AFP presents a reportage of 40 photos taken by Luis Tato on July 10, 2026, showing the NFL Flag Africa Continental Championships in Nairobi. American Football's NFL came to Kenya this weekend for its latest competition on the African continent as it seeks to win converts to the sport. US sports have increasingly sought to break into the African market, with the NBA launching a high-profile Basketball Africa League in 2019, based in Rwanda.Recent days saw a third annual flag football competition staged by the National Football League (NFL) in Africa -- a non-contact version of the sport that has grown in popularity around the world and will make its Olympics debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.. Search for all these reportage images using: KEN-OLY-2028-AMFOOT-FLAG-NFL Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and visual stories. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A player of Nigeria's national men's senior flag football team attempts to score a touchdown as an Egypt player pulls his flag during their game at the NFL Flag Africa Continental Championships at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi on July 10, 2026. American Football's NFL came to Kenya this weekend for its latest competition on the African continent as it seeks to win converts to the sport. US sports have increasingly sought to break into the African market, with the NBA launching a high-profile Basketball Africa League in 2019, based in Rwanda.Recent days saw a third annual flag football competition staged by the National Football League (NFL) in Africa -- a non-contact version of the sport that has grown in popularity around the world and will make its Olympics debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A player of Egypt's national women's senior flag football team pulls the flag of a Nigeria player during the NFL Flag Africa Continental Championships at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi on July 10, 2026. American Football's NFL came to Kenya this weekend for its latest competition on the African continent as it seeks to win converts to the sport. US sports have increasingly sought to break into the African market, with the NBA launching a high-profile Basketball Africa League in 2019, based in Rwanda.Recent days saw a third annual flag football competition staged by the National Football League (NFL) in Africa -- a non-contact version of the sport that has grown in popularity around the world and will make its Olympics debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A player of Nigeria's national women's senior flag football team pulls the flag of an Egypt player during the NFL Flag Africa Continental Championships at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi on July 10, 2026. American Football's NFL came to Kenya this weekend for its latest competition on the African continent as it seeks to win converts to the sport. US sports have increasingly sought to break into the African market, with the NBA launching a high-profile Basketball Africa League in 2019, based in Rwanda.Recent days saw a third annual flag football competition staged by the National Football League (NFL) in Africa -- a non-contact version of the sport that has grown in popularity around the world and will make its Olympics debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

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HAMPTON, GEORGIA - JULY 12: Carson Hocevar, driver of the #77 Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet, Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Columbia PFG/Academy Sports Toyota, and Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 BODYARMOR FLASH I.V. Ford, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at EchoPark Speedway on July 12, 2026 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

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HAMPTON, GEORGIA - JULY 12: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts/CHOA Chevrolet, and Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Columbia PFG/Academy Sports Toyota, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at EchoPark Speedway on July 12, 2026 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)