Living for the ball
Ndeye Debo Seck has lost interest in local club football in Senegal. It has a lot to do with how the local game is administered.
Football Is a Country
‘Any way possible’
A Kenyan football fan reflects on a lifetime of World Cup finals.
When Cameroon’s players convinced themselves they could not win
The reason why African teams struggle in the World Cup has everything to do with colonialism.
Why hasn’t an African nation won the World Cup?
Until African officials stop lining their pockets and instead identify and develop the best young talent the continent has, an African nation winning the World Cup will remain elusive.
Senegal’s jersey
The Senegalese football jersey is a powerful symbol of nationhood and independence.
Senegalese pitch dreams
Football in Senegal is magic. That the team has qualified for their second World Cup, heightens the joy.
France ’98 and a genuine moment of Maghrebi solidarity
Tunisia played England in France '98. English hooligans attacked Tunisians in the streets of Marseille. Algerians came to Tunisians' rescue.
Ghana didn’t qualify for the World Cup, so which African team do I support?
One Ghanaian football fan wrestles with which teams to support in this year's World Cup after the Black Stars failed to qualify.
Giant Russian dolls wearing Egyptian national team jerseys
A Canadian immigrant father's Egyptian football nationalism, and reflections on World Cup fever from Cairo.
Game of chickens
Reliving the epic quarterfinal match between France and Brazil at Mexico '86.
The beautiful month
We are exploring the culture and history of the World Cup for the next month while the tournament goes on.
Sergio Ramos and the Egyptians
Sergio Ramos' injury to Mohamed Salah in the 2018 UEFA Champion's League final set him up for a world of insults from Egyptian football fans.
AC Milan’s Moroccan problem
Former AC Milan star George Weah’s inauguration as President of Liberia represents a positive association for
Somalia, People of Football
Somalia has never qualified for the World Cup. For a long time, whether by lack of
African Cup of Nations’ failures mirror Gabon’s sorry state
Sometimes, a photo from a football match can reflect a lot more than just the game
To exist every new nation needs a national football team — they also need a kit
The first round of the 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Gabon, Africa’s premier football
Diego Maradona’s misguided political statement on Western Sahara
Diego Maradona is considered as the greatest footballer of all time and scorer or the “Goal
What do the Portuguese make of Cristiano Ronaldo?
With the passing of the legendary Mozambican-born Eusébio in 2014, Ronaldo is now the undisputed face of Portuguese soccer.
The Empire Strikes Back (or how Africa won Euro 2016 for Portugal)
In the 109th minute of the most important match of his career, Éderzito António Macedo Lopes,
Black players won’t be a big deal at today’s FA Cup Final. Back in 1965 it was
When Manchester United and Crystal Palace take the field in the English F.A. Cup final in London