Planet Sport Football Africa

On this week’s show we ask when will action resume in the EPL, as fans around Africa are missing the games so much. Also, Stuart takes a look at the best African players in the EPL this season, and we go into our archive to a 2017 interview with Liberia legend James Debbah, who played alongside George Weah. Debbah talks about Liberia’s first qualification to the AFCON in 1996.

On this week’s show we talk about stadiums in Africa, and we hear from South Africa legend Mark Fish, who’s part of a Caf team that’s been inspecting stadiums in Africa ahead of the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers. Fish says that better stadiums in Africa will produce better football. Plus, we go into our archive and go back to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil, and visit the Copacabana Beach and the Christ the Redeemer statue. And Stuart looks at the large amount of errors made this season by goalkeepers in the EPL.

On this week’s show we look at how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting clubs in Africa, with the situation stretching the finances of many teams. Also we speak to Modou Lamin Marong, a Gambian player based in Sweden, he tells us how he’s managing to stay fit as a player in self-isolation.
Stuart takes a look at the implications of the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, and while we are all affected by the coronavirus situation in some way, we’re going to make sure that the show gives you plenty of entertainment every week to lift your spirits, and this week we’re going back to the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, where the world was hit by the noisy vuvuzela!

On this week’s show, Idah has been speaking to Manchester United legend Dwight Yorke – we’ll hear about winning the treble in 1999, his amazing partnership with Andy Cole, and his thoughts on African football.
Plus a look at the impact of Coronavirus on football, with the African Nations Championship postponed, and we’ll hear from a Nigerian and a Gambian based in Europe. And as Euro 2020 is postponed because of Coronavirus, as well as Europe’s top leagues, we ask Stuart how the calendar will work as the EPL says the season will be completed. Also we ask what the economic implications are.

On this week’s show we catch up on the Caf Champions League, as there’s a possibility of an all-Egyptian or an all-Moroccan final. We take a trip to Tanzania and find out about one of Africa’s biggest derbies, the Dar Es Salaam derby between Yanga and Simba. And in Europe, we get Stuart’s thoughts on Liverpool’s early exit from the Champions League.

On this week’s show we go to Ghana and hear about the #BringBackTheLove campaign for the national team, as fans have been through frustrating times. Many of us do fall in and out of love with our national team, we hear what Ghana supporters make of this campaign. Plus, three defeats from four for Liverpool, how will the Reds cope in their crucial Champions League game against Atletico Madrid next Wednesday?

On this week’s show we have an exclusive interview with Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo, who has fulfilled his dream of playing for Manchester United, joining them on loan from China, and even taking a pay cut. We also hear how Ighalo lost his sister Mary, who died last December, and how he is dedicating his career to her. And we ask if Ighalo will be a success at Manchester United. Plus lots on the latest VAR controversy in the EPL.

On this week’s show we take a look at the draw for the 2020 African Nations Championship, the CHAN, to be played in April in Cameroon. We hear from Zambia’s new coach, Micho. As CAF conducts the bidding process for host venues for this season’s African Champions League and Confederation Cup finals – giving potential hosts only 10 days to bid, and with the finals of these two tournaments just three months away, we ask how reasonable this was. And Liverpool lose a game in the Uefa Champions League – will they struggle in the knockout stage?

On this week’s show we focus on the under-representation of black managers in European football. While African stars have lit up the leagues of Europe as players, Africans have made virtually no impact as managers in Europe. More than that, there is a general lack of what are called BAME managers in English football – BAME standing for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic. We ask what the way forward is. Plus, Emmanuel Adebayor makes a surprise move to Paraguay, and a look at the EPL and Italy’s Serie A.

On this week’s show we talk about the comments made by Fifa President Gianni Infantino, who has proposed that the Africa Cup of Nations be held every four years instead of two. Is this Fifa interfering in African football, does the idea make sense? Also, with the 2020 Futsal AFCON ending in Morocco, we go to Morocco and find out about the tournament. And as Mbwana Samatta became the first Tanzanian to play in the EPL, Stuart takes a look at the African representation there over the years.