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Ask anyone to name the home of the world’s best distance runners and the answer comes fast: Kenya and Ethiopia. But African long-distance running has never really been a two-country story, and the last decade has made that harder to ignore. Runners from Uganda, Tanzania, Eritrea, Morocco, Namibia and Lesotho are now winning medals and […]
Cape Town’s ghosts are back in the conversation, though the cricket should matter more this time. South Africa vs Australia begins in Durban on Friday, the first Test between the two sides on South African soil since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal. It opens a three-match series. Eight Years On, the Noise Has Faded Back in […]
Wydad Casablanca’s president called on the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to investigate the controversial end to Friday night’s African Champions League final, in a bid to “save the image of football in Africa”. Esperance were awarded the title in Rades after Wydad refused to play on when VAR was unavailable to judge a disallowed […]
Liverpool erased the disappointment of last season’s Champions League final loss by claiming the trophy for the sixth time with victory over Tottenham in Madrid. It was Mohamed Salah, such a disconsolate figure when he was injured early in that loss to Real Madrid, who set Liverpool on their way with a penalty after two […]
Augustine (Jay Jay) Okocha, former Super Eagles captain, and English Premier League footballer has appeared in court facing money laundering charges. Augustine Okocha, who is better known as Jay-Jay, appeared in private at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday. The 45-year-old global football star appeared at the Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday. He is facing two […]
The Super Eagles’ final preparations for the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations holding in Egypt begin on Sunday, when invited players, alongside the technical crew and administrative staff, will start arriving in Asaba, the Delta State capital. On Sunday, the Eagles’ backroom staff are expected to be complete, with some players also expected, while the […]
VAR technology has caused plenty of controversy in football across the globe, but the scenes that unfolded in the 2019 African Champions League final take it to a whole other level. Play was stopped for over an hour, the CAF president stormend onto the pitch and nothing could be resolved . And ultimately the game […]
Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala have joined Barcelona Ladies on a permanent basis after signing a three years contract. Nigeria international spent the second half of the 2018-19 season on loan to Catalan club from Chinese Women’s Super League side Dalian Quanjian. Oshoala has scored eight goals in 11 games in all competitions for Barcelona […]
American-Ghanaian professional wrestler, Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah, popularly known as ‘Kofi Kingston’ paid a courtesy visit to President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House on Thursday, May 30, 2019. According to President Akufo-Addo in a post on his official Facebook handle, the WWE star’s visit to Ghana is in response to the proclamation of this year, 2019, as […]
Football enthusiasts took to social media to express their views after Harambee Stars head coach Sebastien Migne dropped veteran striker Allan Wanga from his 27-man provisional squad for the Africa Cup of Nations. Wanga, who leads the top scorers’ charts in the 2018-19 season, was a surprise exclusion from Migne’ squad that will jet out […]
