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Dennis Oliech and McDonald Mariga say they are being used as a scapegoat for Harambee Stars' embarrassing 0-1 loss to Guinea Bissau in their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers last weekend.

Uncapped Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta has said that he is still hoping he will get the opportunity to play for his native Spain.

Nigeria risks the World Football Governing Body (FIFA) ban if the Federal High Court ruling annulling the election of the new Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board is carried out.

Former Super Falcons captain, Coach Eucharia Uche, has charged the Flamingoes to go ahead and lift the FIFA U-17 trophy saying the recent impressive performances of the Falconets and the Flamingoes at World Championships are enough indications that the future of Nigerian female football is really bright.

Dynamos coach Elvis Chiweshe has turned down an opportunity to shop for players from bitter rivals Caps United and Highlanders to beef up the depleted Harare outfit ahead of their African Champions League clash against TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend.

Members of the Golden Eaglets squad moved to Kaduna from their Abuja camp on Wednesday to intensify preparations for the return leg match against Congo DR in the on-going qualifiers for the 9th edition of the African U-17 Youth Championship slated for January next year in Rwanda.

The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and their Zambian counterparts are making an audacious attempt for the Warriors and Chipolopolo to play an international friendly in Europe as the two gear up for tough African Cup of Nations qualifiers next year. The games are supposed to be played in Europe in order to accomodate foreign-based players who ply their trade in Europe.

Out after just two games, debutants South Africa are hoping to leave T&T with their heads held high, as FIFA.com found out in a chat with coach Solomon Luvhengo. 

A teenager was shot three times Thursday evening in Kennedy Heights.

Law enforcement officials say more meth labs are migrating from rural areas to urban areas, and investigators are working to keep up with them.

A high-level delegation, representing a Brazilian engineering and construction company, on Thursday, September 9, held discussions with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the Foreign Ministry in Monrovia.

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria will this Sunday play their Congolese DR counterparts in the ongoing qualifiers for the 9th edition of the African U-17 Youth Championship slated for January/February 2011 in Rwanda. The boys had on Wednesday moved to Kaduna from their Abuja camp to intensify preparations for the important return leg match against the boys from Congo DR.

With the scramble for the Super Eagles plum job already at fever pitch, one man who has vowed not to touch the job with a 10-metre pole even with the fabulous salary and other juicy perks attached to it is former Super Eagles safe hands Peter Rufai.

Deivid chatted to FIFA.com about the pressure of playing in Brazil, his attacking partnership with fellow Flamengo new boy Diogo and relationship with Zico.

Cincinnati police are looking for a gunman in an overnight shooting.

The four super administrators of the former Nigeria Football Federation who are accused of mismanaging and misappropriating funds of the federation are now in prison. The four are the former president of the federation, Sani Lulu Abdullahi, his vice in office, Amanze Uchegbulam, the former Secretary-general of the federation, Dr. Bolaji Ojo-Oba and the Chairman Technical Committee during their term, Taiwo Ogunjobi.

The chairman of the Angolan Referees Council, Jorge Mário Fernandes, Thursday in Luanda, considered as acceptable the performance of members at the International Football Association (FIFA)'s physical tests.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been included in Real Madrid's squad for tomorrow's Primera Division match with Osasuna after making a speedy recovery from injury.

THINGS are already moving on pace as Arusha's AFC vowed to stop giants Young Africans when they clash in a Premier League match at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium in Arusha on Saturday.

FIFA.com profiles Joe Hart, the 23-year-old being tipped to solve England's goalkeeping proplems and become the Three Lions' No1 for years, even decades, to come.