Before every training session, the Sudan men’s football team line up together and link arms. The captain calls them to attention for a moment of silence, which is broken by another shout before they ...

When Sudan player Ammar Taifour first heard gunfire outside his hotel room, he shrugged it off and went back to sleep. He had a soccer match to play. But hours later, gunfire erupted again and gunmen ...

Football returned to Sudan's war-scarred capital on Friday as the domestic league staged its first matches since the conflict began at battered stadiums on the edges of a largely abandoned Khartoum.

In Sudan, football was never just a game—it was a heartbeat. It united rival cities, and gave young dreamers a reason to run, and a chance out of poverty. Then war erupted in April 2023, and the sport ...

July 7 (Reuters) - League football has returned to war-torn Sudan for the first time in more than two years with a one-month competition being organised for eight clubs to determine the country’s ...

Sudan's Al Merrikh will play domestic football in Rwanda this season EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images The Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) has accepted three top soccer clubs from Sudan, where ...

Football fans usually dread a nil-nil draw. Not so the Sudanese who watched their national team’s goalless game against Angola in November. The result qualified Sudan for the next Africa Cup of ...

John Cornelius had a pretty good idea early in Friday's game it could be a long night for the scoreboard operator. What the Sudan football coach got was unlike anything he'd experienced. The Hornets ...

Ghanaian coach James Kwesi Appiah will lead Sudan at AFCON 2025 in Morocco.Sudan National Team Media. After failing to qualify for the knockout stages in the 2021 edition hosted by Cameroon, Sudan ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco — When Sudan player Ammar Taifour first heard gunfire outside his hotel room, he shrugged it off and went back to sleep. He had a soccer match to play. But hours later, gunfire ...