Last year the Confederation of African Football decided not to award the trophy for best African player, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, which forced the closure of some championships in Europe and the continent. For this year, Riyad Mahrez, finalist of the Champions League and champion of England, will be fighting with his eternal rival, […]
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Finally, the Cameroon Football Federation held its extraordinary General Assembly
« It is particularly regrettable for CAF that at a time when the main commitment of Cameroonian footballers should be the organization of an exceptional CAN, the efforts of FECAFOOT are destroyed by a case already closed by the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport). It is following this missive from FIFA-CAF, that the Cameroon Football […]
Tokyo Olympics: Egypt without Salah, with Hegazi and El-Shennawy
Egypt, the reigning African U23 champions, will take part in the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo, from 23 July to 8 August 2021, without Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah. The star of the Egyptian team, will not participate in the football tournament, announced the Egyptian coach, Shawky Gharib. But he will be able to count on […]
Senegalese wrestling, a real sport-business
Senegalese wrestling is a very popular traditional sport in Senegal, especially in the Sine-Saloum and Casamance regions. It is also practiced in Gambia. Initially an amateur sport, Senegalese wrestling has become a professional sport that attracts more and more young athletes as well as spectators, and wrestlers’ fees amount to tens of millions of CFA […]
Nigeria: Buhari offers houses to the 1994 Super Eagles
Players of Nigeria’s 1994 Africa Cup of Nations winning team in Tunisia have shared their excitement after President Muhammadu Buhari offered them three-bedroom flats 27 years after their triumph. The information was given by Garba Shehu, who said, « President Buhari is allocating houses to the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations winning Super Eagles team. Nigerian […]
Achraf Hakimi signs for Paris SG on Monday!
Moroccan international right-back Achraf Hakimi, 22, is set to join Paris Saint-Germain. The French capital club have reportedly agreed to pay the €70million fee demanded by Inter Milan. The transfer is due to be finalised on Monday with a medical for the Atlas Lion. After Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan, the Moroccan international […]
Djamel Belmadi: « This 27-game unbeaten streak means a lot
Algeria now hold the African record of 27 matches unbeaten, ahead of Côte d’Ivoire (26 matches). For Djamel Belmadi, this series is not the result of chance, but of three years of work. But the Algerian coach also stressed that the credit goes to the players, who are the main architects of this African record. […]
Beach Soccer: Senegal retains its title, Morocco on the podium
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Chelsea are European champions! – Debrief and player ratings (City 0-1 Chelsea)
Chelsea are European champions!
Afrobasket 2021 men: Nigeria with Côte d’Ivoire and Mali
The draw for the Afrobasket Rwanda 2021 was made on Friday in Kigali. The Nigerian national team, D’Tigers, will face Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Kenya in group C of this competition, scheduled from August 24 to September 5, 2021. The D’Tigers are already considered one of the title contenders. Nigeria will face Ivory Coast (50th), […]