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.
He dribbled past Oliver Kahn with five touches and scored what Jürgen Klopp called the greatest goal in Bundesliga history. He won Olympic gold with a Nigerian team that came back from losing positions to beat Brazil and Argentina in the same tournament.
Nigeria have never failed to qualify from a WAFCON group stage. Tonight against Zambia, that record is under the most serious pressure it has ever faced. The data behind the must-win fixture — head to head, group mathematics, World Cup implications.
Channel 4. DAZN. Ziggo. beIN Sports. CAF TV on YouTube. WAFCON 2026 is the most globally distributed women's football tournament Africa has ever produced. The broadcast architecture behind the deal — and what it means for the commercial future of African women's football.
Group A is settled at the top. Group D is the most balanced of the tournament. Group B goes to tonight. Group C waits for Nigeria versus Zambia tomorrow. The WAFCON 2026 group stage standings, patterns and quarter-final picture at the halfway point.
FIFA has crowned the goal of the 2026 World Cup, and it belongs to Cape Verde. Sidny Lopes Cabral's extra time strike against Argentina beat out entries from Messi and Mbappe to win the public vote. The full story behind the goal and what the award means for African football.
Morocco's World Cup quarter final run just paid off for one of its own. Issa Diop completes a permanent move from Fulham to newly promoted Ipswich Town on a four year deal. The numbers, the timeline, and what it means for Morocco's Premier League pipeline.
Motsepe spoke in Johannesburg yesterday. He was proud, he was careful, and on the one question African football most needs answered — who won AFCON 2025 — he had nothing new to say. The full report.
Motsepe speaks today in Johannesburg. A record 10 African teams at the World Cup. Nine into the knockouts. Zero semi-finalists. What CAF says next matters. The full preview of Wednesday's press conference.
WAFCON 2026 kicks off Saturday in Morocco. Nigeria open against Malawi on July 28, Morocco carry last year's wound into a third straight home tournament, and the world's attention is shifting south. Five days after the World Cup ends, Africa's own begins.
Spain are world champions. Ferran Torres settled it in extra time. Africa's fingerprints are all over this tournament — the final accounting of what the continent built, lost, and leaves with. The full verdict.
Tanzanian champions Young Africans have appointed former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi to lead their push for CAF Champions League success
The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations starts in Morocco today. Nigeria go for a 12th title. South Africa defend the trophy they won in 2022. Malawi debut. Here is the full guide to Africa's premier women's football tournament.
France beat Morocco 2-0 in the World Cup quarter-final. Bounou saved a Mbappe penalty. Saibari was absent. Morocco produced 0.04 xG in the first half. Mbappe and Dembele scored in the second half. Africa's World Cup is over.
