The International Federation of Association Football ... teams. Nigeria fell to 38th in the world, dropping eight places in the new rankings released on Thursday, June 20. Across the rest of ...

Animals? In Africa? Groundbreaking ... Small but deadly: Scorpions and Gambia's football team. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images The likes of The Gambia, for example, who did qualify ...

Harare, Zimbabwe – Only five out of the 32 teams that will take part in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be from Africa despite the continent having 54 member nations in FIFA, football’s world ...

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

But there was another reason the squad appealed to me and my friends back then: Brazil was a largely Black team that played among the football giants. African teams, meanwhile, usually showed poor ...

Countries like Nigeria and South Africa have been at the forefront of women's football, producing competitive teams and players who have made their mark internationally. Continued investment and ...

Ellis Park in South Africa is an iconic stadium with a capacity of 62,567. Known for hosting the 1995 Rugby World Cup final, it also hosted charity football matches and national team games before ...

"This is not something we even discuss with our family," Meskerem Goshime, head of women's football at Caf, told BBC Sport Africa. The aim is to help coaches and team staff, who remain ...

In recent international football tournaments, African teams have enjoyed unprecedented success. At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, an African team, Morocco, reached the semi-final for the first time.

Nigeria and Zambia are the only two African women’s football teams to represent the continent in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Super Falcons successfully made their way to France after brushing ...

MOSCOW, January 20. /TASS/. The Russian national football team is scheduled to play friendly matches in Asia and Africa this year, according to the Russian Football Union’s (RFU) calendar of ...