Stripped of the right to host the tournament and plunged into the qualifying competition halfway through, Cameroon earned its place at the African Cup of Nations finals and the chance to defend its ...

MOORHEAD — Former Concordia College head men’s soccer coach Ben Schneweis said Nigaba Olivier is a “cool combination of things.” The Cobbers defender is a dedicated student, talented athlete and ...

BUJUMBURA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Forward Saido Berahino is eligible to play for Burundi in next month’s African Nations Cup qualifiers after FIFA approved his application to switch international ...

Johannesburg (AFP) – Burundi are the only African country to continue playing football during the coronavirus pandemic, with the league heading toward a potentially thrilling climax. Musongati FC drew ...

(Adds Blatter quotes, details) By Brian Homewood ZURICH, April 21 (Reuters) - Former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter said on Thursday he had sought to defuse unrest in Burundi last year by offering President ...

FIFA executive committee member Lydia Nsekera has been ousted as president of the football federation in her home country Burundi. The Burundi federation on Sunday announced Nsekera's 31-25 defeat by ...

Like so many industries during the COVID-19 pandemic, sports betting has been decimated, with brick-and-mortar sports books shuttered and little to wager on via the internet. And when the New Jersey ...

June 17 (Reuters) - Factbox on African Cup of Nations qualifiers Burundi: African Cup of Nations record: Previous appearances in finals: none Drawn in Group B with Guinea, Madagascar and Nigeria.

Presidential, legislative and communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ngozi NAIROBI (Reuters) - President ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) – President Pierre Nkurunziza, a fitness enthusiast who increasingly relied on religion and repression to rule the impoverished and unstable central African nation of Burundi for 15 ...