Football

9 April 2011 Sir Alex Ferguson faces a striking dilemma as Manchester United seek to turn the screw in the Premier League title race against Fulham on Saturday without the banned Wayne Rooney. Rooney's superb hat-trick against West Ham last week and the winning goal in the midweek Champions League victory over Chelsea provided hard evidence that the England striker…

7 April 2011 Spanish side Villarreal and Portuguese giants FC Porto put their Europa League-winning credentials on show with 5-1 wins apiece in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Thursday. Three Portuguese sides -- Porto, Benfica and Sporting Braga -- are among the last eight of Europe's second tier club competition, boosting the chances of an all-Portuguese final at…

8 April 2011 Ghana legend Abedi Pele wants CAF president Issa Hayatou to quit the post for younger people to better run the affairs of Africas football. Abedi issued a scathing rebuke against the Cameroonian administrator accusing him of hijacking CAF. The three-time African Footballer of the Year questioned the way CAFs sponsorship money is used insisting it is worthless…

7 April 2011 Italian giants AC Milan have joined the hot chase for Nigeria international striker Emmanuel Emenike. Emenike, who made his Super Eagles debut against Sierra Leone in February, has attracted the interest of Milan after netting 13 goals thus far for his modest Turkish club Karabukspor. According to a report by Lig TV, Milan have kept tabs on…

7 April 2011 Video: Saturday, 2 April highlightsVideo: Sunday, 3 April highlightsThe Nedbank Cup Last 16 round of fixtures will be completed this weekend, with plenty to look forward to in terms of eye-catching match-ups. Free State Stars host SuperSport United at Goble Park on Saturday (15h00 kick-off) in a fixture that has been dominated by SuperSport in recent seasons.…

7 April 2011 The UEFA Europa League quarterfinals begin on Thursday evening, with no less than three Portuguese teams looking to advance into the semifinals. Porto, who have already wrapped up the 2010/11 Portuguese Liga title, host Spartak Moscow at Estadio do Dragao in the first leg of their tie. The main concern for coach Andre Villas-Boasis that Portos celebrations…

5 April 2011 The possibility of playing the rest of the Egypt premier league season behind closed doors or on pitches inside military camps has been suggested by the country's football association in the wake of a violent crowd invasion at the weekend. The league was due to restart on April 13 but has now been postponed indefinitely in the…

5 April 2011 After months of your nominations and votes, we finally settled on our MTNFootball.com All-Time African XI, which you can see here! However, we have had a ton of feedback from readers wanting to have their say. Here is a selection for you, why not tell us what you think! MTNFOOTBALL.COM READER FEEDBACK: From Bashar Kanoma:Make no mistake…

3 April 2011 Club World Cup runners-up TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo cleared the first hurdle without much exertion in pursuit of a record third consecutive African Champions League title. The 'Crows' from southern mining city Lubumbashi took a two-goal advantage over Simba of Tanzania to Dar es Salaam where leading scorer Dioko Kaluyituka bagged a brace…

4 April 2011 The UEFA Champions League quarterfinals get underway on Tuesday evening with two fascinating ties involving Spanish giants Real Madrid and title holders Internazionale of Italy. In Madrid, at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real will host surprise package Tottenham Hotspur in the first leg of their quarterfinal. Amazingly, it will be the Spanish sides first appearance in the last…

4 April 2011 Third division Baroka FC produced the shock of the Nedbank Cup this season, and in many a year, as they defeated Premiership Moroka Swallows 2-1 in their Last 16 clash at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Sunday. The Limpopo Vodacom League side stunned The Birds with second-half strikes from skipper Katlego Mashego and Khunadi Nkoana, either side…

2 April 2011 SuperSport United defeated Al Ahly 1-0 in their CAF Champions League first round, second leg match at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday night, but it was not enough to stop the Egyptians advancing to the second round on aggregate. Leading 2-0 from the first leg, Al Ahly were outplayed by Matsatsantsa on the night but did…

1 April 2011 Over the past three months, MTNFootball.com has been asking you, the fans, to vote for your greatest African XI ever and now the results are in! We have collated the votes, and together with our expert panel, have come up with fantastic African XI that has largely been chosen by you, the fans. Over 60 000 votes…

30 March 2011 AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has admitted that the absence of star forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Saturday's derby against Inter Milan is a huge blow. The Sweden forward is serving the second of a two-match ban imposed for striking Bari's Marco Rossi in the ribs. He was originally banned for the regulation three games for violent conduct…

29 March 2011 Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has admitted his team may have ran up four goals past Ethiopia, but the Walya Antelopes outplayed his team in the midfield. The goal rush that the fans asked for at the Abuja National Stadium Sunday night came to pass, but the overall performance of the team left very little to cheer…