2016 Players of the Year

Ahmad has been president of the Confederation of African Football since March 2017 By Piers Edwards / Philippe Auclair & Paal Oedegaard BBC Sport Africa / Josimar A joint investigation by BBC Sport Africa and Norway's Josimar magazine can reveal some of the...

Senegal lost to South Korea on penalties in their Fifa Under 20 World Cup quarter-final. African football stories in short for June as the countdown to the Cup of Nations in Egypt continues. Sunday 9 June: There was heartbreak for Senegal on Saturday after...

Isha Johansen will be allowed to continue as president of the Sierra Leone Football Association while an appeal is heard Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has lodged an appeal against the acquittal of the football association president Isha Johansen.The...

Leroy Rosenior, left, seen here in action for West Ham, believes hateful views need to be challenged, otherwise ‘they fester and grow’. Photograph: Colorsport/REX/Shutterstock By The Guardian In an exclusive book extract, the former Fulham, QPR and West Ham forward...

An African nation has never lifted the World Cup trophy in its 87 year history BBC Sport Fifa is proposing that Africa gets nine automatic places when the World Cup expands to 48 teams in 2026. That would be an increase from the tally of five places that the continent...

Former Chelsea and West Ham striker Carlton Cole is welcomed after joining Persib Bandung BBC Sport Former England striker Carlton Cole is to be reunited with ex-Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien after joining Indonesia club Persib Bandung. The 33-year-old forward,...

The Sierra Leone Football Association President Isha Johansen By Mohamed Fajah Barrie, BBC Sport Sierra Leone football looks set for a new start after years of problems and infighting within its governing body. An extraordinary congress in Freetown on Thursday ended...

Ahmad is held aloft after being elected Caf president BBC Sports Madagascar Football Association chief Ahmad has been elected Confederation of African Football president, ending Issa Hayatou's 29-year reign. Ahmad won 34 of the 54 votes in the election, which was held...

Ahmad (left) and Hayatou go head-to-head this week for the Caf presidency By Piers Edwards BBC Africa "It's time we introduce a new regime," says Liberian Football Association president Musa Bility ahead of what has been described as the most important Confederation...

Craig Bellamy now works at Cardiff City as an Academy coach BYJAMES PEARCE - Liverpool Echo A charitable foundation set up by former Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy is being examined by the Charity Commission after the closure of its football academy in Sierra Leone....

Victor Mansaray - Photo credit - MikeRussellFoto by Chris Blakely@TheRealCBlakely Victor Mansaray, the Seattle Sounders fourth ever Homegrown Player, is open to playing for Sierra Leone if they come calling. The 20-year-old has been a member of the Sounders since...

Five players have been selected by sports journalists in Sierra Leone to compete for the Young Player of the Year award. Voting will end on 31st March 2017 and award will be presented in Freetown later in the year. The players selected are: Kwame Quee At 20 and a...

The Africa Cup of Nations will take place in Cameroon in 2019. By BBC Sport The qualifying draw for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations has pitted several former champions against one another. Cameroon, who qualify automatically as hosts, are in Group B alongside 1976...

(FIFA.com) 10 Jan 2017 The FIFA Council has unanimously decided in favour of expanding the FIFA World Cup™ to a 48-team competition as of the 2026 edition. World football’s supervisory and strategic body held its third meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich on 9 and 10...

Senegal’s Sadio Mané, Egypt’s Mohamed Elneny, Ivory Coast’s Lamine Koné, Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez and Ivory Coast’s Max Gradel will all be starring for their national sides at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations rather than playing in the Premier League. Composite: AFP;...

President Koroma has warned that no one will be protected by Fifa By Mohamed Fajah Barrie, BBC Sport, Freetown President Ernest Bai Koroma has given Sierra Leone's football guardians until March 2017 to resolve their differences. President Koroma waded into the...