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:
“In this dream that dogs me I am part
Of a silent crowd walking under a wall,
Leaving a football match, perhaps, or a pit,
All moving the same way.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming games and acrostics, which at least require a certain inventiveness.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)