• Harlem Lamine

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations opens in Morocco amid growing calls to preserve the stories, players, and legacy of the women who built the game—before they’re lost to erasure and algorithm alike.

• Lee Nxumalo

From trans bans to racial exclusion, the hard-won gains made in women’s football are being rolled back under the guise of protecting women.

• Maher Mezahi

On the eve of the kick off of FIFA's newest major tournament, we wonder, who is the Club World Cup for?

• Bassil Mikdadi

While FIFA swiftly banned Russia from competition, it continues to delay action on Israel—revealing the politics behind football’s so-called neutrality.

• Maher Mezahi

AFCON doesn’t need European validation to be major—it already is. But the real danger lies in how dismissive narratives shape the value of African football and its players.

• Lee Nxumalo

Gianni Infantino isn’t just another corrupt FIFA president—his greed, self-importance, and political alliances are actively ruining football.

• Lee Nxumalo

The #MeToo movement exposed abuses across industries, yet men’s football remains resistant to accountability, protecting predators and sidelining survivors.

• Denise Zaneza

The world is slowly opening its eyes to how Paul Kagame’s regime abuses human rights, suppresses dissent, and exploits neighboring countries.

• Lee Nxumalo

Select success stories obscure the intentional underdevelopment of women’s football in Africa.

• Fiifi Anaman

It happened in 1969. But just how did he world’s greatest, richest and most sought-after footballer at the time, end up in Ghana?

• Maher Mezahi

At the Euros, the French national football team isn’t talking about football, but the threat posed by a resurgent, xenophobic right-wing in Europe.

• Maher Mezahi

The CAF Champions League final and the politics of North-African football ultras.

• Alasdair Howorth

Dar Es Salaam’s Kariakoo derby is fast becoming the continent’s biggest.

• Maher Mezahi

Who else sorely misses the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations? Re-live the excitement from the stands in a short video by the AIAC team.

• Magdala Louis

When Haiti’s national women’s team take to the field for ninety minutes, they allow the Haitian people to dream.

• Ron Krabill
• Herman Wasserman

When the the Palestinian Men’s National Team played an exhibition match in Cape Town, South Africa, it might as well have been a home game.

• Lyn Kouadio

This year’s AFCON in Côte d'Ivoire showed that it’s not just the politics of the football that matters, but the politics of the vibe as well.

• Bonginkosi Ndadane

If South Africa’s Premier Soccer league matters, it is because it’s the country’s most successful pan-Africanist project.

• Afolabi Adekaiyaoja

For Nigeria to return to the peak of African football, it needs deeper introspection about how the country functions today.

• Alasdair Howorth

Just two weeks on from Les Elephants greatest ever triumph, the Ivorian women’s national team is at its lowest point.