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Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Number 12: When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm (different to the "MAKING OF" documentary released by the BBC on YouTube under the title Betraying the Game: Anas Aremeyaw Anas investigates football in Africa which was a documentary by the BBC on how Number 12 was made, an independent and impartial work and a report about Mr Anas' investigation) is an investigative ...
Mimi Fawaz is a Nigerian-Lebanese sports journalist, show host and presenter who currently works as a sports presenter on Focus on Africa, a BBC news programme broadcast on BBC World News alongside BBC Africa and BBC Sports. She has worked for CNN, ESPN and ITV Television networks.
Oluwashina Okeleji (born 1 July) is a Nigerian sports journalist who works for BBC Sport. He reports for the BBC World Service Radio, TV and writes regularly for the BBC African football website about the continent's football and stars around the world. He's in regular contact with many top African players and often travels to Europe to meet them.
The award became centred around football from 2001 onwards, Cameroon's Patrick M'Boma was the last person to win it as a sports award. Nigeria 's Nwankwo Kanu and Jay-Jay Okocha , as well as the Ivory Coast 's Yaya Touré and Egypt 's Mohamed Salah are the only players to win the award more than once, with two wins.
Football was first introduced to Africa in the early 1860s by Europeans, [4] due to the colonisation of Africa.The first recorded games were played in South Africa in 1862 between soldiers and civil servants and there were no established rules for the game at this time; [5]" Initially, there were various forms of playing the game, which included elements of both rugby and soccer.
The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, [1] [2] is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was first held in 1957. [3]
Football was first introduced to Africa in the early 1860s by Europeans, [1] due to the colonisation of Africa.The first recorded games were played in South Africa in 1862 between soldiers and civil servants and there were no established rules for the game at this time; [2]" Initially, there were various forms of playing the game, which included elements of both rugby and soccer.
The Africa Cup of Nations, organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is the primary international association football competition for African national teams. The 2021 tournament was the 33rd edition since its inauguration in 1957.