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Failing African Football

African football has reached a defining moment. FIFA is facing political turbulence, CAF has an opportunity to reclaim its…

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Bafana Bafana Caught Offside

Some African football fans have been hate-watching Bafana Bafana at the World Cup because of South Africa’s anti-migrant politics. The team’s apolitical stance has left them without a…

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The World Cup Senegal Cannot Attend

Between the visa bond, the digital surveillance requirements, and the 74 percent rejection rate, the Trump administration has made it nearly impossible for Senegalese fans and journalists…

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You Cannot Kick Politics Out Of Football

Bartolomeo Sala sat down with football historian David Goldblatt for a searching conversation on football’s uneasy entanglement with politics—how, despite the vast wealth and power…