By David Gold
July 23 – Cairo rivals Zamalek and Al Ahly played each other this weekend behind closed doors for the first time in the history of their century old rivalry as security concerns continue to affect Egyptian football.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 12 – The French sports marketing rights company Sportfive has signed a 28 million rand (£2.1 million/$3.3 million/€2.7 million) three-deal deal with South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to screen South Africa’s competitive away qualifiers until 2015.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 12 – Nigerian police have freed Italy-based international Christian Obodo unhurt a day after gunmen kidnapped the midfielder and demanded a ransom.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 6 – The Kenya Football Federation (KFF) has turned to one of Africa’s best-known football journalists to help promote and market them overseas.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 5 – South Africa’s notorious impatience with national coaches has snared yet another victim after Pitso Mosimane was fired today following the country’s disappointing start to the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign – he will be succeeded by Steve Komphela.
By David Gold
May 29 – South Sudan has been confirmed as a member of FIFA with near unanimous support from member of world football’s governing body.
By David Gold
May 21 – Samsung Electronics has renewed its sponsorship agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for a further three years.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 9 – Zimbabwe has cleared 33 of 90 players accused of being complicit in rigging results.
By David Gold
May 8 – African football is mourning the loss of Rashidi Yekini, the former Nigerian forward and ex-African Footballer of the Year, who has died at the age of 48.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 3 – Six Zambian footballers have had worldwide bans imposed on them by FIFA following a match fixing scandal in Finland where they played.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 25 – Senegalese football has been thrown into chaos just as the country’s under-23 team bagged the final place at London 2012.
By David Gold
April 19 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is to supply medical equipment and administrative support accessories to its national associations.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 4 – The heads of Somalia’s Olympic Committee and football federation were among at least seven people killed today in a suicide bomb blast in the capital Mogadishu.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 2 – Thirteen suspended Zimbabwean footballers based in South Africa are being allowed to continue playing for their clubs until FIFA takes official action against them.
By David Gold
March 29 – Al-Ahly have vowed to boycott Egyptian football in protest at the decision of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) to ban Al-Masry from the game for two years.