Football – Congo Brazzaville: Those who made it big in Ligue 1
After the national championship ended on 11 June, it’s time for the Congo Cup, the preliminaries of which kick off on 15 June. In the meantime, here are some of the players who have shone brightly in Ligue 1. The return leg of Congo-Brazzaville’s Ligue 1 championship kicked off on 3 March and came to […]
Retro – 2016: Betrayed by his bike Raouf Akanga loses the Tour of Benin on the wire
On Friday 13 May 2016, Raouf Akanga won the 3rd stage of the 13th International Cycle Tour of Benin, covering a distance of 115km between Bohicon and Ouidah. The Togolese cyclist was followed by Emmanuel Innocent from Nigeria and Hamidou Yaméogo from Burkina Faso. This stage victory enabled him to take the yellow jersey. Raouf […]
Football – South Africa: Shots fired at a match
South African football has come close to the worst. Violence broke out during a play-off match in the third division. The police in the stadium were forced to fire live ammunition into the air. Hooliganism is gaining ground in African leagues. This time, scenes of unprecedented violence erupted in South Africa during a play-off match […]
CAF Inter Club 2023-2024: Senegal without a representative?
The suspension of the league championship because of the political tension in Senegal is making it difficult to end the season. The 30 June deadline set by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is impossible to meet if the Senegalese league and cup are to be completed, and thus the country’s two representatives in the […]
AFCON 2023 (Q): DRC uphold appeal against Mauritania
After losing their appeal against the cancellation of Cédric Bakambu’s red card for the 1-1 draw with Mauritania on 28 March 2023 on Matchday 4 of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, the DRC confirmed that they had lodged a complaint with CAF about the use of a player who should have been ineligible. […]
Football – Tanzania: Towards the end of the Young Africans cycle
Young Africans have just completed a near-perfect season, winning the league and the Tanzanian Cup. Beaten in the CAF Cup final, the Tanzanian club will also have to deal with the effects of these results, with the probable departures of Nasreddine Nabi, their Tunisian coach, and several players, including Congolese striker Fiston Mayele. Young Africans […]
