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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The cost of being a successful African footballer
It isn’t just unscrupulous strangers that African footballers abroad must watch out for but their own families in Africa too.
Where goes the Egyptian game?
After a forced one-year break, the national championship resumes. But the consequences of the Port Said tragedy loom large, reports James Montague.
A Cup in the Eagles’ nest
Leaving home unsung, Nigeria’s Super Eagles surprise their supporters and earn their third Nations Cup trophy. But the overall organisation of the tournament in South …
Surprises and Disappointments
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy …
Who Is Wilson Raj Perumal?
James M Dorsey profiles the Singaporean mastermind who spun African football into the extensive web of his global match-fixing operation.