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Sierra Leonean club SLIFA FC has referred its exclusion from the national championship to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, seeking immediate reinstatement. It is also calling for the ongoing competition to be suspended until the court’s decision, according to a statement signed by its director general Benjamin Gordon.
Source: Sierraloaded
Centenary Bank is to become the Uganda Premier League’s official banking partner for the 2026-2027 season, with a total contribution of 204 million Ugandan shillings. The funding will cover operations, media promotion, awards and digital ticketing, according to the announcement made by the bank in Kampala.
Source: Pmldaily
Black Queens coach Lars Kim Björkegren considers qualification for the 2028 Olympics very difficult after the 10-0 victory over Mauritius. Ghana will face Zambia from 23 February to 6 March 2027 for one of the two places available to African teams, according to MyJoyOnline.
Source: MyJoyOnline
Kenyan coach Godfrey Oduor believes Kenya can eliminate Malawi in the third round of the women’s qualifiers for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The two legs will be played from 23 February to 6 March 2027, following Kenya’s aggregate win over the Seychelles and Malawi’s aggregate win over Zimbabwe, Citizen reports.
Source: Citizen
Jo Bonfrere, Nigeria’s former under-23 coach, says he has still not received his gold medal or the promised reward after the 1996 Olympic title. Aged 80, he recounted the situation during an interview in Ebonyi State, according to Dailytrust.
Source: Dailytrust
South African clubs have never progressed beyond the Champions Cup quarter-finals since joining the United Rugby Championship in 2021. Player management, travel between Africa and Europe, and the priority given to the regional championship complicate their European ambitions, according to the Daily Maverick.
Source: Daily Maverick
Adnan Aziz, born in 2002 in Djougou, is a Beninese striker who has played for several clubs in Benin, France, Italy and the Czech Republic. He has also represented Benin in youth teams, including at under-20 and under-23 level, reports Jornal Tropical.
Source: Jornal Tropical
Ghana’s women’s team beat Mauritius 7-0 in the second leg of the second round of qualifying for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, taking the aggregate score to 10-0. The Black Queens advance to the third round, where they will continue their bid to qualify for the women’s tournament, The Ghana Report said.
Source: Theghanareport
Ghana’s Black Starlets have reached the semi-finals of the West African Football Union Zone B tournament after victories over Togo and Benin. A place in the final would secure qualification for the U17 AFCON, due to be held in Morocco in 2027, according to MyJoyOnline.
Source: MyJoyOnline
Greek player Achilleas Kepenekidis won the first international online backgammon cup, held on 10 October 2026 with 47 players from 14 countries. He beat Turkey’s Caglar Ozturk in the final and claimed a 750-euro prize, according to organiser Backgammon International.
Source: Jornal Tropical
Ademola Lookman scored for Atlético de Madrid against Manchester United in the Champions League, ending a run of six matches without a goal. After the 2-0 victory, coach Diego Simeone praised his statistics, eye for goal and one-on-one effectiveness, according to remarks to journalists.
Source: Daily Post
Manchester City host Paris Saint-Germain on the second matchday of the league phase of the 2026-2027 Champions League, while Real Madrid travel to Rome. The English and French sides both won their opening matches, with respective victories over Porto and Slovan Bratislava, according to 3news.
Source: 3news
Manchester United's Argentine defender Lisandro Martínez criticised the club's hierarchy for failing to strengthen the squad sufficiently after a defeat by Atlético de Madrid. He made the criticism to Amazon Prime Video, while the defeat in Spain was Manchester United's fourth of the season, reports 3news.
Source: 3news
Lionel Messi named Max Dowman, Arsenal’s 16-year-old youngster, among the talents he predicts will have a great future in football. Manager Mikel Arteta welcomed the praise and said he hoped the Argentine was right, according to Mwananchi.
Source: Mwananchi
Tunisian Ahmed Ayoub Hafnaoui won the 1,500-metre freestyle in 15 minutes 03.12 seconds, completing his treble at the Grenoble Alpes Open. His compatriot Mohamed Yassine Ben Abbes won the 200-metre freestyle in 1 minute 48.80 seconds, according to LiveFFN results.
Source: Webdo
The Burundian league match between Vision FC and Kayanza United will now be played at Intwari Stadium instead of Urunani Stadium. The match on 14 October 2026 will kick off at 3pm, rather than the originally scheduled 3.45pm, after the competent commission approved the new stadium’s use, reports Iwacu Burundi.
Source: Iwacu Burundi
The Burundi Football Federation has selected ten women’s teams for a mini-championship, from which two will move up to the National Women’s League B. These teams from villages, neighbourhoods and academies will try to secure a place in the second division, according to Iwacu Burundi.
Source: Iwacu Burundi
The 2026-2027 National County Sports Meet, Liberia’s county sports tournament, will exclude first- and second-division players as well as those who have competed in at least five editions. Former players from the top two divisions will notably have to have spent three full seasons at a third-division club to be eligible, according to the tournament regulations reported by The Liberian Investigator.
Source: The Liberian Investigator
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