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Somalia's Football Federation has vehemently welcomed the launch of the New Sports News portal: www.kaalin.com which was established by a friendly football Writer Mohamed Shurie Nur.

Somali football federation (SFF) has awarded certificates to a total of 27 newly-trained referees who have successfully completed a 6 month-long training course, as part of the new CAF programming referees initiative.

As latest preparations are under way in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda which will host this year's Kagame club cup, the regional Africa football governing body on Tuesday released the fixtures of the continent's oldest competition.

It is a major and historic move forward as a Somali instructor Ali Mohamed Ahmed will be teaching at refereeing course for Africa's new FIFA referees to be organized in the Cameroonian capital Yaounde.

President of the confederation of African football (CAF) Issa Hayatou has expressed his condolence to the people of Somalia and the East African Football community following the death of Somalia's first national team captain Mohamed Qalaf Aden Shangole.

The president of the world's football governing body (FIFA) Mr. Joseph S. Blatter has written to Somali Football Federation President Ali Said Guled Roble to deliver his condolence to the entire Somali people and in particularly to the football family of Somalia over the loss of the Ocean Stars'…

As Somalia feels an enormous sense of sorrow and painful experience over the death of the country's first national team captain Mohamed Qalaf Aden Shangole, the council of east and Central Africa football Associations (CECAFA) itself mourns for the loss of the great football personality of the country.

Somali Football Federations and the entire people of Somalia are shocked over the death of one of the country's football veterans who held the title as the country's first ever national football team captain Mohamed Qalaf Aden Shangole who died in Mogadishu on Tuesday morning.

Somalia's first ever National football squad captain Mohamed Qalaf Aden Shangole has been admitted to Mogadishu hospital after he fell sick at his home town of Jowhar about 90 kilometres north of the capital Mogadishu.

The Djiboutian football federation has concluded the 2013-2014 football season of the year during a ceremony held at Sheraton hotel here in the capital Djibouti which saw the end of a marathon job that started in the first quarter of last year.

The Council of east and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) has termed the exhibition of the SFF activity report magazine in Europe as a good step of spreading information of Somali football amongst Somali expatriates and as well as foreigners.

The long journey of the 2013-2014 football season in Somalia has concluded with a colourful ceremony during which Banadir Sports club who won the Nation Link Telecom championship and as well as the winners of division B and C Sahafi FC and Singjet FC were presented their trophies.

Somali Football Federation has displayed its activity report magazine in London during a ceremony organized by the SFF's administrative representative in the UK which saw the attendance of key sporting officials from different national federations, fans and journalists.

Djibouti's youth football Championship, one of the country's newest competitions is now over, with Cite Stade team winning the final match played here at the National technical centre on Monday afternoon.

It was a breakthrough and a huge step forward in the field of football promotion in Djibouti, when 21 coaches including four women pass in their final CAF licence 'B' examination at the end of a two-week long training course under the auspice of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

As the inaugural CECAFA Nile Basin Cup tournament goes into the finals in Khartoum City this Wednesday afternoon, the CECAFA Secretary General Nicholas Musonye believes despite the numerous hurdles, the region is headed for a better destination in football development. Read on:-

The President of the Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and Vice President of FIFA, Issa Hayatou has denied categorically the allegations of corruption published by the UK Sunday Times in its edition of 1st June 2014.

The biggest ever inter-schools football tournament to be organized in Somalia has kicked off at the stadium Banadir in Mogadishu with the participation of 2,400 students from 128 secondary schools.

The President of the confederation of African Football (CAF) Mr Issa Hayatou has expressed sadness at the news of the death of a child who died following a landmine explosion at an open ground in Somalia's Balanbale town where children were playing football on Monday (26 May 2014).

A child has died and two others were seriously injured after an old landmine exploded as they were playing football in the town of Balanbale on Monday morning, Somali Football Federation revealed here in a press statement.