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The Somali national U-17 squad has defeated its Kenyan counterpart by 3-1 in the first leg of CAF U-17 qualifying match at the Guled Stadium in Djibouti last Friday.

"It was with immense sadness that I learnt this morning of the tragedy which resulted in the loss of the lives of President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and countless prominent figures from Poland's political, economic and military elite in this tragic accident in Smolensk.

With Implementing the Somali football federation's plans on expanding the FOOTBALL FOR PEACE AND PUBLIC INTEGRATION program through out all Somali regions, authorities of Somali football federation have been on a work tour to the puntland state of Somalia in August where they held meetings on football…

As the Somali Football Federation has recently expanded its activities throughout the country, its general secretary Abdi Qani Said Arab held a press conference in Mogadishu on Monday to give details about what has been achieved since the start of this year and the obstacles that still face the federation.

A COMMUNITY football team that helps hard to reach youths has unveiled a new kit sponsored by the police.

Aden Hussein Ibrahim, nicknamed Eeney, was born in the town of Wajid in the south western Somali region of Bakool in 1993 and has no relatives in the capital Mogadishu where he currently lives.

As the inter regional Somali football tournament is due to be held in Puntland before the end of this year, president of Somali football federation Said Mahmoud Nur on Wednesday arrived in Galkayo, the provincial capital of Mudug province in the Somali semiautonomous region of Puntland.

Prior to their departure from Mogadishu's Aden Adde airport, the Somali Football Federation president Said Mahmoud Nur pledged thousands of US dollars for the national Under-17 squad members if they are victorious in the upcoming CECAFA Under-17 competition which will kick off in Khartoum next week.

As Somali U-17 football team is due to be off to Sudan on Friday for CECAFA competition, a very well organized ceremony to see the team off was held at the Sahafi International hotel in Mogadishu on Thursday.

The FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner says Nigeria should not worry now about the hosting right but the performance of the Golden Eaglets when the competition kicks off in October this year.

Nigeria's Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged adequate funding for the hosting of the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup Finals to be held in eight venues across Nigeria.

Somali youth and sports minister of the federal republic of Somalia Suleiman Olad Rooble on Tuesday morning visited the Somali police academy where he met with the U-17 soccer squad members who are due to fly o Sudan next week to take part in the upcoming CECAFA U-17 football match.

Authorities from Somali football federation on Monday met with Somali government minister for youth and sports Suleiman Olad Rooble, as both sides raised more crucial issues relating to the activities of Somali football federation throughout the nation.

The international construction company, Green Filed and Somali football federation held crucial talks on completing the reconstruction work of Somalia's oldest football facility, the Banadir Stadium, top SFF official revealed here on Thursday.

Due to unrest and nearly daily armed confrontations in Somali capital, members of the national U-17 soccer squad have fled from their training camp in the Abdel Aziz district in the north east of the lawless capital Mogadishu, the team's coach revealed on Monday.

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter began on Friday 24 July, a four-day visit to the United States of America.

The first vice president of Somali Football Federation (SFF) Mr. Ali Said Guled has greatly praised authorities of the Somali police-owned sports club of Heegan which recently formed its football team.

Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy received FIFA President Joseph Blatter at his residence of 2 Rue du Lambermont in Brussels today (Monday, 20 July 2009).

A soccer team owned by Somali community in Switzerland became an officially recognized member of the Swiss division 2nd beach soccer teams in Switzerland.

The Somali national football federation has announced the date to hold the nation's division 1st and 2nd soccer championships of the year 2009.