Football failures mirror Gabon’s sorry state
The image of striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, descending alone from the field after Gabon was knocked out of AFCON 2017 game, tells the whole story of Gabon's malaise.
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Every nation needs a team kit
An Australian sports apparel company makes shirts for low profile national soccer teams, including a number of African ones.
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.
The legacy of Albert Johanneson
Imagine the exposed position black players were in English football in the 1960s: the only black man in the stadium, never mind on the field.
Africa’s Premier League
The story of Africa's long-distance love affair with English football, told by fans in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya & DR Congo.
No normal sport in an abnormal society
Recently, Aubrey Bloomfield, a graduate student at The New School, and I wrote a piece for
Football and power in Colombia
Football in Colombia has been, especially since the introduction of pro soccer in 1948, an uncontested panic button for those in power.
The African Team that Played in Spain’s La Liga
Moghreb Tetouan, now back in Morocco, remains the only African club ever to hold a spot in a top-flight European football league.
A History in Fragments
The recent explosions in the Stade de France was one of the most surreal things to ever take place in a stadium built nearly two decades ago specifically to house history.
When Pelé ended a war
From July 1967 to January 1970, Nigeria was engaged in civil war. Apparently, one person could make the war pause: The G.O.A.T., Pelé.
Flying to Frankfurt with a Super Eagle
The author writes about a fleeting encounter with the former captain of Nigeria's national football team, Sunday Oliseh.
Can Football Still be Political?
Chile's 2015 Copa America win won’t heal any of the political or social issues Chile is dealing with. But that's fine.
Issa Hayatou: MVP?
Is the Confederation of African Football's president advancing the continent's football or entangling it in geopolitics that could backfire and have lasting consequences?
Why would you only watch Canada at Canada’s World Cup?
In some ways all women are the same. We bleed every moon until you hit a
Africa is a Radio: Episode #11
Africa is a Radio has a Football (is a Country) focus this week. Things have been
The African Champions League Final
The Juventus team of Ghana's Kwadwo Asamoah, Italy's Angelo Ogbonna and the French pair Patrice Evra and Paul Pogba.
Are corrupt Africans really ruining FIFA?
Of course football administrators in predominantly white countries that aren't Africa have no interest at all in "looking after" their families.
The type of genuine player the world needs to look to
Africa's representatives at the 2015 Women's World Cup are Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria. The latter's chances depends a lot on Asisat Oshoala's form.
G.O.A.T’s
Diego Maradona is arguably the greatest football player of all time. In Eduardo Galeano's prose, he becomes even greater.