Nigeria wins Africa Cup of Nations, beats Burkina Faso 1-0
Listen Johannesburg (Alshahid)-Nigeria won its first Africa Cup of Nations title since 1994, beating Burkina Faso 1-0 in Sunday’s final in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sunday Mba scored on a left-footed volley off a rebound in the 40th minute in a match that attracted a crowd estimated at 87,000. Burkina Faso fell short of what would [...]
Massive match-fixing scandal erupts in European football
Listen London (Alshahid)-Hundreds of soccer matches have been fixed in a global betting scam run from Singapore, police said on Monday, in a blow to the image of the world’s most popular sport and a multi-billion dollar industry. Over 380 international football matches in 15 countries are suspected to have been fixed, the European investigative [...]
Somali Stadium carpet installation completed
Listen “On the behalf of Somali Football Federation I kindly thank to FIFA for implementing this huge development program in Somalia despite of the hard conditions we are experiencing—this was part of the efforts by FIFA president Blatter and his committee who are committed to helping the promotion of football in Somalia in a particular [...]
Kenya bundled out of CHAN qualifiers
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid)- Kenya soccer team Harambee Stars failed to secure a place in the next round of the The African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier matches after they were held to a barren draw by 10-man Burundi in the return leg match played Sunday at the Nyayo national stadium. Burundi had won the opening match, [...]
Kenya to face Uganda in the Cecafa Challenge final
Listen Kampala (Alshahid)-Uganda Cranes will take on Kenya’s Harambee Stars in the final tie slated for Cecafa Challenge Cup on Saturday at Namboole Stadium in Kampala. Harambee Stars beat Zanzibar Heroes 4-2 on post penalties to make the final of this year’s Cecafa Tusker Cup at Namboole on Thursday. Stars showed remarkable resilience twice coming [...]
Tanzania/Somalia: 2012 Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup, Day Nine – Teams Brace Themselves for Knock-Outs
Listen QUARTER final pairings were decided on Saturday after enthralling last matches of the pool stages in an extraordinary day of the 2012 Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup competition. Fixtures of the day were moved to smaller grounds and the excellent surfaces of Lugogo, home of Premier league side KCC [Kampala City Council], and Wankulukuku of [...]
CECAFA 2012: Sam Ssimbwa appointed Somalia Head Coach
Listen SC Victoria’s first team coach Sam Ssimbwa has been named the Somalia national soccer team coach for the upcoming Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup. According to the club’s website, the former Express Coach has been given the go ahead by his bosses at the club to take up the job for the two weeks tournament [...]
Somalia line up friendlies
Listen Somali intend to play a host of friendlies with local teams in Kampala as they build up to the upcoming Tusker Cecafa Cup. The Ocean Stars, as the national football team are called, have lined up three friendly matches to that effect. According to the Somali assistant communications officer, Ssemugenyi Abdu Sulaiman, the first [...]
Somalia Hit Sudan to Qualify for CAF Junior Second Round
Listen Somali U-17 football squad beat Sudan 1-0 on Friday in Khartoum to qualify for the next round round of African youth championship. The match was very competitive and each team was committed to winning. Both sides launched successive attacks on the opposite goal, but none of them happened to score during the first half. [...]
Somalia Olympic runner ‘drowns trying to reach Europe’
Listen A Somali Olympic athlete has reportedly drowned while attempting to reach Europe on a migrant boat. Runner Samia Yusuf Omar was trying to cross from Libya to Italy in April when the boat she was travelling in sank, according to Italian media. The head of Somalia’s National Olympic Committee confirmed to the BBC that [...]