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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has spent the past few years fighting to stop the creation of a European Super League. However, last week, he attended the opening game of the African Football League ...

They’re known as The Atlas Lions, the Moroccan football team that’s ripped up the history books at the FIFA World Cup. Their run has upended all expectations, advancing deep into uncharted territory, ...

Sadio Mane, the former Bayern Munich and Liverpool football star, has earned adulation for more than his exploits on the pitch over the course of his storied career. In his home village of Bambali, in ...

The failure of Nigeria's men to qualify for a second consecutive World Cup has prompted criticism and raised serious questions about the country's player-development system.

The 2026 World Cup is being seen as Africa’s most promising in decades, after Morocco’s historic run to the semifinal last ...

ABIDJAN, July 13 (Reuters) - The kick-off of the new eight-team African Football League has been confirmed for Oct. 20 by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who made the announcement at the ...

As African qualifying for the 2026 Fifa World Cup reaches its conclusion over the next six weeks, a growing cadre of homegrown coaches are under the microscope. Heading into the September ...

Three years ago, the world welcomed African women’s football with a roar. Close to 60,000 Moroccans squeezed into the 53,000-seater Stade Moulay Abdellah in Rabat to watch the women’s national team ...