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Staff for Sports ministry skipped work for 2 years but paid – Minister unveils

MOGADISHU (HORN Observer) - For more than two years, Somalia's taxpayers have been digging into their pockets to pay salaries of the staff of the country's sports ministry who had not been in office, the incumbent minister confirmed.

Somali Domestic Youth football league 2021 edition gets off the ground

The 2021 edition of Somali domestic youth football league has kicked off at the national football technical Centre, with Al-Hudda youth team making a brilliant start after defeating Banadir Zone boys 2-1 on Monday afternoon.

Eight Somali national team players stranded over visa non clearance

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somali Football Federation (SFF) has turned its back on the welfare of country's national team with eight of international players detained at transit airports for lack of "visa arrangements", an open letter wrote by the players confirmed in less than two…

Somalia's national football team in Doha for FIFA Arab Cup 2021

DOHA (HORN OBSERVER) - The Somali national team arrived this morning in Doha to participate in the qualifiers for the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021, which will be hosted by Doha.

Somalia fires coach of its national team

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Somali national team coach, Abdellatif Salef has been kicked out only three weeks after his appointment for the post.

Somalia mourns death of veteran football administrator and FIFA referee

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somalia mourns the death of a veteran Somali football administrator and former international referee, Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud, on Thursday died at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somali football federation said.

Somali Football club shows solidarity with the Palestinians

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) — The second leg of Somali Premier League, has resumed on Monday after the Ramadan break with the opening match of the top footballing event was played at Stadium Mogadishu, the country's national football facility.

Somalia: Excitement mounts ahead of FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™ draw

ZURICH, Switzerland, April 27, 2021-- Ahead of the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™ draw on Tuesday, 27 April (21:00 local time), the qualifying matches for the tournament have been decided.

CECAFA to resume competitions as region recovers from Covid-19

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations [CECAFA] is emerging from10 months of inactivity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which badly affected the region's football like elsewhere in the world, with two youthful competitions to be held before the end of…

Football for schools programmes to kick off in Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) As part of its regional development scheme, Somali Football Federation will implement football for schools programmes in regions, starting from next year SFF president, Abdiqani Sadi Arab, announced on Friday, 16 October 2020, as he concluded the second leg of his nationwide…