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Planet Sport Football Africa

Passion for Sport

The show where we look at African football both what"s happening around the continent and what African players are doing overseas.

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15:00

05 Sep: Cup of Nations Qualifiers

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/09/05

SUMMARY: This week, with the start of the group qualifying stage for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations we take a look at how things might go for the 28 teams involved. And with the transfer window having closed in Europe we look at some of the moves involving African players, including Salomon Kalou, and Samuel Eto'o.

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14:56

29 Aug: Combatting stadium violence

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/08/29

This week we look at stadium violence in African football, following the death of a Cameroonian footballer in Algeria. Albert Ebosse was hit by an object thrown from the stands, and there are many cases of fans throwing bottles and other objects at players in leagues across Africa. What can be done when fans become angry?

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14:52

22 Aug: African Players in EPL

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/08/22

On this week's show we look at the African contingent in the English Premier League this season. West Ham United have the most African players on their books with six players, while potential stars this season include Christian Atsu at Everton and Didier Drogba at Chelsea. And we talk about Divock Origi, the Belgian player of Kenyan origin who Liverpool have signed but have loaned back to Lille.

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14:29

15 Aug: English Premier League preview

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/08/15

This week we look ahead to the new English Premier League season and ask what impact we can expect from African players this time around. We hear from fans in Kenya who are looking forward to the new season and we give our own predictions as to who the champions will be.

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15:00

08 Aug:Top transfers and vanishing spray

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/08/07

This week we look at some of the top transfers involving African players ahead of the start of the European season, including Serge Aurier to Paris St Germain and Brown Ideye to West Bromwich Albion. And we talk about the great innovation of World Cup – vanishing spray, and we ask if we need it in Africa.

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14:36

01 Aug: Didier Drogba & Futsal

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/08/01

This week we ask whether Didier Drogba will have a successful comeback at Chelsea. And we find out about Futsal – a version of five-a-side football that's not very popular in Africa, but when we were at the World Cup we discovered that it's huge in Brazil.

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15:00

25 Jul: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/07/24

This week we continue to reflect on the 2014 World Cup and ask if moving the Africa Cup of Nations from even to odd years helped with the performance of the African teams in Brazil. We also ask how the shift will affect the 2015 Nations Cup. And we discuss whether Africa should have more than five slots at the World Cup.

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14:55

18 Jul: African Lessons from World Cup

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/07/18

We ask what lessons can Africa learn from the 2014 World Cup? It was the first time two African teams have progressed from the Group stages but what is necessary for teams to progress further? In particular what can African nations learn from the success of smaller nations at the World Cup such as Costa Rica and Algeria? And we find out about some of your favourite World Cup moments.

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14:59

11 Jul: Can Africa Learn from World Cup?

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/07/11

This week, with Brazil exiting the World Cup in spectacular fashion and criticised for changing their way of playing to a European style, we ask if African teams can learn something. We ask why African referees are not given the finals of major global tournaments to officiate, and we meet some Ethiopian fans who have travelled to Brazil to watch the World Cup.

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14:26

04 Jul: African Teams World Cup Review

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/07/04

For the first time, two African teams reached the second round of the World Cup, but both Nigeria and Algeria have been knocked out at that stage and hence have failed to reach the quarter-finals. So Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana remain the only three teams to have got to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. What do you think of the overall performance of Africa at this tournament?

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14:58

27 Jun: African Teams at the World Cup

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/06/27

Steve Vickers, Solomon Ashoms and Stuart Weir in Rio discuss the progress of African teams at the World Cup in Brazil as Nigeria and Algeria progress to the Round of 16.

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15:01

20 Jun: African Hopes in the World Cup

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/06/19

Steve Vickers presents the show from Rio de Janeiro with analysts Solomon Izang Ashoms and Stuart Weir. They assess the performances of the five African teams at the World Cup, meet an Ivory Coast fan and hear from Silas Ngong, chaplain to the Cameroon side.

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14:37

13 Jun: World Cup on Copacabana Beach!

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/06/13

Steve Vickers presents this week's show from the Fans Zone on Copacabana Beach after watching Brazil's opening 3-1 win over Croatia with joyous 20,000 fans. Solomon Ashoms assesses the chances of the five African nations and we talk to people in Zimbabwe who are trying to avoid watching the World Cup.

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15:01

06 Jun: World Cup Hopes and Plans

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/06/05

We talk to Nigeria's former star Jay Jay Okocha and current hope Peter Odemwingie about the Super Eagles' hopes for the 2014 World Cup and we ask fans in Zimbabwe what they are looking forward to about the World Cup?

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15:00

30 May: Cameroon & Ghana World Cup hopes

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/05/30

We consider the hopes and chances of the Indomitable Lions and Black Stars at the World Cup finals in Brazil and visit the Maracana Stadium in Rio to find out how recycling has been incorporated into it's design.

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14:56

23 May: World Cup Here We Come!

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/05/23

Steve Vickers is at African broadcaster SuperSport's World Cup launch party in Durban to talk to former Bafana Bafana star Shaun Bartlett and SuperSport anchor Robert Marawa about Africa's chances at the upcoming World Cup in Brazil. A Brazilian music band completes the atmosphere at the venue beside the Indian Ocean.

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14:56

16 May: Yaya Toure v Luis Suarez!

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/05/16

We discuss Luis Suarez' award of Player of the Year the English Football Writers' Association and ask whether Yaya Toure should have won the title instead? Analysts Solomon Izang Ashoms in Johannesburg and Stuart Weir in England share their thoughts and we hear from football fans in Zimbabwe.

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14:59

09 May: Nigeria's World Cup Hopes

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/05/09

We talk to Super Eagles captain and goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to find out the mood in the camp as Nigeria prepare for the 2014 World Cup. And we discuss age cheating as CAF ban The Gambia from all competition for two years after playing over-age players in their Under 20 team.

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15:00

02 May: Algeria's World Cup hopes

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/05/02

We talk to Algeria player Carl Medjani to find out about the team's hopes for the World Cup and we discuss which African player is likely to be an English Premier League title winner.

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15:00

25 Apr: Should ex-players run the game?

Planet Sport Football Africa ·

2014/04/24

This week we ask whether we need more former players to be involved in administration in African football? We hear from fans and a former player in Kenya and discuss the issue with African correspondent Solomon Izang Ashoms and European football expert, Stuart Weir.

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