JOHANNESBURG: Bottom-of-the-table South African Premiership club Classic have fired coach Khabo Zondo and hired Austrian Walter Rautmann.
Spanish side signs Angolans
LUANDA: Angolan international midfielders Osvaldo Cruz and Yamba Asha have moved from AS Aviacao to Spanish second division club Badajoz.
Two-phase Ivorian championship
ABIDJAN: The 2002 Ivory Coast championship begins with two eight-club pools and the top three from each enter a Super League.
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Cameroon off to Venezuela
YAOUNDE: Cameroon will prepare to defend the African Nations Cup next month with a January 13 friendly against Venezuela in San Cristobal.
Rampant refugees stun Namibia
WINDHOEK: A team of refugees from Angola and Congo stunned premier league club Touch and Go 5-1 in a Namibian Cup first-round tie.
DR Congo prepare in Belgium
KINSHASA: Former champions Democratic Republic of Congo continued to prepare for the African Nations Cup with a 22-player camp in Belgium.