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A Côte d'Ivoire supporter celebrates his team’s win over Nigeria in the Afcon final. Daniel Beloumou Oromo/AFP/Getty Images

February 14, 2024

African football won the 34th Afcon, with Côte d'Ivoire a close second

Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University

The depth of talent, record viewership and fair refereeing made it a tournament that proves African football is starting to thrive.

Pooya Soltani

September 5, 2022

VAR: I used motion capture technology to show why the Premier League gets tight offside decisions wrong

Pooya Soltani, University of Bath

What happened when we recreated football scenarios in a laboratory.

Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad attends a press conference in Cairo ahead of the 2019 Cup of Nations. EPA-EFE/Khalid Elfiqi

June 30, 2019

FIFA’s intervention in African football speaks volumes about failed leadership

Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, University of Texas at Tyler

Leadership is a major constraint to the development of Africa’s most popular sport.

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