Mbeumo scored a solo goal for Manchester United. Wissa sealed Newcastle's win over Tottenham. Hakimi was in the Ligue 1 team of the week. Salah was rested. The full weekend report on African players across Europe's top five leagues.
Samuel Eto'o told L'Equipe on Tuesday that African football federations should support Gianni Infantino for re-election. The continent's most prominent federation president has chosen the most politically charged moment in global football governance to make his position public.
The window is closed. El Aynaoui went to Leipzig on a 4 million euro loan with a 25 million euro option to buy after rejecting Crystal Palace. The full accounting of what the summer transfer window produced for African players — and whether the World Cup premium delivered what it promised.
The window closes in four days. Kawempe vs Bullets is Saturday. El Aynaoui is in play. Osimhen is not moving. The data behind the summer that the World Cup built, and what the September 1 accounting will actually say.
Roma are now open to selling El Aynaoui for 35 million euros. Bayer Leverkusen have made contact. Crystal Palace have accelerated. Four days remain in the window. The Moroccan midfielder the window nearly forgot is suddenly the most active African transfer story left standing.
Arsenal have decided not to pursue Victor Osimhen. The window closes in five days. The most talked-about African player in the summer transfer market will stay at Galatasaray. The commercial and sporting accounting of the transfer that did not happen.
The transfer window closes in six days. Osimhen is still at Galatasaray. El Aynaoui is still at Roma. The window that was meant to set an African transfer record has produced confirmed deals worth approximately 10.5 million euros. The final week accounting and what September 1 will look like.
Barbra Banda scored four goals at WAFCON, was banned from WAFCON 2022 by CAF for failing a gender test, won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year, trains with Marta daily in Orlando, and calls herself a normal girl from Zambia.
Galatasaray president Dursun Ozbek says he will not sell Osimhen for any price this summer. Arsenal have been told a bid above £60 million opens talks. The window closes in ten days. The full anatomy of the transfer that will define the final week of the African player market.
The 2026 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers open today in Kigali. Kawempe Muslim, Simba Queens and Kenya Police Bullets are East Africa's representatives. The full preview of African women's club football's most important ten days in the region.
Denis Masinde Onyango was born in Kampala and spent 15 years at Mamelodi Sundowns. He won 12 PSL titles, the 2016 CAF Champions League, went to the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, and was ranked the tenth best goalkeeper in the world. He is 41 years old and still at Sundowns. The full story.
Cameroon beat Malawi 3-0 to win their first ever WAFCON title. Marie Ngah scored twice. Naomi Eto scored once. All three goals came before half time. The full match report and complete tournament verdict.
Tabitha Chawinga plays for Olympique Lyonnais. Temwa Chawinga plays for Kansas City Current. Between them they have scored in every round of WAFCON 2026. Their club values are about to move significantly. The commercial portrait of African women's football's most valuable new assets.
He arrived at Chelsea for £24m and was booed by his own supporters within a season. He left as the club's greatest striker, the scorer of the goal and the penalty that won the 2012 Champions League final, and a man credited with helping pause a civil war.
The 2026-27 Betway Premiership begins this week. Orlando Pirates are defending champions with nine new players and a new coach. Kaizer Chiefs made 20 deals. Mamelodi Sundowns hold the CAF Champions League. The data behind South Africa's most contested title race in five years.
In 1995, a man from a Monrovia slum won the Ballon d'Or. No African has won it since. George Weah scored one of the greatest solo goals in Champions League history, paid his national team's travel costs out of his own salary, and became President of Liberia.
