Planet Sport Football Africa

This week’s show is all about the 2022 Fifa World Cup, with Morocco becoming the fourth African team to reach the quarter-finals. We go to Ghana and look at the fallout after the Black Stars’ group stage exit. And Stuart looks at the statistics of World Cup penalty shootouts.

This week’s show is all about the 2022 Fifa World Cup – African teams have put the miserable World Cup of 2018 behind them and hopes are high of a team reaching the quarter-finals at least, with Morocco topping their group and Senegal lining up a blockbuster against England on Sunday in the round of 16.
Also we hear from France forward Olivier Giroud on his football and his faith.

This week’s show is all about the 2022 Fifa World Cup – no wins for Africa in the opening games, but draws for Morocco and Tunisia, and a fighting performance from Ghana. So will some the continent’s representatives make it past the group stage?
We hear what it’s like in Qatar, with many negative stories having been reported.
And we ask why there is so much stoppage time being added at the World Cup, and we look at how the VAR is working,

This week’s show is all about the 2022 Fifa World Cup, as we look at Africa’s chances – can the continent go further than the quarter-finals this time? Also we go to Morocco and assess the Atlas Lions squad. 
Also we ask who is likely to take the trophy, and we find out about Qatar as a country.

On this week’s show we look at Cameroon’s chances at the upcoming Fifa World Cup and we hear from fans in Yaounde.
With the Caf Women’s Champions League ending on Sunday in Morocco, we assess the tournament, and lots on the EPL ahead of the upcoming break, as we ask if Liverpool have now turned the corner.

On this week’s show we assess Ghana’s chances at the upcoming Fifa World Cup. It’s their fourth appearance, having been quarter-finalists in 2010, and with a chaotic group-stage exit in 2014. We hear from Accra.
Also, with the zonal qualifiers of the inaugural African Schools Football Championship underway, we find out about the competition and its aims.
Lots on the EPL too, and we ask whether Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s claims make sense that a November World Cup will avoid burnt-out players at the tournament.

On this week’s show we get ready for the second edition of the Caf Women’s Champions League, starting in Morocco on Sunday, with eight teams taking part. We hear from defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies of South Africa, and from Zambia’s Green Buffaloes.
Also, a look at the Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup in India, where Nigeria got to the semi-finals and Tanzania made it to the last eight.
And we talk about Barcelona’s early exit from the Uefa Champions League, and Aston Villa’s improvement after parting ways with manager Steven Gerrard.

On this week’s show we look at the fifth Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations, on in Mozambique, with seven teams taking part and Senegal the defending champions. We ask how relevant beach soccer is in Africa.
Also we analyse the teams that have made it to group stage of the CAF Champions League, with Vipers of Uganda qualifying for the first time, knocking out five-time champions TP Mazembe of DR Congo.
Plus Stuart on the EPL and on Karim Benzema winning the Ballon d'Or.

On this week’s show we focus on the news that Zambia and Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to retire from football at the age of 24 because of a heart condition. We look at other players who have been affected by heart issues, including Nigeria’s Nwankwo Kanu.
Also, we go to France, and speak to Zimbabwean midfielder Marshal Munetsi, who played well for Reims last weekend in a goalless draw with PSG. Munetsi tells us about life in France and on Zimbabwe’s Fifa suspension from international football.
And Stuart on the EPL and confusion over how handball is working.

On this week’s show we talk about the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations being taken away from Guinea, and we ask which countries can handle a 24-team tournament. Also we look at footballers’ unions in Africa, as only 11 countries on the continent have unions, which have helped many players.
We look Arsenal’s title chances, and we find out more about new Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi.