Botafogo defender Bastos has undergone successful knee surgery following his early departure from the FIFA Club World Cup.

Veteran defender Bastos has been cut from Botafogo''s FIFA Club World Cup squad due to the recurrence of a knee injury, the ...

Luanda – Angolan footballer Bastos Quissanga missed Botafogo's Club World Cup debut in the US, in Sunday (15) night's 2-1 victory over Seattle Sounders at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington. The ...

How Swiss/Angolan investor Jean-Claude Bastos’ philanthropic efforts to establish an online law library helped democratize access to the African legal system. As a veteran private investor and ...

Angolan and Adana Demirspor, midfielder, Antonio Muanza, completed the full 90 minutes of a football match despite receiving news of his brother’s passing during halftime in his side’s game ...

“This brings a lot of prestige for him, Angolan football and the Palancas Negras (national side),” Joao Lusevikueno, a former vice-president of the country’s football federation, told BBC Sport Africa ...

"Bastos was originally a reserve but in the course of this season he has become a vital member of the starting line-up," South American football expert Tim Vickery told BBC Sport Africa. A Russian Cup ...

The Angola international is the first African footballer to win South America's premier continental club competition. Lifting the trophy itself may have been an "incredible feeling", but Bastos ...

Getty Images Bastos (centre, lifting trophy) had spells in Angola, Russia, Italy and Saudi Arabia before moving to Brazil Article information Author, Rob Stevens Role, BBC Sport Africa 3 December 2024 ...

At the professional level, they include Angolan center-back Bastos, with Botafogo, which made it through to the Nov. 30 final of the Copa Libertadores. There is also Congolese winger Yannick Bolasie ...