Nigeria: Dambe warriors energize an ancient sport

The Africa Fighters League (AFL) is set to energize the ancient martial art of Dambe through the inception of Dambe Warriors League (DWL) in Nigeria, a groundbreaking collaboration intended to showcase the sport within the country and beyond. Following their purchase of a majority stake in Lost Child Media, a Dambe sports promotion company founded […]

FIFA,UNHCR agree to give refugees more opportunities

Football’s global governing body FIFA and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work closely with those forcibly displaced from their homes and help to strengthen communities through enhanced access to football, education and other opportunities. The signing ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, was conducted by FIFA President Gianni Infantino […]

Diadora seeks help for the coming season

Liberian football club Diadora had a tough debut season in the 3rd division this year. Diadora, based in Chocolate City, suffered at the beginning of the Gardnersville football championship, losing almost all its matches. This dismal performance created an impression that the team would not survive its first season in the league. But the club […]

African basketball league enters playoffs

The 2023 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Playoffs will tip off on Saturday, May 20 at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda and will culminate with the third BAL Finals on Saturday, May 27.  The top eight teams from the league’s Sahara and Nile Conference group phases in Dakar, Senegal and Cairo, Egypt, respectively, will compete in […]

Basketball Africa League continues in Egypt

Basketball Africa League (BAL) today announced the rosters of the six teams that will compete in the league’s Nile Conference group phase from April 26 – May 6 at Hassan Mostafa Indoor Sports Complex in Cairo, Egypt.    The six teams are Al Ahly (Egypt), Cape Town Tigers (South Africa), City Oilers (Uganda), Club Atlético […]

Africa: Rugby is big business, let’s stop pretending it isn’t!

By Herbert Mensah African Rugby needs to respect itself and behave in a “world-class” fashion before it can be respected by the rest of the world. African sports have been forgotten by the world. More so, it seems that African sports have been forgotten by Africans. In the world of rugby, in particular, there are […]

Basketball Africa League gets underway

The Basketball Africa League’s (BAL) Sahara Conference group phase begins today at the Dakar Arena in Senegal.  The six title hopefuls are defending BAL champion US Monastir (Tunisia), AS Douanes (Senegal), Abidjan Basketball Club (Côte d’Ivoire), Kwara Falcons (Nigeria), Rwanda Energy Group (Rwanda) and Stade Malien (Mali). Collectively the six teams feature 78 players from […]

Basketball Africa League’s 2023 season opens in March

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) today announced the top 12 club teams from 12 African countries that will compete in the 2023 BAL season, which will tip off on Saturday, March 11 at the Dakar Arena in Dakar, Senegal, and will once again feature a total of 38 games in Dakar; Cairo, Egypt and Kigali, […]

Senegal wins African title

Algeria’s hopes of winning the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) on home soil were crushed in heartbreaking fashion as they lost 5-4 on penalties to Senegal in the final on Saturday. The Local Teranga Lions edged hosts in a very tense final at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers in front of 39,120 football fans […]

New regulations for FIFA football agents

Following their approval by the FIFA Council in December, the new FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) will come into force on Monday, January 9, thus marking a landmark step towards the establishment of a fairer and more transparent football transfer system.  The new regulations introduce basic service standards for football agents and their clients, including a mandatory […]