The U17 AFCON 2025 features 12 teams from across Africa, divided into three groups of four. The qualification process involves regional preliminary rounds, followed by a final qualifying tournament.
During his initial inauguration in March 2021, this first English-speaking President of CAF expressed readiness to make African Football self-sustaining and drive growth in a number of different spheres.
Africa offers a vibrant and diverse pool of prodigious talent which the world came to terms with in 1995 when Liberia’s George Weah won the biggest individual award, the Ballon D’ Or.
By matching Salah's record, Guirassy solidifies his position among the elite African players in the Champions League, further highlighting his impact on the European stage
This is as it has become evident over the years that there is a competitive imbalance in global football, with European football dominant across international competitions.
Traditional wrestling is popular in West Africa, especially in Senegal, The Gambia, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo where the sport is more organized with national tournaments, federations and arenas. Nigeria won the first ECOWAS tournament held in Dakar in 2008.
The 28-year-old, who failed to hit the target in his first five matches, has now proven to be a worthy gamble for Wolverhampton Wanderers coach Vitor Pereira.
For the first time in its century-long history of the sport, the Road World Championships (RWC) will be happening in Africa. This will see the best cyclists across the world converge on Kigali, Rwanda from September 21 to 28, 2025 for the elite competition.
The Egyptian Professional Clubs Association had, in a bid to entrench competitiveness and mitigate scheduling challenges, adopted a new format fashioned after the Belgian Pro League.
Super Eagles defender, Calvin Bassey was at the receiving end of internet trolls after laying the foundation for Fulham’s FA Cup progress at the expense of Manchester United when he scored the opening goal on the stroke of half-time at Old Trafford on Sunday.
As the tournament ended on Thursday, Hana Goda and Omar Assar emerged as the new champions of Africa. While the younger Goda dethroned fellow Egyptian Dina Meshref 4-2 to clinch the Women’s Singles title.
While commenting on Liverpool’s recent 2-0 victory over Manchester City, Carragher insinuated that Salah’s nationality and Egypt’s international record could prevent his chances of claiming football’s most prestigious individual award – the Ballon d’Or.
During the winter transfer window, no fewer than 133 players departed the Turkish top-flight with 101 of them making the move to the European league.
While the global average time for a 26.2-mile marathon was 4 hours 32 minutes and 39 seconds, which is equivalent to a speed of about 10 minutes and 34 seconds per mile, the late Kenyan distance runner Kelvin Kiptum, completed the same in 2:00:35.
One hot issue at hand that has often been asked over the years is the quality of recruitment and scouting departments at these two clubs and many other football clubs across the globe, for that matter.
The last of the tournament was played in 2023 with the Teranga Lions defeating Algeria on penalties at the Nelson Mandela stadium in Algiers to claim their first CHAN title.
