By Jacob Ajom The 2026 FIFA World Cup has exposed new realities patterning to the growth, development and spread football enjoys among other sports. When FIFA announced the new expanded 48-team format – with Africa getting 9 automatic slots – for its flagship tournament, skeptics, including yours sincerely felt the field was too large and […] The post 2026 FIFA World Cup: Africa’s title challenge ends in a whimper appeared first on Vanguard News.