Beautiful game? Not for exploited soccer players in Africa
LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Only a tiny minority of African soccer players achieve stardom and the rich rewards that go with it. Some of them will [read more…]
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How Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions roared again
Cameroon won their fifth Africa Cup of Nations trophy in Gabon on Sunday and it was arguably their greatest triumph. World Cup star Roger Milla [read more…]
African footballers face an allegiance problem: country versus club
Africa’s ultimate football prize, the biennial African Cup of Nations (Afcon), kicked-off on Saturday 14 January in Gabon. Its 31st edition, Afcon 2017 is not [read more…]
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s ambition to be ‘craziest football player ever’
From superhero masks to acrobatic flips, there’s nobody quite like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang when it comes to goal celebrations. And with 15 goals in just 12 [read more…]
Riyad Mahrez wins BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 award
Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016. Fans from across the world voted for the Algeria and Leicester midfielder [read more…]
Skilled, determined and broke: Africa’s female football pioneers
Cameroon forward Gaëlle Enganamouit, right, celebrates her second goal against Ecuador at the World Cup in Canada in 2015. Photograph: Andy Clark/AFP/Getty Images Shortly [read more…]
How Former Refugee Thon Maker Became a Top 10 NBA Draft Pick
At the 2016 NBA Draft Combine, Thon Maker recorded a 32”no-step vertical jump—the record for any player 6’11” or taller. Photo: Randi Berez for The [read more…]
For every Drogba there are hundreds of West African football hopefuls who struggle
Out of the thousands of young football hopefuls, only a tiny fraction like Didier Drogba, will get a chance to migrate abroad to play football [read more…]
‘Make football industry more inclusive’ says Fifa’s Samoura
Fifa Secretary General Fatma Samoura has been in her post for three months The most powerful woman in global football is not the chief executive [read more…]
Yaya Toure: The $300,000-a-week footballer who doesn’t play?
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure’s career, both for club and country, took two very different turns Tuesday. The $300,000-a-week star announced he was quitting international [read more…]