The men's Association football tournament has been held at every session of the All-Africa Games since 1965. Women's competition was added in 2003.
Since the 1991 All-Africa Games, age limit for men teams is under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.
Famous quotes containing the words football and/or games:
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)