Liberia: LBA League Set to Kickoff

[ad_1] Monrovia — The Technical Director of Liberia Basketball Association (LBA) has assured stakeholders of Basketball of LBA preparedness to host the 2024 national league. Benedict Sayeh in an interview with FrontPage Africa sports desk said 98% of interested first, second, female and third division teams have registered to participate in the 2024 national league. According to Mr. Sayeh even though first and second division team have showed interest in been part of the upcoming league but third division teams […]

February 14, 2024

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Africa: Where Will They Play? Uganda’s Capital Struggles to Retain Increasingly Rare Open Spaces

[ad_1] Kampala, Uganda — With fewer public open spaces, players turn to private lots and facilities -- if they can afford the rental fees. Boniface Ekungu strolls along a path that offers a view of his former playground. For over 100 years, the lot was a vibrant hub that brought the community together for football, netball and volleyball matches, but it is now empty and fenced off. Ekungu, a footballer with Nsambya Football Club, had played on this piece of […]

February 14, 2024

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Kenya: Kelvin Kiptum – the Kenyan Runner Who Redefined What It Takes to Win Marathons

[ad_1] Kenyan athletics has lost Kelvin Kiptum, the marathon world record holder who was destined to be the first person to run the race in under two hours. The runner, aged only 24, died on 10 February in a car accident that also claimed his coach Gervais Hakizimana, 37, from Rwanda. The accident occurred near one of the high-altitude athletics training centres that dot the country's north Rift Valley. The region north-west of Nairobi is home to many Kenyan distance […]

February 14, 2024

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Africa: Dozens of Professional Athletes Sign ‘Athletes for Ceasefire’ Letter

[ad_1] The statement was signed by several celebrated athletes, including John Carlos, who raised a fist during the playing of the US national anthem at the 1968 Olympics "In the wake of an unfolding genocide in Gaza, as described by countless legal scholars, human rights experts and international organizations across the world, we, as athletes, recognize our moral responsibility to utilize our platform for a higher purpose - to save human lives and to raise awareness about this ongoing tragedy," […]

February 14, 2024

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Zimbabwe: Zim Kart Racing Team Off to SA

[ad_1] The largest contingent of Zimbabwean kart racers competing in a single race meeting outside of Zimbabwe will leave the country this week and head to Zwartkops international kart track in South Africa for the first African Karting Cup. Jaedon Masiyanise will race in the senior OKN class of the African Karting Cup and Zaydaan Savania will race in the junior OKJ class. They will compete against 40 drivers from nine other African nations and make history by participating in […]

February 14, 2024

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Nigeria: Afcon 2023 – the Game Is Over, the Struggle Continues…, By Reuben Abati

[ad_1] I think that the Super Eagles deserve some praise for making it to the finals and winning the silver medal. Silver is not gold, yes. But it is still something. Whatever it was however, it must be possible for us to agree that success of any kind tends to bring out the best in all of us. When Nigeria does well, the people bond together, because we all want the same thing. As the Super Eagles advanced in AFCON […]

February 14, 2024

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Namibia: Big Shocks and Upsets At Grand Prix II

[ad_1] Some big upsets were recorded at Athletics Namibia's second Grand Prix of the season at Windhoek's Independence Stadium on Saturday, while there were also shocks off the track with the event sponsors, the Pupkewitz Foundation, trying to prohibit Namibia's media from taking photos at the event. The standout performance of the meet belonged to the 20-year-old Coenraad Kuhn of the Quinton Steele Botes Athletics Club (QSBAC), who equalled the oldest record on the Namibian record books, when he won […]

February 13, 2024

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Namibia: Another Afcon for Namibia

[ad_1] Namibia beat Tanzania 6-3 in sensational fashion on Friday night to qualify for the 2024 Afcon Futsal finals in Morocco in April. Namibia went into the match with a three-goal deficit after losing the first leg 5-2 in Windhoek on 2 February, and not many people gave them a chance to overturn the deficit away in Dar es Salaam. They, however, rose to the occasion with a great performance, and went on to clinch the tie on the away […]

February 13, 2024

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Kenya: Marathon World Record Holder Kelvin Kiptum Set for Heroic Sendoff

[ad_1] Nairobi — Kenya will provide a heroic sendoff to world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum who passed away in a tragic road crash on Sunday night. Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba described the 24-year-old as a national hero who more than deserves to be honoured in death as he was in life. "Kelvin Kiptum is a national hero by any standard...by any stretch of imagination. We will honour him in death as we honoured him in life. We will […]

February 13, 2024

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