Men’s national football teams have done well in junior world tournaments, but that success hasn’t been replicated on the senior global stage. What causes this and how can it be corrected?
The Indomitable Lions’ class of 1990 put Africa on the international football map with their showing in Italy, where they stunned the world champions. But they have since gone backwards. Why?
The cousins are rivals for the Indomitable Lions’ No 1 jersey, but their relationship is amicable
The Ferns’ goalkeeper believes that her team can bring more attention to football in her country
The midfielder was left out of the national Afcon squad, even though he asked his English side West Ham United to be released for the 2015 tournament.
Africa has lost one of its five representative countries in the World Cup, while the champions were humiliated by a shock defeat by Chile.
The Netherlands maintained their 100% record in the World Cup on Thursday when they finished on top of Group E after a 2-1 win over Cameroon.
A 2-1 loss to Denmark on Saturday night at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria left the Indomitable Lions with zero points after two games.
Cameroon became the first side to be eliminated from the World Cup after the Indomitable Lions somehow lost 2-1 to Denmark.
Eleven games into the tournament and Ghana remains the only African team to have won a match after Cameroon slumped to a 1-0 loss to Japan.
Keisuke Honda carried Japan to their first World Cup finals victory on foreign soil when he scored the goal which beat Cameroon 1-0.
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/ 20 November 2008
Cameroon and SA officials traded accusations on Wednesday after Samuel Eto’o failed to arrive in SA for a match honouring Nelson Mandela.
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/ 20 November 2008
Bafana Bafana claimed a fourth consecutive international victory on Wednesday by edging Cameroon 3-2 in a Nelson Mandela Challenge thriller.
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/ 18 November 2008
Bafana Bafana will be aiming to roll back the years when they tackle Cameroon in the annual Nelson Mandela Challenge on Wednesday night.