AS Police U18

6 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process
5 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Oumar Koné breaks a bone — 120 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 120 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Tempers go at AS Police

Lungelo Kunene was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Uzoigwe Odinaka signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Uzoigwe Odinaka and AS Police agree another 3 years.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Oumar Koné breaks a bone — 127 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 127 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

AS Police say no — this time

The offer from FC Diarra for Yaya Konaté was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

A move Chuks Faruk would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Chuks Faruk is living that version at AS Police, and it tends to show in the first month.

In brief

3 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Oumar Koné breaks a bone — 134 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 134 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

A move Mpho Manare would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Mpho Manare is living that version at AS Police, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad

Mpho Manare signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mpho Manare commits to AS Police for another 3 years.

In brief

2 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Oumar Koné out for 141 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason AS Police will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Nkonzenhle Hlongwa gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Nkonzenhle Hlongwa has just signed for AS Police, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad

Mmatlou Sepale signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mmatlou Sepale and AS Police agree another 3 years.

Squad

Oumar Koné in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AS Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Sbonelo Ngcobo signs for AS Police to fix the gap everybody could see

There is a particular relief in a club addressing the thing its own crowd has been shouting about. Sbonelo Ngcobo arrives for exactly that job, and now he has to do it.

Market

AS Police and Seydou Diallo are talking past each other

“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.

In brief

1 Edition

The AS Police Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Oumar Koné signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Oumar Koné commits to AS Police for another 2 years.

Market

Talks stall between AS Police and Oumar Koné

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

Oumar Koné takes the armband

It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.

In brief