From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad1 Jan 2029
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match30 Dec 2028
Three points for AS Police, 1-0 the final word against AS Bakaridjan in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Back issues
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Crisis
Market25 Dec 2028
Shae Cahill hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS Police can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Dec 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match23 Dec 2028
Onze Createurs left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Steady
Squad4 Dec 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Oumar Koné and AS Police agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match2 Dec 2028
Three points for AS Police, 1-0 the final word against US Bougouni in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market4 Dec 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AS Police know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad4 Dec 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. AS Police have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Yaya Konaté knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AS Police, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Match1 Nov 2028
A 2-0 win over US Bougouba, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad6 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Senzo Hlophe
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market6 Nov 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AS Police know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad6 Nov 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AS Police, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Yaya Konaté is not saying it is over
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 35 with 25 appearances behind him, and AS Police have to plan for both answers.
Match4 Nov 2028
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Binga will be the happier side with the point.
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Upbeat
Squad9 Oct 2028
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match7 Oct 2028
Three points for AS Police, 1-0 the final word against Real Bamako in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad9 Oct 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daouda Soumare commits to AS Police for another 3 years.
Market9 Oct 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AS Police know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad9 Oct 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
The terraces9 Oct 2028
The press have found their man in Mamadou Sidibé
Column inches are not points, but a footballer whose name keeps appearing for the right reasons is a footballer whose price has just gone up.
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Uneasy
Market11 Sep 2028
Shae Cahill hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS Police can pretend not to have heard.
Market11 Sep 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at AS Police is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad11 Sep 2028
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Senzo Hlophe, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Sep 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Imaad Hendricks commits to AS Police for another 5 years.
Squad4 Sep 2028
AS Police will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Market4 Sep 2028
US Bougouba are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. AS Police will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Market21 Aug 2028
US Bougouni come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AS Police did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Bourama Togola knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AS Police, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 Aug 2028
Shae Cahill linked with a move away
The name of Shae Cahill keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AS Police say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Aug 2028
The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Mamadou Sidibé, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad7 Aug 2028
AS Police will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Market7 Aug 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. AS Police will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Market31 Jul 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market31 Jul 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at AS Police is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Cheickna Samaké asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market17 Jul 2028
Shae Cahill hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS Police can pretend not to have heard.
Market17 Jul 2028
FC Diarra come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AS Police did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market17 Jul 2028
A conversation is coming this week. AS Police will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Squad10 Jul 2028
The medical room confirms 58 days on the sidelines for Mamadou Sidibé, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market10 Jul 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. AS Police have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Jul 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Njabulo Nzimande commits to AS Police for another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Market3 Jul 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Bourama Togola asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad3 Jul 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market26 Jun 2028
Promise Orji hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS Police can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Paul Mhlanga
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market26 Jun 2028
AS Korofina are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. AS Police will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Jun 2028
The medical room confirms 86 days on the sidelines for Mamadou Sidibé, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market12 Jun 2028
US Bougouba come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AS Police did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AS Police, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market5 Jun 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Jun 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alex Leyi and AS Police agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Samuel Chijioke
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The captaincy has been taken off Oumar Koné. AS Police will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Market5 Jun 2028
Binga are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. AS Police will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market5 Jun 2028
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Promise Orji has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at AS Police.
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Uneasy
Squad3 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Senzo Hlophe
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch3 Apr 2028
“I did not go to Etoiles du Mande to sit and watch. I want to come back to AS Police and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 12 matches say the rest.
Market3 Apr 2028
Shae Cahill linked with a move away
The name of Shae Cahill keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AS Police say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Match1 Jan 2028
10 matches without a win for AS Police
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around AS Police are no longer polite ones.
Market3 Jan 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market3 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Malick Berthé
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad3 Jan 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Chuks Faruk commits to AS Police for another 3 years.
Match1 Jan 2028
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Steady
Match3 Nov 2027
AS Police bow out of the cup
US Bougouba go through and AS Police go home, 1-1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Imaad Hendricks
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match6 Nov 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. AS Korofina will be the happier side with the point.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Jun 2027
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Jonas Mailula
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch14 Jun 2027
“I did not go to US Bougouni to sit and watch. I want to come back to AS Police and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Squad17 May 2027
Lungelo Kunene: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AS Police have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Jonas Mailula
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 May 2027
Yaya Konaté asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market1 Mar 2027
Jonas Mailula has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around AS Police they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match27 Feb 2027
No end in sight to AS Police's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AS Police has to find a result from somewhere.
Match27 Feb 2027
Still nobody has beaten AS Police
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Sergio Sardinha
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market1 Mar 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad1 Mar 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Sergio Sardinha knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match27 Feb 2027
A 2-2 draw with US Bougouni leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market1 Mar 2027
The Shae Cahill talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AS Police know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.