 2014 - 09:25:47
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The following are the results of matches played across Africa Friday and Saturday in the preliminaries [...] Full text...

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2014 Orange CAF Champions League: Weekend fixtures

07 february 2014 - 19:20:29
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Libyan football club, Ahli Benghazi Friday defeated Foullah Edifice of Chad 4-0 in the first-leg match [...] Full text...

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2013 CAF Confederation Cup: Algerian side, ES Setif, through to group stage

02 june 2013 - 06:21:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Algerian champion ES Setif qualified for the group stage of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup [...] Full text...

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2013 CAF Confederation Cup: All second-leg, playoff round fixtures this weekend

30 may 2013 - 14:16:21
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The second-leg, playoff round fixtures for the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup will be played across Africa [...] Full text...

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2013 CAF Confederation Cup: All first-leg, playoff round results

20 may 2013 - 07:54:49
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Below are all the results of the first-leg, playoff round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup [...] Full text...

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2013 CAF Confederation Cup: Updated results of 1st leg matches

19 may 2013 - 10:11:43
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The first leg action in the playoff round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup kicked off [...] Full text...

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CAF Confederation Cup play-off round: Setif, FUS win home matches

18 may 2013 - 17:42:04
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Only two matches were played on Friday as the first-leg of the play-off round of the [...] Full text...

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CAF Confederation Cup: Fixtures for first-leg, play-off round

16 may 2013 - 14:02:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Below are fixtures for the first-leg of the play-off round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup [...] Full text...

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2013 CAF Confederation Cup: All 16 teams for playoff emerge

06 may 2013 - 07:58:12
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - All the 16 teams that will participate in the playoff round of the 2013 CAF Confederation [...] Full text...

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2013 CAF Confederation Cup: Six teams qualify for playoff round (Correcting para 8)

05 may 2013 - 11:59:17
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six of the eight teams that will progress to the play-off round of the 2013 CAF [...] Full text...

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2013 CAF Confederation Cup: Six teams qualify for playoff round

05 may 2013 - 10:21:49
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six of the eight teams that will progress to the play-off round of the 2013 CAF [...] Full text...

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2013 CAF Confederation Cup: 15 second round qualifiers emerge

08 april 2013 - 09:07:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fifteen of the 16 qualifiers for the second round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup have [...] Full text...

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Defending champion Esperance advances in CAF Champions League

08 april 2012 - 12:13:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Defending champion Esperance of Tunisia has advanced to the next round of the CAF Champions League, [...] Full text...

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2012 CAF Champions League: Results of first leg, rd of 32 matches

26 march 2012 - 10:27:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the results of the first leg, round of 32 matches played across Africa over [...] Full text...

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CAF Champions League: Results from round of 32 first-leg matches

25 march 2012 - 10:16:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the results of matches so far played this weekend in the round of 32 [...] Full text...

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CAF Champions League: Results of prelim. round, first leg matches

20 february 2012 - 08:26:43
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the results of the 2012 CAF Champions League preliminary round, first leg matches matches [...] Full text...

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Kenya in Seychelles for 2014 World Cup qualifier

10 november 2011 - 20:32:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's senior national team, Harambee Stars, are in Seychelles for Friday's 2014 World Cup pre-qualifier first-leg [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Mariga out of World Cup qualifier

08 november 2011 - 16:10:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Spain-based Kenyan midfielder McDonald Mariga will not be available for the national football team, Harambee Stars' [...] Full text...

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Top Spanish sides want to develop Kenyan football

08 july 2011 - 14:50:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Spanish La Liga top teams, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, will partner with the Kenya government [...] Full text...

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CAF Champions League: Results of preliminary, first-leg matches

31 january 2011 - 08:55:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the results of the 2011 CAF Champions League preliminary, first-leg matches played across Africa [...] Full text...

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Maradona in another test of wits against Nigeria

11 june 2010 - 17:35:00
Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Diego Maradona makes his return to the FIFA World Cup Saturday, hoping that his Argentina [...] Full text...

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Top Czech club targets Kenyan striker Oboya

04 february 2009 - 17:48:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- One of Kenya's leading strikers, Patrick Oboya, currentl y plying his trade in the Czech Republic, [...] Full text...

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