Ivory Coast and Chelsea great Didier Drogba announces his retirement after a 20-year career.<br />

Football Stories - Inside Story - Is African football missing the goal? (2010)

Should we rethink outcomes of tens of football matches across Africa?

Every year hundreds of football players from Africa come to Turkey, hoping to get discovered by professional teams. But most of them are deceived by 'agents' ...

In a week where xenophobic attacks in South Africa dominated the news, sports was not spared.

Many young football players do not make it at professional level to participate in the African Cup of Nations.<br /><br />Every year thousands of young Africans pay money to agents who promise them trials and <br />careers at European clubs.<br /><br />But often those promises can count for nothing. <br /><br />Al Jazeera's Sana Hamouche reports from Morocco.

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South African footballer Luyanda Ntshangase dies two months after lightning struck him

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