He and a small number of other Africans are today tearing across pitches in Brazil, a country known as the biggest producer and exporter of footballers in the world, from Pele to Neymar.

In Brazil, an incubator for star players bought up by Europe’s moneyed elite clubs, the benefit in return is new blood for its lower divisions, with players who are fiercely committed. The Africans ...

South Africa has taken over the leadership of the G20 during a handover ceremony at the Rio de Janeiro summit in Brazil.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised Brazil’s excellent work and promised to build on it when South Africa takes over the ...

South Africa has assumed the presidency of the G20, becoming the first African nation to lead the influential bloc ...