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.
Job Ochieng scored and provided two assists for Real Sociedad against Elche on September 7, setting a La Liga record for a Kenyan player. He is 24, from Mathare, Nairobi, and has been at Real Sociedad for two seasons. The full commercial portrait of Kenya's most prominent European club player.
Sadio Mané. Édouard Mendy. Riyad Mahrez. Aïssa Mandi. Sébastien Fofana. The African generation that won the 2022 AFCON, reached multiple World Cups, and dominated European club football for a decade has formally stepped back from international duty. The full accounting.
Dieumerci Mbokani scored 254 professional goals, 122 in the Belgian Pro League, and 22 for DR Congo — more than any Leopard in history. He learned football at Bel'Or in Kinshasa and ended his career in Armenian football.
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.
