Planet Sport Football Africa

On this week's show we ask whether foreign coaches are better than local coaches when it comes to being in charge of national teams in Africa. We hear from fans in The Gambia, where local coach Sang Ndong has replaced Swiss coach Raul Savoy, who parted ways with the Scorpions after only seven months in charge. Plus, a roundup of how African players are doing in the EPL, as Kenya's Victor Wanyama g...

This week's show again comes to you from Kigali in Rwanda, where the final of 2016 African Nations Championship will be played this Sunday between DR Congo and Mali. This week we speak to Zambia captain Christopher Katongo, he tells us about his career, including his time in China. Plus, a roundup of how African players did in the fourth round of the English FA Cup, and news and analysis on the Ja...

This week's show again comes to you from Kigali in Rwanda, where the 2016 African Nations Championship is at the quarter-final stage. The hosts Rwanda have a difficult game against DR Congo, but they are hopeful. We also speak to the coach of Ethiopia, Yohannes Sahle, as his side were knocked out in the group stage. Plus, we ask the Confederation of African Football if Africa will be uniting behin...

This week's show comes from Kigali as Rwanda host the African Nations Championship finals. 16 teams are competing in the top international competition for home-based players. We hear from Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh after the Super Eagles' impressive start to the campaign with a 4-1 win over Niger. We discuss the performances of African players in the FA Cup and latest round of English Premier Lea...

This week's show comes from Kigali in Rwanda, where the 2016 African Nations Championship finals begin on Saturday. We go to Cameroon and hear that fans of the Indomitable Lions are not very optimistic. We catch up with how the African players did in the third round of the English FA Cup, and we have the third part of our profile of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, in which our European football exp...

This week we begin a look-ahead to this month's African Nations Championship finals in Rwanda - the be the biggest sports event ever held in the central African country. So what can we expect from Rwanda? We have an interview with South Africa national team defender Anele Ngcongca, who plays in France for bottom of the table Troyes. We catch up with how the African players are doing in the EPL, an...

This week we talk about female referees – are there enough women officials in Africa, and what needs to be done to get more women involved? We speak to an award-winning Zimbabwean female referee and former English Premier League referee, Bob Hamer. We also look ahead to the knockout stage of the Uefa Champions League, with lots of African players among the 16 teams that remain. And Stuart Weir bri...

This week we ask who was the best African player of 2015 – Yaya Toure or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. And it's our last show of 2015 so we're taking a look back at a couple of our favourite moments on the show. We'll hear from Nigeria and Watford striker Odion Ighalo, speaking about his struggles and his faith. And also there's another chance to hear from the China-based Gambian Bubacarr Trawally, w...

On this week's show we assess African champions TP Mazembe's disappointing performance at the Fifa Club World Cup – the Congolese side lost both games and finished sixth at the tournament. Also, we'll be focusing on what players will be doing over the Christmas holiday season. We catch up with how Africans are doing in the EPL, and we have listeners' reactions to the firing of Chelsea manager Jose...

On this week's show we go to Sierra Leone, where the country is free to host international matches again now that the country is free of the Ebola virus. We hear how football has played a part in ending Ebola. We consider TP Mazembe's chances at the Fifa Club World Cup and Stuart Weir continues his analysis of a fascinating interview that Ivory Coast and Manchester City star Yaya Toure gave recent...

On this week's show we congratulate Tunisian side Etoile du Sahel on their success in the CAF Confederation Cup and we take a look at the Ivory Coast national team as The Elephants aim to build on their success this year at the Cup of Nations. Listeners share with us their football highlights of 2015 and European football expert Stuart Weir continues his analysis of an interview given recently by...

On this week's show we look ahead to the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations, which begins this weekend in Senegal, with eight nations fighting for Africa's three places at the 2016 Olympics. We speak to Nigeria Under-23 coach Samson Siasia. Also we continue our look at the African players in this season's Uefa Champions League, we catch up with how Africans are doing in the EPL, and we analyse a fasci...

