South Africa

The Africa Cup of Nations 2025 takes place in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026. Here is everything you need to know about the continent's premier men's tournament, from news, interviews, teams, and how to watch.

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has publicly apologised for his comments on centre-back Mbekezeli Mbokazi and agent Basia Michaels, but reiterated his denial of accusations of racism and sexism.

Bafana Bafana will host Ghana at Dobsonville Stadium on Tuesday in their final friendly before flying to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, but will be without their Europe-based players.

The South African Football Association (SAFA) have rebuked critics of Hugo Broos' comments on Mbekezeli Mbokazi.

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos' straight-talking approach has usually worked out well, but his recent comments on Mbekezeli Mbokazi were not only factually incorrect, but out of touch with Mzansi.

South Africa men's national team head coach Hugo Broos is not a fan of Mbekezeli Mbokazi's move to Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire FC, saying the Bafana Bafana youngster should have chosen a better team.

Here's ESPN's far-too-early ranking of Africa's nine guaranteed tournament qualifiers, although that number would become 10 if the Democratic Republic of Congo prevail in the inter-confederation playoffs in March.

Africa's hopes of having an unprecedented three teams in the 2026 FIFA World Cup knockouts are firmly on course after an encouraging draw in DC this past Friday.

ESPN South Africa correspondent Leonard Solm discusses South Africa's chances of going further then they have before at the World Cup.

Enjoy all what happened at the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage draw as we find out which teams will play who in North America next summer.