http://www.africanfootballer.org Football in Africa Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:32:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gabon and Burkina Faso played to a 1-all draw by Burkina Faso in Cannes France on Sunday. After a scoreless first half Roger Issakounia put Gabon ahead. Burkina Faso got the equaliser in the dying minutes of the game through Alain Traore. As co-hosts of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/07/gabon-burkina-faso-draw-in-friendly/% Tanzania Mainland will host the 2010 Council of East and Central Africa Football Association Senior Challenge Cup. The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup is Africa’s oldest annual regional tournament. It features Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania Mainland, Uganda and Zanzibar. “The Tanzanians are making steady progress with preparations for ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/07/tanzania-mainland-to-host-cecafa-senior-challenge-cup/% Ghana lost 1-0 to Canada in their opening match at the FIFA Women’s Under-17 World Cup in Arima Trinidad and Tobago on Monday. The Ghanaians paid the price of dominating proceedings in both half without finding the back of their opponents net. The all-important goal that separated the two sides was ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/07/ghana-fall-to-canada-at-fifa-womens-u17-world-cup/% The Ghana Black Starts coach Milovan Rajevac has a week to sign his contract or he could lose his job. Rajevac has shunned offers from wealthy clubs and national teams including his native Serbia to serve in Ghana However there appears to be a dispute over the terms of the contract ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/07/ghanas-coach-rajevac-has-a-week-to-sign-contract-or-else/% Algerian coach Rabah Sadaane seems to be the first casualty following the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier over the weekend. Sadaane resigned less than 24 hours after Tanzania’s Taifa Stars held the Algeria Desert Fox to a 1-all draw at the Tchaker Stadium in Blida. Algerian fans were stunned when ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/06/algerian-coach-sadaane-resigns-after-draw-with-tanzania/% Debutants South Africa got off to a bumpy starts when they lost 3-1 to South Korea at the FIFA Women’s Under-17 world Cup in Scarborough Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday Yeo Min Ji scored in each half (37’,56’)  for the Koreans while Jermaine Seoposenwe  (53’) scored for South Africa early in ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/06/debutants-south-africa-fall-to-south-korea-at-fifa-womens-u17-world-cup/% Nigeria upstaged defending champions North Korea 3-2 in their Group A opening fixture at the FIFA Women’s Under-17 World Cup in Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday. Ngozi Okobi scored in each half and Francisca Ordega added a third for Nigeria. Kim Su Gyong and Kim Kum Jong ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/06/nigeria-make-impressive-start-at-fifa-womens-u17-world-cup/% Sierra Leone held defending champions Egypt to a 1-all draw in their opening 2012 Orange Africa Cup Nations qualifier in the Cairo on Sunday. Elsewhere Nigeria beat Madagascar 2-0, Tunisia and Malawi drew 2-all, Cote d’Ivoire thrashed Rwanda 3-0, Guinea beat Ethiopia 4-1, Morocco and the Central African Republic drew 0-0, ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/06/sierra-leone-hold-defending-champions-egypt-in-2012-afrcon-qualifier/% Niger narrowly lost 1-0 to the Orange Africa Champions league title holder TP Mazembe who hosted them in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday (01 September) They used the match as their finals warm up match before they proceed to South Africa. They play South Africa in their ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/02/niger-slip-1-0-to-tp-mazembe-in-lubumbashi/% Algeria’s coach Rabah Sadaane has warned his players against underestimating Tanzania in their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier this coming weekend. The desert Fox host Taifa Stars in Blida the venue where Algeria won all home fixture in their campaign to qualify for the 2010 world Cup in South Africa. ... http://www.africanfootballer.org/2010/09/01/algeria-wary-of-tanzania/%