Last week, we brought you extensive coverage of the brand new Puma kits for the sportswear manufacturer's African teams. Now here's a look at some of Puma's marquee African players modeling their national team's brand new kits. Featured are Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o in the Puma Cameroon 2010 home and away kits, Sunderland's John Mensah in [. Click to continue reading...

Earlier in the week, we brought you a first look at some of Puma's new kits for the African teams that they provide kits to. Since then, the German sportswear manufacturer has officially launched the 2010 kits for all of their African teams. They have also announced that Puma will become the official kit provider [. Click to continue reading...

The 2010 African Cup of Nations kicks off on January 10th. Earlier this week, we got our first look at the Puma kits that will be worn by Angola (home), Cameroon (home and away), Ivory Coast (home and away) and Morocco (home) during the tournament. Now, several more kits for Puma-sponsored African national teams have [. Click to continue reading...

The 2010 African Cup of Nations kicks off on January 10th. With the growing significance of African players plying their trades for the European soccer superpowers, next year's tournament is sure to draw a great degree of attention from fans around the world. Some of the big names on show are expected to be Chelsea's [. Click to continue reading...

It's been some time since my last post so let's catch up on some news from the 2010 World Cup and African football, shall we?
First off, some self-promotion ... my post on Africans in the UEFA Champions League from earlier today ... don't you dare miss it!
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We're almost to the 2010 World Cup in Africa, as the continent is now half way through their last phase of Cup qualifying.
Where do we stand? Let's take a look at the standings for the five groups.
Remember, the five group winners go to the 2010 World Cup. The top three in each group advance to the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola. Click to continue reading...

We've often chronicled the ups and downs of Kenyan football.
Now, with new coach Antoine Hey in place, Kenya is not only looking for on and off-field stability but a place in the 2010 World Cup.
Hey thinks he can lead them there.
The final group phase gets underway at the end of March, with Kenya's Harambee Stars hosting Tunisia in a group that also includes Nigeria and Mozambique. Click to continue reading...

2010 is a big year in African football. Not only will Africa host the 2010 World Cup, but see the re-appearance of their continental championship, the African Cup of Nations.
Today, the BBC takes a look at the progress of the stadiums being built for the tournament, being held in January 2010. Click to continue reading...

South Africa national team coach Joel Santana says his side is almost to the point where they'll do reasonably well in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Santana's been the focal point of criticism the past few months as Bafana Bafana have struggled, failing to qualify for the 2010 African Cup of Nations. Click to continue reading...

The draw for the final round of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations took place today in Zurich, Switzerland.
So what happened?
African champions Egypt were handed what many would consider to be the best of the five group draws.

The Egyptians will face Algeria, Zambia and Rwanda in Group C as they attempt to reach their third World Cup finals.

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With 607 days until the opening of the 2010 World Cup South Africa, African Cup qualifying is heading to its final stage.
20 countries advanced into the final round of African qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup after an eventful weekend.
Along with the perennial crop of heavyweights, including nine previous Cup participants, the likes of Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Sudan also progressed, indication of the constantly shifting power balance on the continent. Click to continue reading...

Now that South Africa have been eliminated from playing in the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola ahead of hosting the 2010 World Cup, many in the nation are blaming the South African Football Association (Safa) for their football development programs.
Safa chief Raymond Hack doesn't respond kindly to these critics, calling them "idiots who do not know what development is. Click to continue reading...

Now that South Africa has been eliminated from the 2010 African Cup of Nations, will South Africa coach Joel Santana get the boot?
A South African newspaper editorial from the Cape Times doesn't seem to think so.

The South African Football Association must stay calm and resist the urge to fire coach Joel Santana after Bafana Bafana failed to qualify for the African Nations Cup in Angola in 2010.

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Benin overcame the formidable challenge of Angola on Sunday to join Nigeria and Cameroon in the last phase of African qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

A 3-2 win in Cotonou for the small West African country came 24 hours after Cameroon had secured their progress by beating the Cape Verde Islands 2-1 in Praia.

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Here, the latest scores from the latest round of 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers...

The joint qualifying campaign will decide which five teams will join hosts South Africa at the World Cup in 2010.

The qualification process will also decide the 15 teams who will join host Angola to take part at the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

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Interesting article from the Bangkok Post about how confusing the 2010 African World Cup qualifiers are. As they put it, 'FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) are on course to score an own goal' with their qualifier rules.
Basically, there's a situation where South Africa may have to lose or draw to make it to the next round (weird, I know. Click to continue reading...

It seems like just yesterday we were blogging about the finals of the African Cup of Nations tournament in Ghana.
But things move quickly in the world of football.
Today, news that the host nation of the 2010 African Cup of Nations, Angola, is confident their infrastructure will be ready in time for the tournament. Click to continue reading...

Sounds like it was a ho-hum day for African World Cup/Cup of Nations qualifying, save for Malawi's 8-0 destruction of Djibouti.
There were no major surprises in the afternoon's eight games, with continental powerhouses Cameroon and Togo winning their respective engagements to take early leads in their groups. Click to continue reading...

Finally, some encouraging news regarding the safety of stadiums in Africa ahead of next month's World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

All the stadiums under threat of being barred from hosting World Cup qualifying matches have been passed by FIFA.

Stadiums in Congo, DR Congo, Gambia, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Zambia will be allowed to host matches in next month after having upgrades or starting the necessary improvements demanded by FIFA.

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