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Ahead of the Lone Star's home match on Sunday with the Warriors of Zimbabwe in the qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) final in 2012, the Liberia Football Association has excluded three overseas players from participation in the pending encounter after they were accused of breaking camp.

At least 150 fans are travelling on Friday afternoon to Kampala, where Angola's national senior males football team will play Uganda, in a group 10's first round match of the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations, that will be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in 2010.

The African continent will be in frenetic motion this weekend with the kick-off of the qualifiers for the Africa Nations Cup (CAN2012), set to take place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Danesious Marteh, a sports' reporter with privately-owned Frontpage Africa newspaper was on September 2, 2010 assaulted by three foreign-based players of the national soccer team for photographing them.

Brave Gladiators coach Jacqueline Shipanga has been chosen to offer her technical skills on football-related matters as part of the FIFA Technical Study Group at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, to be held in Trinidad and Tobago, starting on Sunday.

AFTER the ignominy of failing to qualify for the African Cup of Nations at the beginning of the year, Bafana Bafana will attempt to haul themselves on the road to redemption when they host little-known Niger in the must-win opening qualifying match of the 2012 continental showpiece at Mbombela Stadium tomorrow night.

Angola's football team arrived in Kampala, this Friday at dawn, to play against Uganda on Saturday, ahead of the eliminatory round of the CAN-2012, ANGOP witnessed at the local airport.

Uganda national team have a tradition at Mandela International stadium, venue of Saturday's match against Angola, an "arena" where they only lost once, in 2004, since its inauguration in 1997.

President John Evans Atta Mills has sought permission from Fifa boss Sepp Blatter to set up a presidential commission of enquiry to investigate how the Ghana Football Association uses funds given it by the government.

The Brave Warriors face a stern test of character when they kick-off their African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying campaign against Gambia tomorrow.

Liberia's senior football team has dropped three key players ahead of its African Cup of Nations qualifiers match against Zimbabwe on Sunday, September 5 in Monrovia.

Ghana's 2010 World Cup performance has been rewarded with an award by the West Africa Football Union - Wafu.

Members of the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation rose from its inaugural meeting last night and announced that Samson Siasia's Chief Coach offer with the Eagles has been put on hold as the position has been thrown open to all including foreign coaches.

The camp of the Eagles in Calabar is in high spirit, as all the players are enthusiastically hoping to have a good start in their campaign for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with the qualifier against Madagascar on Sunday.

THE Confederation of African Cup has named three Rwandan referees to handle Group K Africa Nations Cup qualifier between Botswana and Togo due in Windhoek on Saturday.

APR Fc Secretary General Adolph Kalisa yesterday confirmed to Times Sport that Dutchman Erik Paske had 'resigned' from his post as the club's head coach due to family reasons.

Young Africans risk to part with 250m/-, as compensation to its four former players following a breach of contract.

The national soccer team, Taifa Stars, begin their campaign for the Gabon-Equatorial Guinea CAN 2012 qualifiers against hosts Algeria at the Mustapha Tchaker in Blida on Friday night.

Travelling west for Harambee Stars on international duty has never been a dull undertaking.

Poor planning, inept management and a general lack of seriousness nearly cost Harambee Stars dearly.