Senegal prepares to inaugurate 50,000 capacity national stadium
Senegal prepares to inaugurate its brand new stadium, the first to be approved by the FIFA authorities. Several heads of…
Naby Keita leads tributes to Guinea bus crash victims
Liverpool star Naby Keita has led tributes to the nine Guinean footballers who died in a bus crash on Thursday.…
Russia 2018 Qualifiers: Africa status update
With the World Cup qualifying stages drawing to a close, Victor Muisyo took us through a look at which African…
Nigerian football team promised $20k per goal in Cameroon clash
The Nigerian senior national football team, Super Eagles, have been promised $20000 per goal in the second leg of the…
Video: 51-year old George Weah takes on Nigeria’s Super Eagles
Liberia’s George Weah who used his football fame and star power to make a successful bid for the presidency, briefly…
Permutations of Africa’s World Cup exit: What went wrong?
The World Cup in Russia is off to critical mass, the knockout phase. However the continent didn’t have a single…
AFCON U17 qualifiers: CAF disqualifies 11 overage players [Football Planet]
Former Nigeria winger, Emmanuel Amuneke, was on Monday named Tanzania national team coach on a two-year deal. The 1994 African…
Senegal coach Cisse gets contract extension, tasked to reach 2019 AFCON final
Senegal’s football federation has extended the contract of national coach Aliou Cisse by a year but added that he has…
Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup
This week’s Football Planet focuses on Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup, Aubameyang’s Borussia Dortmund foreign top goal…
Drogba: ‘When African players lose, they go ‘It’s God’s will’
Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba shares personal insights into the mental shortcomings that he says played a part in the…
Africa Women Cup of Nations entry list complete [Sport]
The qualification phase for the Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) is over, meaning we now have a clear list…
Cameroon: Was stadium turf stolen?
Cameroon is set to host the 2019 AFCON. Work is still in progress on the 6 venues where the continental…
Local coaches continue to dominate CAF Confed. Cup history [Football Planet]
TP Mazembe are the African champions of the CAF Confederations. The Congolese giants forced a goalless draw on Saturday to…
South Africa under pressure to keep backing Morocco’s World Cup bid
African football’s leadership will attempt on Wednesday to persuade South Africa to keep backing Morocco’s bid to host the 2026…
Mamelodi Sundowns, 2018 South African champions
On this edition of Football Planet, the title winning Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, the 2018 World Cup for Street…
Somalia’s floodlit football returns 30 years later [Football Planet]
SOMALIA: FLOODLIGHTS FOOTBALL RETURNS AFTER 30 YEARS Somali football fans have a new pastime! The country on Friday witnessed the…
Mohamed Salah is breaking records for fun [Football Planet]
In this episode of Football Planet:- Egyptian and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is on a roll breaking records for fun!…
Expanded World Cup, Africa will get more than 7 slots – FIFA boss
President of world football governing body, Gianni Infantino, has confirmed that Africa will get more than seven slots in the…
Koulibaly voted best central defender in Europe, Salah equals Drogba’s record
Which country wins the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. The preliminaries for Niger 2019 started this weekend. The results to…
3 countries in the running to host CHAN 2018
In Football Planet this week, we deleve into the 2018 African Nations Championship. Three countries are now in the running…
FIFA insists Russia WC 2018 draw will not be rigged [Sport]
Russia World Cup 2018 Draw FIFA has insisted the 2018 World Cup draw will not be rigged. The move to…