Sevilla have announced that striker Frederic Kanoute has left the club to join Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan.

The Mali international revealed earlier in the week that was assessing his options, with the Middle East, China and the United States all suggested as possibilities.

And he has now signed a two-year contract with the Chinese capital club, who currently sit third in the Super League, seven points adrift of leaders Guangzhou Evergrande.

Kanoute signed for Sevilla in 2005 after two years at Tottenham, and became an iconic figure at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, netting 136 goals in 290 matches.

A first half goal from Foxi Kethevoama at the Barthelemy Boganda stadium in Bangui proved more than enough for the Central African Republic to claim a historic result and a place over Egypt in the second round of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.

The match lacked rhythm in the opening stages, with both teams looking slightly nervous as they came to grips with the importance of the occasion.

Play was constrained to the middle of the pitch where a stiff physical battle was taking place, with the hosts having a slight upper hand. It took until the 12th minute for the first shot of the match to be taken but Franklin Clovis Anzite’s long distance effort was straight at Issam El-Hadary.

Johannesburg - Gordon Igesund was named as the new Bafana Bafana coach on Saturday.

Igesund was appointed ahead of fellow South African Steve Komphela, the SA Football Association announced.

The duo were the only two candidates left in the race to find a replacement for Pitso Mosimane who was sacked on June 5 after a string of poor results.

"It was not an easy decision as both coaches are well equipped to take Bafana Bafana forward," said SAFA president Kirsten Nematandani.

"At the end of the day, it was a unanimous decision (by the SAFA national executive committee) and we think the final verdict was in the best interest of the nation."

Zambia's star midfielder Rainford Kalaba is aiming to achieve a feat that none of his compatriots have ever accomplished - winning a continental double in a single year.

Kalaba was one of the key members of the Chipolopolo side that won their first Africa Cup of Nations title in Gabon in February .

At club level, his Congolese side TP Mazembe are in the group stages of the African Champions League, where they face Berekum Chelsea of Ghana and Egyptian giants Al Ahly and Zamalek.

But the 25-year-old thinks Mazembe, the four-time African club champions, have enough armour to claim their fifth title.

Congolese international midfielder Delvin Ndinga has agreed a deal to join ambitious Ligue 2 side Monaco from Auxerre, the selling club confirmed on Friday.

The transfer fee was not revealed but reports put it in the region of three million euros ($3.7m), a sum that will help Auxerre, who are experiencing serious financial difficulties after being relegated to the second tier at the end of last season.

Monaco, one of French football's most celebrated clubs, are preparing for a second consecutive season in the second division, but the wealth of Russian billionaire owner Dmitry Rybolovlev has transformed them into one of the country's most ambitious clubs.

SuperSport United have bolstered their squad for the new season with the signing of the exciting 23-year-old Bafana Bafana international George Maluleka.

The star attacking midfielder has rejoined Matsatsantsa, having started at the club’s academy as a 12- year-old. Maluleka joins SuperSport from Ajax Cape Town where he continued his career after moving there from the Pretoria club.

He has previously worked under United coach Gavin Hunt and his return to his soccer roots is set to bring the best out of the midfield dynamo.

“I want to thank Ajax for the opportunities that they gave me, and I am certainly returning to SuperSport as a more matured player,” said Maluleka.

Newcastle forward Papiss Cissé has been awarded the 2012 Soulier d’Or de Talent d’Afrique (Golden Boot of African Talent) by French satellite TV Canal+, which rewards the highest African goalscorer playing in one of the five major football leagues in Europe (England, Spain, Germany, France and Italy).

The Senegal international scored a total of 22 goals last season, 13 at St James' Park and 9 with his former club SC Freiburg.

The 27-year-old striker, who is now the Teranga Lions captain, joined the Magpies from the German club in January for a reported fee of £10 million (R 131m).

Blackburn striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has followed Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka to China, but has chosen to sign for Guangzhou R&F on a three-year deal.

Yakubu, 29, chose to leave Rovers after they were relegated from the Premier League last season and has been mulling over a move to Asia for some time.

However, now the Nigerian striker has confirmed why he chose his new home.

"There were many clubs interested according to the media, but the only people who made direct contact have been Guangzhou R&F," Yakubu told the BBC.

The Egyptian FA has fined suspended striker Mohamed Zidan US$11,500 after he left camp ahead of this week's 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tie in Central African Republic.

Last week, the 30-year-old was banned from playing for Egypt by the EFA while coach Bob Bradley is in charge.

This came after Zidan excused himself from the camp, claiming to be pursuing a move to China.

Zidan has twice won the Nations Cup with Egypt, in 2008 and 2010.

The decision to ban Zidan was taken by the EFA rather than Bradley, who has refused to be drawn on the issue.

Nigeria's Football Federation (NFF) has shelved plans to appoint Tom Saintfiet as the country's technical director.

The NFF offered the Belgian a four-year deal in March and in a communiqué signed by its executive committee member Emeka Inyama, Saintfiet was to earn a monthly salary of US$20,000.

But two weeks ago, Nigerian sports minister Bolaji Abdullahi told football authorities to revoke this agreement.

On Thursday, NFF chief Aminu Maigari said there is no job for Saintfiet.

"Mr Saintfiet came for an interview as the technical director but he never signed any contractual agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation," Maigari told BBC Sport.