Record-breaking African representation at the 2026 World Cup is turning into a historic statement, with more teams reaching ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Africa set a record by sending nine of its teams to the knockout rounds of the World Cup. Seven of them ...

An African side has never reached the World Cup final, but the continent has more representatives than ever at this expanded ...

South Africa have beaten South Korea 1-0 to book their place in the 2026 World Cup knockout stage. Thapelo Maseko scored the ...

African nations’ impressive showing in this year’s World Cup is inspiring fans of African descent elsewhere in the world.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — This World Cup is already a landmark for South Africa, which had never advanced out of group play in its three previous trips to the sport's biggest stage. If Hugo Broos' team ...

Follow live updates and coverage on the 2026 World Cup as Canada and South Africa compete in the tournament’s first knockout ...

African teams have delivered big time at the 2026 World Cup, but can they take it a step further by making noise in the ...

Brazil, England, Spain — have been giving uneven performances out on the pitch during this World Cup. Meanwhile, teams from ...

After becoming the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final in Qatar four years ago, the Atlas Lions have shown that achievement was no fluke. They earned a hard-fough ...

Throughout history, most of the world's genomic research has relied on DNA data from people of European ancestry. A genome is the full DNA code of about 3 billion (a thousand million) bases, including ...