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There will be no perching in the Moroccan sun for Nigeria’s Super Eagles if they do the near impossible and qualify for the 2015 CAF/Orange Africa Cup of Nations after Morocco were disqualified from the competition. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday confirmed that the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations will not be held in Morocco as earlier ...

Morocco will not host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations because of its fears over the Ebola outbreak elsewhere on the continent, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed. Caf expelled Morocco,  who would have qualified as hosts, from the finals. It did not announce a new venue for the tournament, due to take place from 17 January to ...

Jacob Mulenga scored his third successive goal in Turkey after inspiring Adana Demirspor to a 2-1 home win over Karsiyaka on Sunday. The 30-year-old Zambia striker has continued to find the target in Turkey just two weeks after he was snubbed for Chipolopolo’s forthcoming final two 2015 Africa Cup Group F qualifiers against Mozambique and Cape Verde. Jacob equalised for ...

Chipolopolo foreign based players are expected to start arriving in the country this afternoon ahead of the crucial 2015 AFCON qualifiers against Mozambique and Cape Verde. Zambia will on Saturday November 15 play against Mozambique in Maputo and four days later play against Cape Verde in Ndola to conclude the campaign for 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Zambia must ...

The NFL “has to play a leadership role” when it comes to the issue of domestic abuse, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan has told BBC Sport. The league has been heavily criticised for its handling of a series of recent assaults involving players. Ray Rice was handed an indefinite ban when video emerged of him punching his fiancé in the ...

England boss Roy Hodgson has questioned the Football Association’s decision to allow an NFL game to take place at Wembley six days before his side’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia. Sunday’s match between Jacksonville Jaguars and Dallas Cowboys is the third NFL match at Wembley this year. “I don’t really think you could expect me to say ‘excellent, delighted, well ...

Manchester City’s Champions League campaign reached crisis point as they were beaten by CSKA Moscow on a desperate night at Etihad Stadium. Not only did they lose to two first-half goals from Seydou Doumbia, they also saw midfielders Fernandinho and Yaya Toure sent off after the break and ruled out of their next home game against Bayern Munich. Toure had ...

Power Dynamos coach Tennant Chilumba says he has been approached by Zimbabwe club Highlanders. Chilumba said he was for now solely focused on Power’s chase for the 2014 FAZ Super Division table with two matches left to play. “I have never applied for the job and they contacted me,” Chilumba said. “My contract with Power is still on for the ...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says Chris Smalling’s sending-off in the Manchester derby was “stupid”. Smalling was dismissed before half-time for two bookable offences – the first for charging down Manchester City keeper Joe Hart’s drop kick, the second for a wild challenge on James Milner. City won 1-0 with a 63rd-minute goal from Sergio Aguero. “In a derby ...

Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale, 25, says he has no intention of making a £90m move to Manchester United. (Daily Star Sunday) Manchester City would be keen to move for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, 34, if the midfielder fails to sign a new deal at Anfield. (Mail on Sunday) Liverpool are ready to outbid Arsenal in the race to sign ...