Day 8 — Monday 9 November 2026 | Matchweek 10, 6–8 November 2026 Matchweek 10 is complete, and the Premier League now pauses for the international break until 21 November. The weekend belonged, once again, to the Africans who started it: Nicolas Jackson scored and assisted in the eight-goal epic at
In the space of four weeks in early 2024, two Zambian internationals — Racheal Kundananji and Barbra Banda — became the first and second most expensive women's footballers ever. The record has since moved on. What has not changed is what the two deals said about African women's football.
Al Ahly are not winning right now. They finished third in Egypt, lost a Champions League quarter-final to Espérance, and are playing in the Confederation Cup. That is exactly why the question matters: twelve African titles, five straight finals and 45 league crowns were not built on form.
Achraf Hakimi finished 13th in the 2026 Ballon d'Or — the highest-placed African, the second-highest defender in the world, and the first African defender ever to crack the top 15 twice. Four days later he scored a hat-trick.
Twenty-five players in Europe's top leagues could still play for an African national team. Here are the FIFA rules that keep the door open — and the names on either side of it.
A transfer fee is not a wage, a wage is not take-home pay, image rights are not salary, and none of them is net worth. Sportblot sets out the labelling standard every later money piece on this site will use: Disclosed, Reported, or Estimated — and nothing else.
Mohamed Salah left Liverpool in the summer of 2026 after nine years, 191 Premier League goals and a record-equalling 2024-25 season. Now at Trabzonspor, he leads the Turkish Super Lig scoring charts. This is the complete hub: his stats, his contract history, and what his numbers actually mean.
Elye Wahi scored a hat-trick and made another as Nice beat Rennes 5-2, Lassine Sinayoko went top of the Ligue 1 scoring chart, Victor Osimhen reached a reported 50 league goals in Turkey — and Liverpool lost to Arsenal in their first season after Mohamed Salah.
Achraf Hakimi scored a hat-trick and made the other two goals as Paris Saint-Germain beat Le Havre 5-1 on Friday night. It was the perfect first entry for the Weekend Tracker — Sportblot's new Monday accounting of every African player in Europe's big leagues, published every week from today.
Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or. But Africa placed two players in the top 15 and a woman in the top 10. Here is every African on the list and what their rankings mean.
Yan Diomande moved from RB Leipzig to Real Madrid for 125 million euros in 2026, becoming the most expensive African transfer in football history. Victor Osimhen and Omar Marmoush both crossed the 75 million euro threshold. Sport Blot ranks the ten most expensive African transfers of all time.
FUFA's heritage programme has integrated nine new players into the Uganda Cranes ahead of AFCON 2027. Two debuted against Tunisia. Sport Blot ranks all nine by position using league level, physical profile, international exposure, and market value. No potential fluff. Only what the data says.
Group H of AFCON 2027 qualifying is the only group where every team drew Matchday 1. Tunisia drew Uganda. Libya drew Botswana. All four teams are on one point. The data behind why Group H is the most open group in the continental draw and what Uganda need to do to qualify from it.
Ivory Coast beat Ghana 2-0 in Bouake on Wednesday night. Malick Yalcouye scored on debut, Franck Kessie converted from the spot, and Ghana arrived missing Kudus, Ayew, and Semenyo. The full AFCON 2027 qualifier match report.
Pitso Mosimane takes charge of Bafana Bafana for the first time on Friday at Orlando Stadium against Guinea. Four days of AFCON 2027 qualifiers begin on Wednesday. South Africa are in Group F.
Nuno Santos scored twice. Sundowns beat Al Ahli 2-1 at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday to advance to the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Challenger Cup. Santos headed in the 17th minute, a Williams deflection levelled it two minutes later, and Santos won it in the 79th.
