Planet Sport Football Africa

On this week's show we talk about the use of Video Assistant Referees at the Fifa Confederations Cup as the technology is being used for the first time at a major senior tournament. The VARs have ensured that correct decisions are being made, but they seem to be disturbing the flow of play. Also we talk about other proposed plans to improve the game of football, such as having 30-minute halves with the watch being stopped when the ball goes out of play.
And we speak to DR Congo winger Paul-José M'Poku, who scored twice at this year's AFCON in Gabon, talking about his football and his faith.

On this week's show we catch up with the opening games in qualifying for the 2019 AFCON. Liberia made a losing start, and we've been speaking to their coach James Debbah, a legend of the Lone Star. Debbah is Liberia's all-time top goalscorer and played alongside George Weah in the team's golden era.

Also with the Fifa Confederations Cup beginning this weekend in Russia, with Cameroon representing Africa, we ask how significant this tournament is.

On this week's show we speak to Paul Put, the Belgian coach who took Burkina Faso to the final of the 2013 AFCON and is currently with USM Alger in Algeria's premier league, where he says things are not easy.
We talk about Zambia's disappointing quarter-final exit at the Under-20 World Cup, and we have your comments on Arsene Wenger's decision to stay on as Arsenal manager. Finally Stuart highlights some of the disappointing African players in the recently-ended EPL.

On this week's show we speak to an African based in Austria, Nigeria's Olarenwaju Kayode, who plays for Austria Vienna, and finished as top scorer in the just ended season. Kayode tells us about the standard of football in Austria. Also we speak to Ghana international striker David Accam, who plays for Chicago Fire in the US Major League Soccer, and Stuart gives us his top 10 African players in the EPL this just-ended season.

On this week's show we look back at the just-ended EPL season with our analysis on the highs and lows, plus some fascinating statistics on where the title was won and lost, and which players made the difference for their clubs.
Also we have the second part of our interview with Nigeria and Watford striker Isaac Success, who tells us how life in the EPL compares with life in Spain, where he played for Malaga.

On this week's show we analyse the good news that it's now official that the FIFA World Cup will have nine African teams when the tournament expands from 32 teams to 48 from 2026 onwards. Will this increase the chances of Africa finally winning the World Cup? We have an interview with Nigeria and Watford striker Isaac Success, on his first season at the EPL club. And with Chelsea and Tottenham taking the top two places in the EPL, we reflect on their seasons.

On this week's show we focus on the 2017 CAF Champions League, with the group stage underway this weekend. We look at who might make it the quarter-finals. As the story of Ghanaian Sulley Muntari recieving racist abuse in Italy has dominated the headlines in African football, we ask if Fifa is doing enough to combat racism, and we hear from fans in Ghana. Also analysis on the EPL and we look at the story that the format for penalty shootouts might change.

On this week's show we speak to Leicester City's Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi on his football and his faith. Ndidi, who's only 20, has had a great debut season with the Foxes. Ndidi tells us about the African players at Leicester and tells us who he thinks is the funniest. We have your thoughts on who's been the best African in the EPL this season, and we assess the race to become English champions, and we have a word on Sunderland, the first team to be relegated this season, with several Africans in their squad.

On this week's show we find out about football in the Central African Republic, one of Africa's poorest nations, and a country recovering from war. Despite the challenges in the country, the CAR has come close to a first ever qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations and defender Franklin Anzite is dreaming of making it to the 2019 Nations Cup. And as Chelsea's N'golo Kante took the English PFA Player of the Year award, and Senegal's Sadio Mane was the only African in the team of the year, Stuart assesses the African presence in the English Premier League this season.

On this week's show we talk to Nigeria and Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi on the problems at the club. The Gunners have only three wins in nine league games, and chances of a top-four finish look slim. Has Iwobi heard anything about the future of manager Arsene Wenger? Surprises in the CAF Confederation Cup, as teams from Swaziland, Uganda and Gabon reach the expanded group stage – is this a sign that the new format will be a success? And as Ivory Coast and Chelsea legend Didier Drogba becomes the first player-owner in football history, moving to US second-tier club Phoenix Rising, we get Stuart's thoughts on the surprise move.