On this week's show we catch up with the 2018 World Cup qualifiers that were played around Africa this week. We focus on the Super Eagles of Nigeria, who beat Swaziland – what do fans think about their new coach Sunday Oliseh? Plus we continue our look at the African players in this season's Uefa Champions League. And we look at Futsal - a version of five-a-side football that's not very popular in...

On this week's show we ask why is Africa not translating youth success to senior World Cup success? We speak to Nigeria Under-17 coach Emmanuel Amuneke, who has led the Golden Eaglets to a record fifth Under-17 World Cup title. But despite Africa's great success at youth level, an African team has never gone beyond the quarter-finals of the senior World Cup. So why is the talent at youth level not...

On this week's show we take a look at the race to become the president of Fifa. Will an African win the contest next February? We hear from South African contender Tokyo Sexwale. Plus we catch up with the latest in the EPL and we continue our look at the African players in this season's Uefa Champions League.

On this week's show we look at the teams that have made it to the 2016 African Nations Championship, the tournament for home-based players being held in Rwanda early next year. And we hear from one team that didn't make it – Lesotho. Plus we look forward to the CAF Champions League final between USM Alger and TP Mazembe and we have the third and final part of our interview with Aaron Tredway, an A...

On this week's show we join in the celebrations with the two African teams that have qualified for the women's football tournament at the 2016 Rio Olympics – South Africa and Zimbabwe. And football was cancelled in Zambia last weekend as President Edgar Lungu called for a national day of prayer. We find out more.

On this week's show, On this week's show we take a look at Africans who are playing in China, a country that's not particularly strong in football but that is able to offer good deals to players. We speak to Gambian player Bubacarr Trawally, who moved to China in January. With the Fifa U17 World Cup beginning this weekend in Chile, we ask what we can expect from Africa's representatives, and we ha...

On this week's show, as the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers have begun for Africa, we speak to fans in Kenya about their hopes of making it to the World Cup about what it would mean to qualify, and when they think it might happen. We catch up with how the African players are doing in the EPL and ask what's going on at Chelsea and Liverpool. And we have an interview with Aaron Tredway, an American w...

On this week's show we speak to a coaching legend in African football, Ghananian Fred Osam-Duodu who won the AFCON with the Black Stars in 1978 and 1982. He tells us where youth coaching can be improved. We catch up with how the African players are doing in the EPL and we speak to fans at last week's Watford v Crystal Palace game, and they give their views on African strikers, Nigeria's Odion Igha...

On this week's show we take a look at football in Sierra Leone. The Leone Stars showed promise with a draw against Ivory Coast in a recent 2017 AFCON qualifier, but striker Mohamed Bangura says that the team is being held back by poor administration. We catch up with how the African players ore doing in the EPL and we ask what role Chelsea's recent Ghanaian signing Baba Rahman is likely to have th...

On this week's show we focus on Cameroon – four-time African champions and a team that did so much for African football at the 1990 World Cup. But can they put their current drop in form behind them? We talk to one of their fans in Brazzaville for the African Games and the Indomitable Lions' Communications Director in The Gambia recently for the AFCON 2017 qualifier. And European Football Correspo...

On this week's show we look back at last weekend's 2017 AFCON qualifiers as South Sudan got their first-ever competitive win and consider the prospects of teams hoping to reach the finals. We have news from the African Games in Brazzaville and we speak to Fifa presidential candidate Segun Odegbami, from Nigeria, on his plans for the game.

This week's show comes from Brazzaville, Congo where Steve Vickers is based for the next three weeks for the African Games. We continue our preview of the 2017 AFCON qualifiers taking place this weekend as we look at Groups H to M. We find out about EPL new comers AFC Bournemouth who have three African players in their squad including Ivory Coast’s Max Gradel and find out about a project bringing...

On this week's show we take a look ahead to the 2017 AFCON qualifiers that take place next weekend. We go through groups A to F and talk about the squad selection of new Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh. Watford striker Odion Ighalo tells us how he copes with disappointment after being left out of the Super Eagles squad and we find out about Swansea City, the EPL club that's home to Ghana captain, Andr...