Planet Sport Football Africa

This week we look at the plans and preparations for the 2024 African Nations Championship, the CHAN, with the dates announced for the tournament, which will take place in February in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. We hear from CAF president Patrice Motsepe.

Also we talk about the issue of national teams and clubs in continental action having to play home games away from home because of not having approved stadiums – is the CAF crackdown working?

And we have Stuart on the new-look Uefa Champions League.

This week we catch up on the opening games in qualifying for the 2025 AFCON, with North African teams making great starts, while Ghana have only one point from their first two games.

Also we speak to young Gambian talent Adama Bojang, who’s moved on loan to Grasshopper Club Zurich in Switzerland as he looks for first team football to get into the Gambia senior national team.

And with the EPL back this weekend, Stuart looks at some of the notable transfers, and highlights how the sale of Scott McTominay and Conor Gallagher was effective in helping Man United and Chelsea to balance their books.

This week we dig into the Victor Osimhen saga, as the African Footballer of the Year has ended up at Galatasaray, with a move to Chelsea falling through.

We pay tribute to Ivory Coast defender Sol Bamba, who died last week aged 39.

With the 2025 AFCON qualifiers underway, we hear from Ghana defender Alidu Seidu, and we have Stuart on the EPL and on Ivan Toney’s move to Saudi Arabia.

This week we go to Paris and find out how the 2024 Paralympic Games are comparing to the Olympics.


We head to Lagos too, as Nigeria have appointed German Bruno Labbadia as the new Super Eagles coach just ahead of the start of the AFCON qualifiers.


And Stuart looks at some of the eye-catching transfers in Europe.

On this week’s show we get the latest on Morrocco’s preparations for the 2025 AFCON, and talk about their bronze medal in the men’s football at the Paris Olympics.

With the new EPL season underway, we talk about some of the leading African prospects – Yankubah Minteh, the Gambian winger who’s joined Brighton, Ghana’s Abdul Fatawu at Leicester, Nossair Mazraoui and Ahmad Diallo at Man United, and of course Mohamed Salah at Liverpool.

And Stuart looks at the issues at Chelsea with their bloated squad.

n this week’s show we pay tribute to former CAF president Issa Hayatou, who is being remembered as a fierce defender of African football during his 29-year reign.

We look ahead to the new EPL season, and highlight a few African stars to watch out for.

And we speak to Nigerian striker Tolu Arokodare, who plays for Belgian side Genk, having had spells in Latvia, Germany and France. He tells us about the pressure of being a centre-forward.

This week’s show is another 2024 Paris Olympics special, with Stuart Weir and Piers Edwards both in Paris.

We talk about Morocco’s bronze medal in the men’s football, and Stuart and Piers tell us about their experiences of the Olympics, the sights and the sporting highlights.

Plus, we talk EPL, with the start of the season just a week away, and the Community Shield on this weekend.

This week’s show is a 2024 Paris Olympics special, with Stuart Weir and Piers Edwards both in Paris.

We talk about Zambia’s cruel defeat to Australia in the women’s football, as they exited at the group stage along with Nigeria, plus Guinea and Mali in the men’s tournament.

We hear from Zambia striker Racheal Kundananji.

And Stuart and Piers tell us about their experiences of the Olympics, the sights and the sporting highlights, stories and statistics and lots more.

On this week’s show we focus on the 2024 Paris Olympics, we find out what it’s like in Paris, what to expect, and we look at the men’s and women’s football tournaments as Africa tries for a third gold in the men’s competition.

Also Stuart looks at the transfer moves in the EPL, the new managers, and the latest concerns over there being too much football on the calendar.

On this week’s show we look at the South African government’s decision to stop paying for so-called superfans to attend the AFCON and other sports events.

We talk about CAF’s decision to stage the CAF Super Cup in Saudi Arabia for the second year in a row.

We speak to Nigeria midfielder Peter Etebo, who’s back in action after missing the whole of last season due to injury.

And we have Stuart on Euro 2024.