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The case between Yan Diomandé and Max-Alain Gradel, via his agency Maxidel Management, goes far beyond a simple contractual dispute. It highlights the grey areas of sports representation, the race for the most willing and the legal mechanisms surrounding the career management of players.
Since his first selection with Cameroon on October 8, 2025, Karl Etta Eyong has been going through a long period of drought in Levante. After a dazzling start to the season, where he quickly established himself as one of the revelations of La Liga with three goals in three matches, the Cameroonian striker is now struggling to find his way back into the net and even begs for minutes.
Cameroun
Jean-Philippe Krasso bears the brunt of the change in squad depth of Paris FC. Regular striker and one of the major architects of the team’s rise to Ligue 1, the Ivorian international striker is no longer a potential starter. Worse, he is on a long series of matches without scoring.
At the end of the year 2025, and at the beginning of the calendar year 2026, Serhou Guirassy was so recognizable to such an extent that doubts had begun to arise. But the Guinean silenced the critics, and in a very beautiful way.
Guinée Conakry
Less than fifteen days after his surprise dismissal from Stade Rennais, Habib Beye makes a sensational return in the Phocaean city. Officially appointed on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, the beloved child of the Velodrome settles on an ejection seat with a titanic mission: to bring order to a club in the middle of a nervous breakdown.
Sénégal
The Champions League’s first-leg play-offs delivered a spectacular Wednesday. Between an Atlético hanging in Belgium, a surprise Inter in Norway and an offensive festival of Newcastle, several African players weighed heavily starting with Raphael Onyedika, determining with Bruges.
The internal dysfunctions of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) take on the appearance of a deep institutional crisis where contestation by appropriate means has given way to public disapproval of the management of the body. The new Executive Committee of the body is crumbling and Samir Sobha’s last explosive exit on the secretary general Veron Mosengo-Omba, whose legality he disputes and his clear stance on the final of the AFCON 2025 between Morocco and Senegal, only confirms the suspicions of a contested governance.
Maroc
The first leg of the Champions League play-offs, which may allow access to the eighth finals, continues this Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Several African players will be on the track to guide their teams.
After the victory at the AFCON 2025 with Senegal, Yehvann Diouf faces the harsh reality at OGC Nice. The goalkeeper is cruelly lacking playing time. He is no longer the number one choice in the cages of the Aiglons.
Sénégal
AS Maniema Union qualified for the first time in its history in the quarter-finals of an African interclub cup, in this case, the Confederation Cup. A historic qualification that is the result of a thorough work well done.
RD Congo
The Champions League’s first-leg play-offs have pleased the African internationals. From Serhou Guirassy to Achraf Hakimi via Victor Osimhen, the representatives of the continent weighed heavily in already decisive meetings.
Under contract until August 2026, Tom Saintfiet is not sure of being the coach of Mali in the coming weeks. A complex situation between payment delays, interference from the director general of the Ministry of Sports.
Mali
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