Lee James
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 27 Jun
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Global News Podcast · Bonus: Are the World Cup's hydration breaks here to stay? · 27 Jun 2026
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Hmm, where can I get a perfect katkarapuleivä?
By ordering from the supplier.
All right, let's go to the ship.
Hello, I'm Lee James and this is More Than The Score, the BBC World Service podcast that's looking at the stories beyond the score sheets at the FIFA Men's World Cup.
Half a century on from Pele's infamous prophecy that an African nation will win the World Cup before the year 2000, could this finally be the tournament where the continent delivers its maiden global title?
Cameroon's run to the 1990 quarterfinal was the first of Africa's significant achievements, emulated by Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010, and then surpassed by Morocco at the last tournament in Qatar in 2022 when they produced the watershed moment reaching the semifinals.
Now a record 10 African nations will compete at these World Cup finals.
Could one of those nations deliver Africa's first World Cup?
Well, the Democratic Republic of Congo are represented for only the second time in their history, and their former captain, Gabriel Zaquani, is with us, along with the former Sierra Leone captain and Premier League defender Stephen Kolka.
Hello to you both.
Hi, Lee.
Welcome, both of you.
This is a specially extended edition of the More Than The Score podcast because we've got so much to fit in.
But first of all, Gabby, you must be tremendously proud that the Leopards are back on the world stage then, playing at their first finals for over 50 years.
Stephen, you played in World Cup qualifiers for Sierra Leone.
You know that Africa's qualification process for the tournament has arguably been the most brutal in world football.
Strong teams often missed out on the global showpiece.
How important now we've got 10 teams then representing the continent at the finals?
And great opportunities for all.
But, Stephen, for a team like Cap Verde making their debut, they'll be the 14th African nation to have played at the World Cup finals.
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