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.
Tabitha Chawinga at Lyon, Asisat Oshoala's European career, Jennifer Echegini at PSG. The ten African women driving club football on the continent.
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.
Guirassy scored twice on his 100th Dortmund appearance. Jackson got Villa's Champions League opener. Simba thrashed Mighty Wanderers. San Pedro knocked out Rivers United. The full African weekend across Europe and the continent.
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.
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.
The summer transfer window closes in ten days. Diop to Ipswich. Vozinha to Colo Colo. Fatawu to Ipswich. Okello to AS FAR. El Aynaoui still at Roma. Osimhen still at Galatasaray. The data behind the most commercially significant African transfer window since the sport began tracking.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vozinha is 40 years old, used to be an electrician, and has just been named in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament. He is the only African in the XI. He is also the reason Spain never scored against Cape Verde. The full story.
Ten nations. Nine into the knockouts. Zero semi-finalists. One final shaped entirely by what African sides did first. The complete numbers behind Africa's 2026 World Cup.
Argentina face Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday. No African nation is there. But the 2026 World Cup changed what African football expects of itself. Here is the full legacy accounting before the final.
