Vol 65 No 4 | FOOTBALLAFRICA Finding a perfect pitch 15th February 2024 Fuller stadiums and more goals made a successful African Cup of Nations – but its stars need more financial and political backing By the time the final whistle blew at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium to signal the end of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON), there was unanimous agreement...
Vol 63 No 4 | FOOTBALLAFRICA Senegal's AfCON win boosts Africa's coaches 9th February 2022 Hosts Cameroon crashed out in the semi-finals while the Confederation of African Football faces tough decisions on funding and independence from FIFA As tens of thousands of ecstatic fans crowded on to the streets of Dakar to welcome home Senegal's national team – les Lions de la Téranga – after...
Vol 56 No 3 | EQUATORIAL GUINEAFOOTBALL Obiang's goals 6th February 2015 Hosting the Africa Cup of Nations has enabled President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to improve his country's image and raise his regional profile. At the opening ceremony of...
Vol 55 No 14 | FOOTBALLAFRICA Shame about the politics 11th July 2014 The players are good but big problems lie at the organisational level It took Germany's historic 7-1 defeat of Brazil on 8 July to put the disappointing performance of African teams at the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 2014...
Vol 7 (AAC) No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINAFOOTBALL Football fever 30th November 2013 Congo-Kinshasa wants to host major football tournaments and China is helping to prepare the country's mostly dilapidated stadiums Congo-Kinshasa is bidding to host the 2019 African Cup of Nations, the continent’s most important football tournament. The Kinshasa government is counting on China’s help to win that...
Vol 54 No 3 | FOOTBALL Maghreb’s early bath 1st February 2013 If the Arab Spring was meant to breathe new vitality into all areas of North African life, nobody told the football teams at this year’s hugely popular Africa...
Vol 47 No 3 | FOOTBALLAFRICA Booted out 3rd February 2006 Shock spread when South Africa, host of the 2010 World Cup, was knocked out in the first round after an ignominious 3-0 defeat by Zambia on 30 January....
Vol 45 No 4 | FOOTBALLAFRICA And now the world 20th February 2004 Held back by political and economic crises, Africa's football talent shines through President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali's restrained applause after the national soccer team's victory in the African Cup of Nations on 14 February was, like many things in...
Vol 43 No 13 | SENEGALFOOTBALL Wage inflation 28th June 2002 Senegal's 1-0 quarter-final defeat by Turkey this week means that an African soccer team has not yet reached a World Cup semi-final (Cameroon lost a 1990 quarter-final to...
Vol 39 No 7 | FOOTBALL Kicking off 3rd April 1998 A fight for the FIFA Presidency points to divisions among Africa's officials African soccer is in decent if not spectacular form. Leading the pack into the World Cup tournament in France this June are Nigeria's talented Super Eagles, ahead of...