The real ‘secret’ of their success lies in a complex network of social mobility and connection with local communities.
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The match outcomes of the four north African nations reveal competing models of football development.
Ten pivotal moments that tell the story of how African football transformed itself.
Africans are often sold as physically strong with raw talent, but lacking in discipline and technical refinement.
Caf’s decision to strip Senegal of the title is a textbook case for sports law.
Why has international success evaded a region that’s so in love with the game?
Born in rural KwaZulu-Natal, double amputee Sphelele Dlamini faces fresh challenges playing basketball in France.
The study examined the school backgrounds of over 1,000 elite men’s cricketers in eight countries over 30 years.
A national icon in Morocco, Faras was a humble man whose passing marks the end of an era.
The World Test Championship victory marked 10 successive test wins for South Africa. Here’s what’s going right.
African football skills are sought after in the hugely popular Chinese Super League – and China gains soft power in Africa in the process.
Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to reshape race and power.
The IOC is betting on a younger female leader to signal change. She enters the ring at a crucial time for athletes.
He gave up a lucrative contract in France to help create a football team to represent the Algerian resistance in the fight for independence. Algerians never forgot this.
Football is about more than just sport. It also reflects political tensions in society.
Egypt can help the games be more universal, but the benefits of hosting must be weighed against the risks.
Kenya has been the leading African country at the games for almost a decade, but medals are harder and harder to secure, so the country must be innovative.
Sport tourism has significant economic potential in South Africa. Paris has shown how it can be maximised.
Women’s boxing has faced an uphill battle at the Olympic Games. Gender testing is just the latest issue it has had to deal with.
Kenya must keep adapting its development programmes - and move beyond just high altitude running academies.
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Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Associate professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
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Associate Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Research fellow, University of Passau
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Associate Professor in Sport Policy & Management, Qatar University
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Associate professor, University of Arkansas
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Adjunct associate, Northwestern University
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Postdoctoral fellow, University of Groningen
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Professeur ordinaire à l’université de Lausanne (Unil), chercheur au Centre d’histoire internationale et d’études politiques de la mondialisation (Unil), co-directeur du Groupe de recherche Achac., Université de Lausanne
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Senior lecturer, Sol Plaatje University
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Associate Professor Sport History, Stellenbosch University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Sociology, Université de la Manouba
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