By Andrew Warshaw
September 4 – African football officials, so often accused of being mired in political skullduggery, have formally adopted controversial new rules banning anyone outside their inner sanctum from running the sport in the continent.
By David Gold
August 30 – Henri Michel has been named as the new coach of the Kenyan national team, replacing Francis Kimanzi after the country failed to qualify for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
By David Gold
August 29 – Samuel Eto’o, arguably Africa’s greatest football export, has hit out at Cameroon’s “amateurism” and “bad management”, and insisted he will not return to play for the national team.
By David Gold
August 28 – Tunisian outfit Étoile du Sahel have been ejected from Africa’s Champions League after crowd disturbances during their losing match to compatriots Espérance earlier this month.
By David Gold
August 14 – Malawi have cancelled an international with Uganda which was due to take place tomorrow due to an outbreak of Ebola.
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.