Published on, Aug. 27 -- August 27, 2025 7:01 AM

Sudan entered the African Nations Championships (CHAN) as rank outsiders - its home league is almost nonexistent in a country ripped apart by civil war, and the squad had only a few days training together. Yet the Falcons of Jediane have defied the odds to reach the semi-finals of CHAN in which teams can only select from players in their national league competitions. Sudan has a domestic league, but only just. Sudan had not held a meaningful domestic league competition since the outbreak of conflict in 2023 between the country's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has killed tens of thousands. The country's two most successful clubs, Al Hilal and Al Merrikh, have been playing so...