Africa Sport

3 days ago

A Kenya Ice Lions player, wearing a green and black shirt, black helmet and black mittens, is pictured holding an ice hockey stick with fellow players greyed out in the background

Lions on ice - Kenya's foray into ice hockey

Kenya has become just the fifth African nation to gain membership of the International Ice Hockey Federation, despite having only one ice rink in the country.

3 days ago

A group of Senegal players wearing green lift the African Nations Championship trophy, with flashes of fireworks seen in the background inside a stadium

CHAN 2024 in East Africa postponed six months to August

The 2024 CHAN finals in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, which were due to kick off on 1 February, are postponed until August.

Song named Central African Republic head coach

Central African Republic appoint former Liverpool, West Ham and Cameroon defender Rigobert Song as their new head coach.

Eric Chelle, wearing a black T-shirt and with his back half turned to camera, points his left arm out in front of him as he gestures during a football match

What will 'ambitious' Chelle bring to Nigeria job?

Eric Chelle will be the first non-Nigerian African to take charge of the Super Eagles, but what will the Malian bring to the role?

Peter Odemwingie wears a blue jacket and white cap as he stands side on and looks into the camera while standing on a golf green with a yellow and blag flag in the background to the right

'I fell in love with the game' - Odemwingie's swing to golf

Former Premier League and Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie explains how he became a PGA golf pro.

10 Jan 2025

A stylised composite image on a blue background with white golf balls on it, the image contains two small pictures in celluloid film style boxes of Peter Odemwingie in cap playing golf, while there is also a small image of a shirtless Odemwingie with Lionel Messi post-match, and a main central image of Odemwingie in West Brom kit smiling into the camera and holding up three fingers

The Premier League star who became a golf pro

Former Premier League and Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie is now a golf professional with ambitions to boost the sport in his homeland.

10 Jan 2025

Eric Chelle wears a predominantly black Mali training top, with green, yellow and red stripes on the front and his initials on it as he stands on the touchline during a football match

Nigeria appoint former Mali boss Chelle as new coach

Nigeria appoint former Mali boss Eric Chelle as the new coach of the Super Eagles, tasking the 47-year-old with earning qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

Four gendarmes, wearing blue digital camouflage fatigues and white gloves, carry a coffin bearing the Togolese flag on their shoulders

'I had never seen anyone die before' - Adebayor on Togo bus attack

Former Premier League striker Emmanuel Adebayor says the gun attack on the Togo team 15 years ago has made "a huge difference" in his life.