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With the CECAFA U-20 development and friendship entering its 6th day, the Ugandan U-20 football team Anyau Frank praised his young boys and said he was sure that the trophy will be won by Uganda.

The Kenyan U 20 football squad coach, whose team is currently participating in the 2010 CECAFA U-20 development and friendship tournament in Asmara, has vowed that his young boys will defeat Somalia in revenge for Somali U 17 team's humiliation of its Kenyan counterpart earlier in the year.

The 2010 CECAFA friendship and development football tournament has officially kicked off at the Asmara Stadium in Eritrea on Saturday afternoon with the host nation Eritrea and its Tanzanian rivals clashing in the opening match.

The Somali National U-20 football squad which arrived in Asmara early on Thursday morning will take on Sudan in its first game of the 2010 CECAFA peace and friendship tournament which will kick off on Saturday with Eritrea and Tanzania clashing in the opening match.

With the CECAFA U-20 tourney due to kick off in Asmara on Saturday, the General Secretary of the regional football body Nicholas Musonye on Friday praised Eritrea for its great responsibility and the good organization for the regional soccer event.

The Somali National U-20 football team on Wednesday left for Eritrea for this year's CECAFA tourney. Since Somalia and Eritrea have no flight connections, the team will be transit in Nairobi before flying to Asmara on midnight on Wednesday.

The Somali Football Federation (SFF) and the country's main Students' Union on Sunday held a very huge ceremony to mark on the conclusion of the recently-ended Primary and Intermediate Somali schools football tournament.

The Executive committee of the Somali Football Federation held its monthly meeting at its head quarters in the volatile Mogadishu on Saturday during which several important issues were raised. The meeting was the first of its kind since the new executive committee was elected on July 19th.

Somali Football Federation (SFF) has successfully concluded a ten-day long soccer competition for primary and intermediate Somali school children with Jaber Bin Hayan School Children winning the trophy on Monday afternoon.

Despite lawlessness and the daily-armed confrontations, the Somali Football Federation has organized a soccer match for school children in Somalia, the match kicked off in Mogadishu on Saturday afternoon.

The Somali Football Federation (SFF) on Friday held a huge ceremony to inaugurate President Said Mahmoud Nur who has been re-elected to the post of presidency on 19th of July to lead the federation for another four years.

The representative of Somali Olympic committee for zone 4 southern regions, Mohamed Muse Abdi Jabroos has vehemently lauded for the recent Somali football federation election congress, which ended successfully.

The president of the world's highest football governing body FIFA Joseph S. Blatter has lauded for the successful end of Somali football election, which took place in the volatile Mogadishu on Monday 19th of July 2010.

The Somali sports press association (SSPA), which is a full member of international sports press association on Wednesday, described the country's football federation election earlier in the week as "a major breakthrough" in Somali sporting elections.

The eighth congress of the Somali Football Federation (SFF) has elected a new executive committee during the session held at Mogadishu's Sahafi International hotel on Monday 19th of July 2010.

Fabio Cannavaro, the captain of the Italian team, which won the 2006 World Cup final, will convey the trophy to the Soccer City stadium of Johannesburg on Sunday before the kickoff of the final match pitting the Netherlands against Spain.

English referee Howard Webb has been appointed to handle the 2010 World Cup final match pitting the Netherlands against Spain on Sunday at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg.

Trouble is not over yet for the sacked officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) following the poor performance of the Super Eagles at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in South Africa as they have been arrested by the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to answer…

At least two persons died and three others were wounded in a grenade attack on a house where young Somalis were secretly watching a world cup game in the Elasha biyaha neighborhood south of Mogadishu last night.

The Somali Football Federation (SFF) has welcomed the re-appointment of the country's Sports Minister Khadija Mohamed Diriye over the weekend.