Sport: Saudi tycoon takes on Egypt’s Al Ahly football club
Saudi money talks in Africa, especially in Egypt. But a cash-fuelled challenge to the continent’s most successful football club, Al Ahly, has gone spectacularly awry. …
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South Africa’s Caster Semenya rans fastest time of 2018
Caster Semenya produced the fastest time in the world this year for the women’s 1,000 meters at the Diamond League athletics being held in Rabat …
The storm called Mo Salah
Few players in modern times have caused such a storm in English football as the Egyptian Mohamed Salah. He is already a living legend in Liverpool …
Laurent Pokou: Remembering the ‘Man of Asmara’
Ivorian Laurent Pokou, the legendary marksman, who scored five goals in a single 1970 Cup of Nations match – a 46-year unbroken record – recently …
Fortune will favour the brave at AFCON
There are no clear favourites in Gabon, which will be one of the most open tournaments in recent times, writes Mark Gleeson. The 20th Africa Cup of …
Group D preview
Perhaps the most exciting narrative about this group lies with the return of Uganda to the pinnacle of African football after nearly 40 years in …