Fifa appoints first female secretary general to succeed Jerome Valcke
Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura. PHOTO | BBC Senegal’s Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has been appointed as Fifa’s first female secretary general. She succeeds former secretary [read more…]
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Kenya faces fresh anti-doping crisis following surprise Wada move
Two-time world cross-country world champion Emily Chebet is among the Kenyan athletes to have been banned for doping offences Kenya is set to be [read more…]
Girls’ football tackles forced marriage in Burkina Faso
Women cycle with water tins towards the village of Bagare, Passore province, northern Burkina Faso, March 30, 2016 REUTERS/ Zoe Tabary Burkinabe teacher Catherine Zoungrana [read more…]
The price of an African footballer’s dream
Many end up stranded in Europe, Asia, North America or the Middle East [Getty Images] Fake agents and false promises trap budding footballers who seek [read more…]
WADA suspends Africa’s only doping test centre during upgrade
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation of Africa’s only laboratory for testing the blood and urine of athletes for five months while [read more…]
Cape Verde named top team in Africa by Fifa rankings for March
Cape Verde have moved to the top of the list of African sides in Fifa’s world rankings for March. It is a remarkable achievement for [read more…]