A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Eleven-year-old Ghanaian spelling whizz ...

Sundowns won their eighth South African Premiership championship in a row in May, extending their record as the country’s ...

TZANEEN, SOUTH AFRICA — The stands of the soccer stadium buzzed with anticipation. Vuvuzelas honked like a chorus of drunk geese, and spectators chattered excitedly. The teams were about to take ...

Riders display their mastery in the saddle as well as their ornate styling at the Hassan II Trophy of Tbourida in Morocco on ...

(Photo: Gerhard Duraan / BackpagePix)[/caption ... In addition to the Royal mess, South African soccer also came under scrutiny after the men’s national team fielded Teboho Mokoena in ...

“New stadiums are being built because governments are beginning to recognize that football is an important part of the development and growth of a country.” Motsepe, a South African ...