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The show where we look at African football both what's happening around the continent and what African players are doing overseas.
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11 JUL 2025 · This week we have lots on the Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco – Piers is there and he tells us about the stadiums and the atmosphere.
Also we speak to Nigerian defender Benjamin Fredrick, one of the hottest young African players in England, who was named Brentford U21s Players’ Player of the Year last season.Â
And Stuart takes a look at football and celebrity, with a profile of Manchester United legend David Beckham, and also focuses on Beckham’s astuteness in business.
3 JUL 2025 · This week we focus on the delayed 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, starting on Saturday in Morocco.
South Africa are the defending champions, while Nigeria have a record nine titles. Piers is at the tournament and he looks ahead for us.
Also we reflect on Africa’s showing at the Fifa Club World Cup, and we speak to Al Ahly chairman Khaled Mortagey.
And Stuart has a feature on Sir Alex Ferguson, the EPL’s most successful manager ever, but Stuart explains how the mangers of today have less control than Ferguson had.
26 JUN 2025 · This week we asses Africa’s showing at the Fifa Club World Cup, with all four teams going out at the group stage.
What lessons can be learnt, and did the teams perform well enough? We hear from Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso.
Also we take a look at the transfers in the EPL, with Liverpool and Man City busy already.
19 JUN 2025 · This week we focus on the Fifa Club World Cup, with Mamelodi Sundowns making a winning start, but the other African teams finding it tough in the early stages of the tournament.
We speak to Yaw Yeboah, the Ghanaian winger who’s at the Club World Cup with Los Angeles FC, in an interview from our archive during the 2020 lockdown. Yeboah talked about the things that matter most.
Also we have Stuart on the death of Uriah Rennie, the first black referee to officiate in the English Premier League.
13 JUN 2025 · This week we focusing on the expanded Fifa Club World Cup, which kicks off on Saturday in the USA with 32 teams taking part, including four from Africa – Al Ahly, Mamelodi Sundowns, Esperance and Wydad Casablanca.
We look at the innovations at the tournament, what it means for Africa, and the chances of the African teams, and we hear from Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso.
Also we talk about Senegal’s friendly win over England.
6 JUN 2025 · This week we look back at the Caf Champions League, with Pyramids of Egypt the champions of Africa for the first time.
We also talk about the Uefa Champions League final and ask whether PSG's Moroccan right-back Achraf Hakmi is the leading contender for the African Footballer of the Year award.
And Stuart looks back and analyses the competition.
Also we head to Angola – the nation that rose highest on the world rankings last year, and we hear from coach Pedro Goncalves.
29 MAY 2025 · This week we look ahead to the second leg of the CAF Champions League final, with Pyramids of Egypt holding the advantage.
We also talk about RS Berkane of Morocco, the CAF Confederation Cup champions for a third time in six seasons.
We focus on football in Somalia, as legends Samuel Eto’o, Jay-Jay Okocha and Emmanuel Adebayor were in Mogadishu this week to support Somalia’s campaign to host international football matches on home soil for the first time in more than 30 years.
And Stuart on the EPL.
22 MAY 2025 · This week we look ahead to the Caf Champions League final, with Mamelodi Sundowns hosting Pyramids in the first leg this Saturday.
We pay tribute to the late Emmanuel Kunde, a key player in the 1990 Cameroon side that became the first African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.
Also we pick out a few of the top Africans in the EPL this season, including Mohamed Salah, Bryan Mbeumo, and Ahmad Diallo.
Plus Stuart on the Europa League final and the implications for Man United and Tottenham.
15 MAY 2025 · This week we continue to look at some of the most outstanding African players this season in Europe, outside of the EPL.
We assess the reigning African Footballer of the Year, Ademola Lookman, who stayed with Atalanta in Italy. Also in Italy, Cameroon’s Frank Zambo Anguissa has been a key player with Napoli, we talk about him.
And we highlight goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf, with Reims in France, having switched allegiance from France to Senegal this year.
Also we take look at the five new CAF vice-presidents recently named by Patrice Motsepe, one of them a controversial choice, Pierre-Alain Mounguengui, who’s been under investigation in a scandal in football in Gabon.
Plus Stuart on the EPL, with just two weeks to go.
9 May U20 Africa Cup of Nations - Osimhen - Hakimi - Guirassy - Trent Alexander-Arnold - Jamie Vardy
8 MAY 2025 · This week we catch up on the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt with the top four teams qualifying for the 2025 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Chile.
And with the European season coming to a close, we highlight a few of the top African players around Europe – we assess how Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen has done at Galatasaray, we talk about Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, who’s helped PSG to the Uefa Champions League final, and we look at the scoring exploits of Guinean Serhou Guirassy at Borussia Dortmund.
Plus Stuart on Trent Alexander-Arnold’s time at Liverpool, and Jamie Vardy on his exploits with Leicester, as he prepares to leave the club.
The show where we look at African football both what's happening around the continent and what African players are doing overseas.
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