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South Africa will present its bid to stage the 2006 World Cup to the African Soccer Confederation (CAF) executive in Cairo on Sunday, a South African diplomat said.

Africa?s hopes of staging the 2010 World Cup were dashed after more than 130 people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a soccer game in Ghana's capital, Accra, in Africa's worst soccer tragedy.

African soccer officials will meet in Johannesburg next Wednesday to discuss the recent spate of crowd deaths at soccer stadiums on the continent.

A Ghanaian panel probing Africa's worst sports disaster recommended a number of policemen be prosecuted for their role in the death of 126 soccer fans at Accra's stadium in May, a panel member has said.

An inquiry into South Africa?s stadium disaster in April has learned that security guards accepted money to let fans into a stadium that they knew was already full.

Nigeria has named Lagos and Kano as its venues for next year's African Nations Cup which it is co-hosting with Ghana.

At least 11 foreign teams will take part in a soccer tournament beginning in Dhaka on August 27, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has announced.

Dutch soccer side Ajax Amsterdam has taken a 51 percent stake in Ghana's Ashanti Goldfields Sporting Club Ltd.

FIFA head Sepp Blatter has advised Africa to endorse a single bidder to stage the 2006 World Cup finals on the continent for the first time.