Sport
Results, feats and fixtures of athletes from the four islands and the diaspora, with their sources.
A selection of sports news from the archipelago, at home and abroad. Each item is checked against an official source or at least two recognised media outlets, cited below the article. The most recent also appear on the home page.
At 18, the Mahoran from Bouéni is playing with Les Bleus at the Powerchair Football World Cup in Buenos Aires, from 13 to 23 October. On his first cap, he scored twice against Japan (4–0) and once against Denmark (5–0).
Sources: Mayotte la 1ère, 19 October 2026 (new tab) · Fédération française handisport, 14 October 2026 (new tab)
Learn moreLes Diables Noirs of Combani beat Bandrélé FC 3–2 in the regional final on Saturday 17 October, winning the fourth regional final in their history. They will fly Mayotte's flag in the 7th round of the competition.
Sources: Mayotte la 1ère, 18 October 2026 (new tab) · French Football Federation (new tab)
The 12th Indian Ocean Island Games will be held in the Comoros from 10 to 19 August 2027. The opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday 10 August, the day the men's football tournament kicks off. After its October mission, the International Council of the Games considers the progress of the building work encouraging; the athletes' village, in Moindzaza Djoumbé, is due at the end of May 2027.
Sources: L'Express (Mauritius), 15 October 2026 (new tab) · Réunion la 1ère, 15 October 2026 (new tab)
Learn moreAt her first World Championships, in Baku, the 25-year-old Mahoran judoka won silver in the under-78 kg category. She beat the world number one, Germany's Anna-Monta Olek, in the semi-final, before losing in the final to Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko of the United Arab Emirates. It is the French team's third medal at these World Championships.
Sources: Mayotte la 1ère, 9 October 2026 (new tab) · franceinfo, 9 October 2026 (new tab)
Learn moreChampions of Mayotte, the FC M'Tsapéré women's team will face Saint-Pauloise FC, champions of Réunion, in the interregional final of the women's Coupe de France on Saturday 31 October, in Réunion.
Sources: Le Journal de Mayotte, 7 October 2026 (new tab) · Mayotte Hebdo (new tab)
In their first ever meeting with Senegal, the Comoros lost 1–0 in a friendly on 4 October at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, a city sometimes nicknamed the “fifth island” of the Comoros. In AFCON 2027 qualifying, they had lost 3–1 in Cameroon, in Garoua, before beating Namibia 1–0 with a goal from Benjaloud Youssouf.
Sources: Agence de presse sénégalaise, 4 October 2026 (new tab) · France 24, 24 September 2026 (new tab) · Al-Ahram Hebdo, 29 September 2026 (new tab)
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