Get ready for an exciting year of African sports! From breaking world records in athletics to defending continental football titles, African athletes are poised to make their mark on the global stage.
Emmanuel Wanyonyi hopes to break the 800m world record in 2025, while Nigeria's female basketballers and South Africa's women footballers will defend their continental titles. Continental titles are up for grabs in men's and women's football in 2025, while Rwanda will host some of the world's top cyclists. African athletes are looking to break old records, while new talent will have its chance to make an impression on the global stage.
Get your calendar ready as BBC Sport Africa picks out some of the key dates for action over the next 12 months.All eyes will be on Morocco as the kingdom stages the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon), its male equivalent (Afcon) and the Under-17 Women's World Cup.as Morocco, runners-up last time out, and Zambia both seek their first continental title and Nigeria aim to regain the crown. Botswana and Tanzania will make just their second appearance at the finals. For the men, there will be almost a full year of anticipation ahead of the 2025 Afcon, which will kick off on 21 December and culminate on 18 January 2026. Ivory Coast travel to North Africa as holders but the pressure will be on the hosts given the Atlas Lions are the continent's top-ranked side and clinched their one and only title back in 1976.The next 12 months will be big for continental football as the African Nations Championship (1-28 February), the competition for domestic-based players, will test how far alongAfter that, competition will intensify to become one of the nine African sides guaranteed a place at the expanded 2026 Fifa World Cup. Six rounds of qualifying remain, spread evenly across March, September and October. Only the group winners will book a spot in Canada, Mexico and the United State
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