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Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane (C), FIFA President Gianni Infantino (R) and President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Patrice Motsepe attend the opening ceremony of the 7th African Nations Championship (CHAN) at Nelson Man...

The decades-long rivalry between North African neighbours Morocco and Algeria has spilled onto the football pitch, leaving the Moroccan team out of the African Nations Championship (CHAN).The Atlas Lions’ under-23 team, winner of the last two CHAN tour...

Today’s crises are development emergenciesWe are witnessing an ongoing collision of crises for which traditional response and recovery are not enough.Our future is at stake, as wars, epidemics, the climate emergency and economic upheaval leave almost n...

MEXICO CITY— World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Mexican President Mauricio Sulaiman said transgender athletes may have their space in 2023.“We will make a global call for those who are interested in 2023 and we will establish the protocols, start the consult...

The first time he saw the ocean, Sibusiso Sizatu thought that, with all that water, it must have been a very large lake.A couple of decades later, the former herd boy is getting ready to sail across that same ocean in an iconic race, helming an all-Sou...

RABAT— Tens of thousands of Moroccans thronged the capital on Tuesday to welcome home their national football team, the first Arab or African squad ever to reach the semi-final of a World Cup.The team and their coach Walid Regragui waved from an open-t...

When it comes to soccer, money can buy the world.It can pay for the World Cup. And the world’s best players. And it can bundle them all up into a perfect package and present it to a global audience of millions.The power of money was on full display in ...