Planet Sport Football Africa

On this week’s show we continue to look back at the 2023 AFCON as Emerse Fae has been appointed as Cote D’Ivoire coach on a permanent deal after leading the Elephants to the title. We ask how he is likely to get on, and we analyse Egypt’s decision to appoint their all-time top goalscorer Hossam Hassan as coach.

Plus, with the qualifiers for the women’s football tournament at this year’s Paris Olympics continuing over the next few days, we hear from Zambia’s Racheal Kundananji, who recently became the world's most expensive female footballer ever.

And as FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger says that Fifa will establish 75 football academies worldwide, we look at what this means for Africa.

On this week’s show we look back at a fantastic Africa Cup of Nations, with hosts Cote D’Ivoire winning the tournament against all the odds.

We ask which teams played the best football overall, we assess the use of the VAR at the tournament, and we speak to Nigeria forward Terem Moffi on finishing runners-up.

Also Stuart on Manchester United’s improved form in the EPL.

On this week’s show we look ahead to the Africa Cup of Nations final, with hosts Cote D’Ivoire playing Nigeria on Sunday, after a thrilling quarter-final and semi-final stage.

We speak to Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest wing-back Ola Aina, who missed in the semi-final shootout.

Also we ask if this was the best Nations Cup ever.

Plus Stuart on the EPL and Chelsea’s challenges.

This week’s show comes to you again from the AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire, with the quarter-finals on this weekend, and with Egypt, Cameroon, Morocco and holders Senegal among the teams out already.

We analyse the action, and also we speak to former South Africa women’s team captain Amanda Dlamini, who’s made history as the first female member of the CAF commentary team at a men’s AFCON.

And we have Stuart on the EPL and the FA Cup and on Jurgen Klopp’s decision to leave Liverpool at the end of the season.

This week’s show comes to you from the AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire.

We talk about the excitement on the country as the hosts squeezed through to the knockout stage amid wild celebrations.

We look ahead to the Round of 16 games, and we speak to Nigeria talisman Victor Osimhen.

Plus a look at teams that have been knocked out, including the Gambia.

And Stuart on the EPL and the FA Cup.

This week’s show comes to you from the AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire, as we are mid-way through the group stage, with the hosts losing to Nigeria in their second game.

We hear from Zambia forwards Patson Daka and Fashion Sakala on the absence of Enock Mwepu, who had to cut his career short after the qualifiers began, because of a heart condition.

We also hear from DR Congo and Brentford forward Yoane Wissa, and we find out about the history of the capital city, Yamoussoukro.

This week’s show comes to you from the AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire, with the tournament kicking off on Saturday.

We look at who the main contenders are, who the potential surprise packages could be, and the players to watch.

And we speak to Cameroonian two-time AFCON winner Geremi, who played for Real Madrid, Chelsea, and Newcastle Utd on what it takes to win the Nations Cup.

Plus Stuart on the EPL and the FA Cup, and the significance of Liverpool’s FA Cup win over Arsenal.

On this week’s show we look ahead to the upcoming AFCON, and also we go in-depth on scouting and on player agents.

We speak to one of the world’s top scouts, who was in the Gambia recently.

And we hear from Cherno Samba, the former Gambia international who’s now the agent of highly-rated France-based youngster Adama Bojang, on the role of a good agent.

Plus we have Stuart on the EPL – with Liverpool top at the start of the new year, what do the statistics say about their chances of being champions?

On this week’s show we feature some of the key stories carried on the show this year.

We had a special feature on football fans with disability – in particular, fans who are visually impaired.

We relive the tragedy of the passing away of Ghana winger Christian Atsu, who was found dead in Turkey following the earthquakes there.

We spoke to Nigeria and Fulham defender Calvin Bassey, on how he coped with spells of poor form in his game.

And we look back at Africa’s best-ever showing at the Fifa Women’s World Cup.

On this week’s show we talk about the Fifa Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia, with African champions Al Ahly of Egypt reaching the semi-finals again.

We have an interview with 2008 African Footballer of the Year Emmanuel Adebayor, who’s Africa’s all-time top scorer in the English Premier League. Adebayor says that the recently-crowned 2023 African Footballer of the Year Victor Osimhen should move to the EPL.

And lots on the EPL, as Stuart analyses Nottingham Forest’s decision to fire manager Steve Cooper, and a look at the top of the table.