Promoting Africa
Seventeen-year-old Maame Biney made history by becoming the first African American woman to qualify for the U.S. Olympic speedskating team in the 2018 Winter Games. Born in Accra, Ghana, on January 28, 2000, Biney moved to the USA at the age of 5, and discovered her passion for the ice in Reston, Virginia. She started skating lessons at…
Read more
The NBA Academy Africa recently took its first trip ever to Europe for a series of competitive games intended to continue the development process of 14 players from Senegal, Nigeria, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin and Central African Republic. After opening its doors in Senegal only seven months ago, the NBA Academy Africa,…
Read more
Egyptian Mohamed Salah has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017. The winner was announced on Monday on BBC after a public vote on the BBC's Website. 25 year old Salah shrugged of competition from the likes of, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Victor Moses and team mate Sadio Mane to win the individual…
Read more
The Confederation of African Football has selected Morocco to replace Kenya as host of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN). The emergency committee of the African Football Confederation (CAF) met Saturday in Lagos and unanimously decided to give Morocco the green light ahead of Equatorial Guinea. Original hosts Kenya fell behind with five-venue preparations for the biennial 16-team…
Read more
Overview Having been so close to reach the semifinals of the 2010 world cup, no thanks to Luis Suarez, I am optimistic that we may not need to wait much more until one of the African's sides brings the “crème de la crème” home. Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana are the only African teams to have advanced…
Read more
"If you can't receive a pass, dribble a ball, or combine with teammates, in my eyes you don't belong on the football field", Chrisian Lubulu. Meet Lubulu, a translucent forest creature who moves like a ballroom dancer, and a prolific passer capable of urging the ball forward by letting it run through his legs. Every time…
Read more
At a donation ceremony for vulnerable children, Gaëlle Enganamouit, the African gold ball of 2015, announced the creation of a football academy in Cameroon. The 24-year-old Cameroonian player aspires to contribute to the training and supervision of young girls in her country, in social and sporting terms. The project will be realized by the Foundation…
Read more