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A triptych showing the heads and shoulders of Pitso Mosimane, Patrick Vieira and Herve Renard. Mosimane is seen mid-speech while wearing a black suit jacket, white shirt and black tie, Vieira smiles wearing a blue-grey jacket over a white round-neck t-shirt and Renard has a pensive expression while wearing a plain white shirt open at the neck

Spotlight on new coaches as road to Afcon 2027 begins

Patrick Vieira and Herve Renard are among the high-profile managerial arrivals as the qualification campaign for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations gets under way.

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Five Nigeria players, with four wearing all-white strips and a goalkeeper in an all-red kit, line up for the national anthem before a football match. Four place their right hand on their heart while the player furthest left, Victor Osimhen, has his hands behind his back. The keeper, Stanley Nwabali, who is second from the right in the image, has his head bowed and is holding his gloves and a black towel at his side in his left hand. The stand of a stadium, which is mostly full, is out of focus in the background across the green pitch

Nigerian football enduring 'worst time in history' - Odegbami

Former Afcon winner Segun Odegbami has slammed those running Nigerian football after the country missed out on the men's and women's World Cups.

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'I lost my love for swimming' - Smith comes out of retirement

South Africa's most successful Olympian Tatjana Smith explains why she has reversed her decision to retire from competitive swimming.

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Exterior of a football stadium showing three Kenyan shields in red, white and black on top of a white wrap around

Postponement not an option as Kenya races to be ready for Afcon 2027

African football boss Patrice Motsepe wants a "heightened sense of urgency" from Afcon 2027 co-hosts Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as they face a race to be ready.

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Senegalese Football Federation president Abdoulaye Fall and Patrick Vieria pose for photos at a press conference as between them they hold a white Senegal shirt with the name 'Vieira' in green on the back. Fall wears a dark blue baseball cap and matching dark blue robe while Vieira wears a grey-blue blazer over a cream t-shirt. Both men stand in front of a green hoarding bearing advertising logos

Senegal job an 'absolute dream' for new boss Vieira

Former France international Patrick Vieira, a World Cup winner in 1998, says taking charge of Senegal, the nation of his birth, is an "honour".

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Julius Yego, visible from waist up, smiles broadly as spreads his arms wide to raises a Kenyan flag wide behind himself after winning gold in the javelin at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing. He wears a red and black vest with the word 'Kenya' written in white text across the chest and a white bib with his name is pinned below. Yego stands on a terracotta running track while a packed stand is blurred in the background

African greats inspired by the potential of Nairobi 2029

Some of Africa's great track and field stars expect the decision to award Kenya the 2029 World Athletics Championships to inspire the next generation.

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Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon, wearing orange, green and maroon Kenyan running kit, hold Kenyan flags behind them as they celebrate on a terracotta-coloured running track

How Kenya won its bid for 2029 World Athletics Championships

Kenya's athletics-loving population and improved infrastructure helped Nairobi secure the rights to host the 2029 World Championships, but challenges remain to ensure a successful event.

15 Sept 2026

Faith Kipyegon, wearing an orange and green Kenyan athletics vest, with a gold medal on a purple ribbon bouncing around her neck, smiles broadly as she holds a Kenyan flag aloft behind her. The runner is visible from stomach up while a terracotta-coloured athletics track with white lines is seen out of focus in the background

Kenya to host 2029 World Athletics Championships in African first

Kenya will become the first African nation to host the World Athletics Championships after Nairobi beats London, Munich and Rome in bidding for the 2029 event.

15 Sept 2026

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Will Smith, wearing a beige zip-up polo shirt, tinted sunglasses and a red and black baseball cap poses for a picture with LeBron James, who wears a black t-shirt and a black bucket hat. The two men, who are visible from waist up, are leaning in slightly towards each other, smiling and bending their arms at the elbow so that their forearms and hands are extended towards the camera in an expressive way with the palms of their hands open

LeBron the star as Angola aims to cash in on E1 racing

Angola hopes hosting the E1 Series will boost tourism after NBA star LeBron James attends the inaugural powerboat race in the capital Luanda.

14 Sept 2026