From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad2 Nov 2026
Ferdinand Gassina damages knee ligaments — 108 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 108 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match31 Oct 2026
2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Mahamat Tchari will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Elect Sport escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Up for the corner, and Mahamat Tchari delivers — 7.32
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Mahamat Tchari scored, was marked 7.32, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
An order from above at Elect Sport: somebody has to go
Balance sheets do not care about form or about who the manager was planning to build around. The board have decided a sale is required, and the only question left is which name ends up carrying it.
Match31 Oct 2026
Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Moussa Raimadji has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 98% of everything Elect Sport earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 3‑4 defeat, delivered by Brahim Haroun to a room that had heard them before.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
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Upbeat
Squad26 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ferdinand Gassina
115 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Elect Sport lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 23 days on the sidelines for Hassan Hissein, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Match24 Oct 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. AS PSI will be the happier side with the point.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Off the academy pitches and onto a senior team sheet at 14. The debut is the easy part; the second appearance is the one every young player has to earn.
Market26 Oct 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ferdinand Gassina’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I am not asking anybody to be better than they are. I am asking everybody to be as good as they are, every week.” Said out loud, in front of everybody, and the room at Elect Sport was different afterwards.
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Triumph
Squad19 Oct 2026
Ferdinand Gassina damages knee ligaments — 122 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 122 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.99, and nobody on the pitch better.
Match17 Oct 2026
A 2‑0 win over Galactik, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Brahim Haroun, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Every signing waits for it and every press conference asks about it until it comes. It has come, Elect Sport have their man off the mark, and the second one is always easier.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Off the academy pitches and onto a senior team sheet at 16. The debut is the easy part; the second appearance is the one every young player has to earn.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market19 Oct 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Frédéric Djoita signs something — a contract at Elect Sport or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad12 Oct 2026
Ferdinand Gassina damages knee ligaments — 129 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 129 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Frédéric Djoeta and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market12 Oct 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ezechiel Ndoram is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“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.
Market12 Oct 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Elect Sport know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
Next up on the road: Galactik, position 13. The supporters who go will talk about it all week and the ones who do not will check their phones at ten to five.
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Triumph
Squad5 Oct 2026
136 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Elect Sport lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Adam Souleymane could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.32
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.32, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.82, and nobody on the pitch better.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Frédéric Djoeta 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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
1 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Frédéric Djoita has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match3 Oct 2026
It finished 2‑0, and it was Moussa Raimadji’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Elect Sport.
Market5 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brahim Ndoram has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
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Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ferdinand Gassina
144 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Elect Sport lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad28 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Elect Sport this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Issa Doungous and Elect Sport agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
151 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Elect Sport lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Frédéric Djoita and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market21 Sep 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Frédéric Djoeta signs something — a contract at Elect Sport or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AS Etat Major have kept their man, and Elect Sport go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market14 Sep 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oumar Mahamat is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Sep 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Issa Doungous has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Elect Sport know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market14 Sep 2026
The window shut and Brahim Abba is still in the building
Elect Sport spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad7 Sep 2026
Moral Djimhotoum damages knee ligaments — 16 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market7 Sep 2026
Saleh Mahamat 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 Elect Sport can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 12 signed and 1 gone
That is the business done at Elect Sport until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
No thanks: Moussa Haroun rejects the move
Elect Sport had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Stars Jeunes Talents, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Frédéric Djoita 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
The name of Mahamat Harouna keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Elect Sport say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad31 Aug 2026
23 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Elect Sport lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market31 Aug 2026
Renaissance come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Elect Sport did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Elect Sport and Stars Jeunes Talents have settled on $37.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Elect Sport offered $7.0K; Stars Jeunes Talents said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Elect Sport asked and US Moursal said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
AS Etat Major have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Market31 Aug 2026
The name of Frédéric Djoita keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Elect Sport say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Moral Djimhotoum
30 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Elect Sport lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The offer went to Stars Jeunes Talents this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Frédéric Djoeta and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market24 Aug 2026
The name of Goukouni Abakar has come up in conversations Elect Sport were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Adam Souleymane and Elect Sport agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Steady
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Renaissance is saying, and nobody at Elect Sport is enjoying the guessing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Frédéric Djoeta and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Elect Sport asked and AS Etat Major said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Elect Sport have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad10 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Elect Sport this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Adam Souleymane has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ferdinand Gassina and Elect Sport agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Frédéric Djoita 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Goukouni Abakar has come up in conversations Elect Sport were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.