Planet Sport Football Africa

We reflect on the African Nations Championship ahead of the final between surprise package Libya and Ghana and review the big transfers featuring African players in Europe.

We report from the African Nations Championships in South Africa where home-placed talent is having the chance to shine on the international stage and look at the contrasting last seven days for Samuel Eto'o, Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Anelka in the English Premier League.

We consider the challenges facing referees in Africa who often experience pressures from fans and officials to make decisions in their favour and consider whether fans should be more understanding.

We preview the CHAN tournament in Southern Africa and discuss refereeing standards in Africa.

Continuing our discussion on whether football in Africa was better in the old days. We talk to footballers past and present in Kenya and hear from our studio analysts.

We hear from Liverpool and Nigeria striker Victor Moses and look back on the past year's African football.

Was football better in the old days? We talk to a former player in Zimbabwe and fans in Kenya to find out their views.

This week we pay tribute to Nelson Mandela as we reflect on his passion for sport and how he recognised sport as an effective way of uniting all peoples. We also look back on the World Cup draw and ask your thoughts on the chances of the teams from Africa.

In another packed show we preview the FIFA Club World Championship in Morocco, share your thoughts on Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, salute Lille and Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, investigate whether juju works in African football and take a tour of the Maracana stadium in Rio where next year's World Cup final will be played.

This week we focus on Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder, Yaya Toure, who has been nominated as the only African for the 2013 FIFA's Ballon d'Or. Manchester City assistant manager Brian Kidd talks about his qualities and we ask whether Toure was right to threaten to boycott the 2014 World Cup unless FIFA gets to grips with the menace of racism.