AFCON: Sky Sports to show all 52 Africa Cup of Nations tournament matches live
The Africa Cup of Nations tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in January and February. The tournament, originally scheduled to be played in June and July 2021, will be played in Cameroon between January 9 and February 6, 2022, with Sky Sports showing all...
Africa Cup of Nations: Which Premier League players might be going?
Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Edouard Mendy, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Maxwel Cornet and more will be gone for several weeks The Africa Cup of Nations begins next month, with about 40 Premier League players set to miss several weeks of the season as they head to...
Chalobah opens up on being an inspiration in Africa, his faith and Rudiger’s vital role in his progress
The Sierra Leone 'brothers' celebrating Chelsea's Super Cup success Trevoh Chalobah spoke to lifelong Blues fan Jamal Edwards about becoming a role model for young black African footballers, his own heroes growing up, and what has helped get him through tough times in...
Former England star wants to play for Sierra Leone at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations
Ex-Spurs and Liverpool defender Steven Caulker may represent Sierra Leone at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations despite already having made an appearance for the England senior team in 2012. Former England and Tottenham Hotspur defender Steven Caulker has decided to...
Africa Cup of Nations: Draw made for delayed 2021 event in Cameroon
BBC Sport Africa Holders Algeria have drawn former winners Ivory Coast in the group stage of the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon next year. At a star-studded ceremony in Yaounde on Tuesday, Algeria were drawn in Group E where they will also face Sierra...
The Ghanaian influence on Sierra Leone football in the 80s
East End Lions' Atto Mensah & Simon Awuah in the 80s By Mohamed Fajah Barrie The history of Sierra Leone football can’t be written without mentioning the role Ghanaian players played to help develop the country’s most loved sport. The decision of many Ghanaians to...
‘I never dreamt this would happen in Sierra Leone football in my lifetime’
The front of the new headquarters of Sierra Leonean club Bo Rangers By Mohamed Fajah Barrie BBC Sport Africa, Sierra Leone Most football clubs have suffered hugely since the pandemic began - with some in Europe losing hundreds of millions of dollars while others in...
Sierra Leone striker Kei Kamara moves to Finland
Sierra Leone's Kei Kamara was released last year by MLS side Minnesota United By Mohamed Fajah Barrie BBC Sport Africa, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone star forward Kei Ansu Kamara says he is excited to join Finnish side HIFK Helsinki as a free agent. The 36-year-old, who...
The draw for the Africa Cup of Nations will be on 17 August
The draw for next year's rescheduled Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon will be held on 17 August. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has sent out letters to football associations inviting them for the draw that had been due to held on 25 June. Both the finals...
Africa Cup of Nations: Local coaches set to redress the balance in Cameroon
Algerian coach Djamel Belmadi is lifted in the air by his players after he led Algeria to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations title By Mark Gleeson Football Writer, South Africa For the first time in more than a half century there will be a significant majority of African...