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Despite their 2-0 victory over Madagascar yesterday at the JS Esuene stadium Calabar, Super Eagles have been charged to do more to win back the support and confidence of Nigerian football fans.

RWANDA'S Amavubi Stars kick off their qualifying campaign for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations this evening against the Ivory Coast. The first leg match of Group H will be played in Abidjan.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria yesterday at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar defeated their Madagascar counterparts 2-0 in the first leg of the first round of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

Sixty-ninth ranked Uganda today start another expectant journey to end a 34-year- old jinx, one that will also see journalists take a few French and Spanish lessons.

Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane is a worried man after his charges failed to punish minnows Niger in a 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier they were supposed to win by a huge margin here at the weekend.

Cranes had a million reasons to be excited on Saturday after walking off with a whooping sh30m reward for the historic win, writes Fred Kaweesi.

PLAYERS OF Accra Hearts of Oak would henceforth be heading to the bank beaming with smiles, as their financial status has been greatly enhanced.

Defending champions Aduana Stars will open their defence of the Glo Premier League when they come face-to-face with Real Tamale United.

After the storm comes the rain. The much talked about Nigeria football federation election has come and gone, and so have the dusts raised before and during the election. For some soccer pundits, this is the time for the Alhaji Aminu Maigari-led executive board to settle down and work. Nigerians expect a total departure from the way the previous board led by Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi handled football-related issues.

Their last visit to Uganda, a 3-1 mauling, not being one to remember might explain it. They went about their business at Namboole in their final drills ahead of the 2012 Nations Cup qualifier against the Cranes without the necessarily displaying reckless abandon.

Kenya's under-19 cricket squad qualified for the global World Cup qualifiers after they beat Botswana by eight wickets in their last game of the regional qualifiers in Windhoek, Namibia, on Sunday.

Musona struck his first goal for the Warriors as Zimbabwe got their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group A qualifying campaign off to a promising start with a battling performance against Liberia at the Samuel Kenyon Doe Sports Complex here last night.

Only 150 fans paid to watch the Premiership tie that fizzled out into a draw at Gwanzura between Shooting Stars and Eagles.

Three goals, a wonder strike, a match-winning goalkeeping performance and a triumphant start; what more value for money could the over 30,000 expectant crowd have wanted?

TAIFA Stars Coach Jan Poulsen believes his side have much more hard work ahead, in spite of a promising start to their African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying campaign.

If Uganda Cranes finally end their painful 32-year stretch of failing to make the Nations Cup finals, among the primary reasons will be the players' privacy rule that has been implemented by soccer governing body FUFA.

MAINLAND Champions Simba on Saturday suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of visiting and Kenyan giants Gor Mahia, in a friendly match at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.

Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart has challenged the new Zifa board to bring back the confidence of stakeholders by running the game professionally.

Asamoah Gyan believes Ghana's 3-0 victory over Swaziland was the ideal start as the Black Stars aim to reach the finals of the 2012 African Cup of Nations.

THE match between soccer giants Simba and Young Africans will elude Dar es Salaam soccer fans at least until next year,and the October 16, showdown now shifts to Mwanza's CCM Kirumba Stadium.