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36-year-old Lindsey Harding becomes the very first woman to coach in women’s basketball in South Sudan. Lindsey Harding is two sides of the WNBA coin as a former basketball star in court and now playing the role of a coach outside the court line. Lindsey Harding doesn’t see boundaries; she prepares to also work outside …
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Cairo’s giant, Al Ahly, seals a two-goal victory against Mamelodi Sundowns in the first leg of CAF Champions League‘s quarter-final. Al Ahly Sporting Club — ASC, popularly called Al Ahly, is the defending champions of the CAF Champions League currently under the management of Pitso Mosimane, the former manager of their opponent, Mamelodi Sundowns. So …
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There are thousands of young African footballers whose dreams have been balled into a goal of fraud by shady agents. So many have cried out for help, and Freddie Kanoute, an African footballer-turned-agent from Mali has worn his cape and laced his shoes and obviously with no glasses to save the day. Despite the vague …
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The owner of South African football team Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. and the current president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe , is masterminding Africa to make history in winning the singular most popular international sporting event in the world. However, this isn’t the first time such a statement has been made. The …
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Surrounded by houses, palm trees, a small LPG refilling station, and a community church is a 5-a-side football pitch where Mr. Gideon John coaches young boys on how to become giant eagles of Africa. A location that used to be a bush, a farmland, then a block industry is now the training ground for 14-year-olds …
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The existing development partnership between Kenya Table Tennis Association (KTTA) and Table Tennis England (TTE) has opened a lockdown door for 14 Kenyan boys and girls to train in England by March 2021 for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is set to officially begin on 28 July and to end …
Kenya’s Table Tennis Youngsters Received Training Invitation to England Read More »
The National Basketball Association (NBA) 2020 draft in November selected young and talented players in the US as well as eligible players from Nigeria and other parts of the world. The draft was initially scheduled to take place in Brooklyn at Barclays Center in June following a lottery in May. However, due to the coronavirus …
NBA DRAFT: NIGERIAN GOLDEN BOYS MAKING WAVES IN NBA Read More »
When asked after proving to be one of the best of his time knocking out Kubrat Pulev in the ninth round before a thousand fan at Wembley Arena, Anthony Joshua tells the crowd: “Last year, 2019. I want to challenge. It’s not about the opponent. It’s about the legacy and the belt. If that’s Tyson …
ANTHONY JOSHUA ACCEPTS TO FIGHT WITH TYSON FURY – “It’s no big deal!” Read More »
Current FA and Comnunity Shield Champions, Arsenal Football Club has fallen to the pressure of Leicester City at home by one goal one to nil in their premiership feature yesterday. Jamie Vardy’ 79th minute goal was enough to see the hard fighting Leicester City team through to maximum three points. The gunners side started on …
Manchester United has played goalless at home against Chelsea FC in their premiership encounter on Saturday. The game that ran for 94 minutes was short of expectation as both teams failed to create clear chances at a goal. The blues dominated the play in the first 45 minutes with superlative moves and a punch player …
