Three footballers walk into a stadium

CAF President Patrice Motsepe during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON match between Algeria and Sudan at Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat, Morocco on 24 December 2025
“Zinedine Zidane, Kylian Mbappé and Riyad Mahrez walking into the same stadium sounds like the opening line of a bad joke, yet it is exactly what the Africa Cup of Nations is bracing for on Sunday night, when Algeria face Burkina Faso at the Stade Moulay Hassan. Mahrez will be there as Algeria’s captain, the standard-bearer...