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A fragile renaissance after FIFA’s suspension When the Bureau of the FIFA Council lifted the suspension of the Republic of…

Lower-League Pitches, Higher-Level Stakes Much of the Republic of Congo’s international visibility is still channelled through the flair of its…

Grassroots Football and Nation-Building On the compact, sun-baked grounds of Brazzaville’s fifth district, the fifteenth edition of the Ouenzé Lisanga…

A Stage Set for Contemporary Sports Diplomacy When Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur take the field at the Stadio Friuli,…

A Continental Showcase with Geopolitical Overtones When the Confederation of African Football assigned the eighth African Nations Championship to a…

Subtle Codes of Respect in Congolese Society To an outsider, the casual cordiality of urban Brazzaville can mask a highly…

Domestic Talent at the Forefront In the carefully tiered architecture of African football, the African Nations Championship (CHAN) remains the…

Bergen Pitch and the Symbolism of Neutral Soil When the public address system inside Norway’s Brann Stadion announces the squads…

Continuity in Command, Nuanced in Purpose In the sweltering late-July humidity of Brazzaville, the general assembly of Saint Michel de…

Diaspora Footprints on European Turf When Erving Botaka Yoboma headed down the tunnel of Novorossiysk’s Central Stadium on Sunday evening,…