Ghana moved up three places and is now ranked third in Africa and 38th globally in the latest Coca-Cola Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) world rankings released on Thursday.

Amidst international investigations into corruption at the global football organisation FIFA, the president is set to step down. African federations want to see his successor continue policies promoting the continent.

South Africa has come out guns blazing, dismissing allegations that it bribed top FIFA officials to win the 2010 World Cup bid.

Football pundits in Ghana have expressed mixed feelings following the announcement of the departure of FIFA President, Sepp Blatter as some described it as disappointing, while others welcomed his exit and called for probe into the country's football association.

FIFA's long serving president Sepp Blatter finally bowed to pressure on Tuesday and resigned just days after being re-elected last week.

At the 2014 FIFA World Cup, from 12 June to 13 July, Africa's teams hope to produce better results than at the 2010 tournament in South Africa. Ghana, Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Cameroon represent the continent this year, but which of them will make it past the first round?

Danny Jordaan is taking the lessons learned running the 2010 World Cup in South Africa to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The burundian federation president now sitting at football's high table as FIFA Executive committee member may well be FIFA's greatest asset.

Watching the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) currently underway in South Africa, one is compelled to contemplate the never ending tenure of Issa Hayatou, the man indispensable to African Football.

The Black Stars last won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1982 and are determined to repeat that feat more than 30 years later.