Games

The fledgling Basketball Africa League tipped off its second season in Dakar, Senegal, on March 5, 2022, with a dozen men’s club teams from as many African countries vying for the 2022 BAL championship title.Senegal’s Dakar Université Club and Guinea’s…

BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Hundreds of soccer fans in Malawi braved heavy rain Friday to cheer and welcome Malawi’s national football team, nicknamed The Flames, as it returned from Cameroon, despite failing to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qua…

The Africa Football Cup of Nations tournament is scheduled to begin January 9 at Olembe Stadium in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde.On Monday, Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe visited the 60,000-seat stadium, which is still under …

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has dismissed speculation that the Africa Football Cup of Nations (AFCON), scheduled from January in Cameroon, could be again postponed because of the pandemic.CAF secretary-general Veron Mosengo-Omba during …

As South Korea decides whether or not to join the Biden administration’s diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, experts

Kenya on Thursday disbanded its national football federation over corruption allegations and said it may seek to prosecute any guilty officials.The move was swiftly rejected by the suspended head of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF), who denied there…

Health workers in Cameroon are fighting a cholera outbreak that claimed 13 lives this week in two major cities of the central African state. The outbreak, which has affected several hundred people, comes as Cameroon prepares to host the African Footbal…