October 14, 2025
Africa: Five Teams Fight for Final Three African Slots for 2026 World Cup
Five countries including the continental powerhouses Senegal, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire as well as potential debutants Benin and Gabon will battle on Tuesday night for the final… Read more »
October 11, 2025
Gabon: Road to 2026 - Gabon Gets Four Goals and Red Card, Benin, Nigeria Snatch Key Win
Plenty of action in the African 2026 World Cup qualifying on Friday, with Gabon's star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who scored four goals against Gambia. Group C leaders Benin won 1-0… Read more »
Africa: Saving South Africa's Forgotten Story of Sport That Defied Apartheid
Black, Indian and mixed-race South Africans built their own sporting world during apartheid, defying segregation with parallel clubs and competitions. Archivists in Johannesburg… Read more »
October 10, 2025
South Africa/Nigeria: Road to 2026 - Nigeria Knuckle Down As South Africa Seek to Claw Back Points
Nigeria head coach Eric Chelle urged his squad to focus on beating Lesotho in their penultimate game in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, not on the permutations emerging from… Read more »
October 05, 2025
Morocco: How Football Mega Tournaments Became a Lightning Rod for Morocco Protesters
Two years on from Morocco's selection as one of the co-hosts for the 2030 football World Cup, the government's multi-billion-euro investment in the tournament has become a rallying… Read more »
September 27, 2025
Rwanda: Organisers Hail Success, Vision of World Cycling Event in Kigali
Elite women and men cyclists are this weekend vying for glory in the final races of the UCI road world championships in Rwanda's capital Kigali. As the event wraps up, organisers… Read more »
August 31, 2025
Senegal: 'You Have to Embody the Status' - Meet Modou Lô, King of Senegal's Wrestling Scene
For nearly six years, wrestler Modou Lô has reigned as the undisputed "king of the arena" in Senegal - a title that carries more weight than any footballing accolade in the… Read more »
July 27, 2025
Morocco/Nigeria: Nigeria Crowned African Football Queens After 3-2 Comeback Against Morocco
Nigeria staged a remarkable fightback from two goals down to beat hosts Morocco 3-2 and win their 10th Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) on Saturday. Read more »
July 17, 2025
Kenya: Nairobi's Kasarani Stadium Gets Green Light to Stage CHAN Final
African football chiefs on Thursday anointed Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi as the venue for the final on 30 August of the 2024 African Nations Championships (CHAN). Read more »
Africa: Big Guns Line Up for Shot At Glory As Women's Afcon Enters Knockout Stages
The 2024 women's Africa Cup of Nations enters the last eight knockout stages on Friday as nine-time champions Nigeria face Zambia in Casablanca and hosts Morocco entertain Mali at… Read more »
June 30, 2025
Algeria: Algeria Sentences French Sports Journalist to Seven Years Behind Bars
Algerian authorities have sentenced a prominent French sports journalist to seven years in prison for "glorifying terrorism", media rights campaigners RSF have said, denouncing the… Read more »
