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Full results of boxing Africa Cup of Nations in Mauritius
Here are the results of this weekend’s boxing matches that took place at the boxing centre of Vacoas, Mauritius, in the second round of...
Rugby : Senegal refuses to play in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe could be forced to play their crucial opening 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifier in a neutral country due to Senegal’s refusal to play...
World 800m champion starts training at Olympic camp
World 800m champion Janeth Jepkosgei joined the Kenya Olympic sprinters camp as Athletics Kenya (AK) announced plans to revamp the sprinters' training programme to...
Intercontinental rally challenge registers high participation
Close to 60 drivers have lined up their machines in readiness for the fourth round of Africa Rally Championship, KCB Safari Rally, which will...
Kenya athletics championships produces good results ahead of Olympic trials
Six days after winning the San Francisco seven-mile race in the United States, Linet Chepkurui on Friday claimed the 10,000m women's title in style...
Afribank Nigeria to develop all branches to international standards
One of Nigeria's leading financial institutions, AfriBank Nigeria Plc, said it had set aside 25.8 billion naira of its last public offer proceeds for...
Kenya names Beijing Olympic team
Reigning men's 800 metres World champion Alfred Kirwa and 2007 All-Africa Games 1500m gold medalist Asbel Kiprop are among a galaxy of Kenyan stars...
10 medals for Libyan karate team at Arab games
The Libyan karate team has made outstanding performance after winning ten medals in various categories in the ongoing third Arab karate championship in Syria.
Libyan...
Kenya marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru to train in Japan
World half marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya is expected to leave the country next week for Japan where he will start preparations for...
South Africa to develop rail system for 2010 world cup
With the focus on the need to strengthen the South Africa's rail infrastructure for the 2010 World Cup and to create new tourism opportunities,...
Ethiopia : Kenyan athlete Keino calls for unity at biennial sports event
As African athletes test their skills on running tracks here over the next five days, legendary Kenyan star Kipchoge Keino has called for the...
AU promotes peace ahead of 16th African athletics meet
Towards the forthcoming 16th African athletics championship, the African Union (AU) and the Confederation of African Athletes (CAA), have jointly organised for Tuesday, an...
Yogesh Patel and Anwar Pandya drop out of Uganda motorsports
Two Kenyan drivers Yogesh Patel and Anwar Pandya have pulled out of the 2008 Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally set...
Cheruiyot leads Kenya Olympic marathon squad
Four-time Boston Marathon winner Robert Cheruiyot will lead the Kenyan team to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games marathon.
Cheruiyot, who posted his fourth Boston marathon...
Kenya Pipeline withdraws from African Volleyball event
The Kenyan Pipeline team has opted out of the forthcoming African Women's Champion Clubs Cup competition holding in Cairo, the capital of Egypt.
Pipeline, sponsored...
Nigeria’s Fasuba and Ethiopia’s Beklele expected at Nairobi meet
Reigning world 60m champion Olusoji Fasuba of Nigeria is among the foreign athletes expected to participate in next month's Tusker Athletics International meet in...
Kenya gets thrashed from all sides in international tourney
Chile whipped Kenya 5-0 in a one-sided World Women's Olympic hockey qualifier in Baku, Azerbaijan, Tuesday.
Javiera Villagra's brace, two penalty corners from Fernanda Rodriguez...
Nigeria super eagles get a new coach
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) Thursday named Shuaibu Amodu coach of the national soccer side, the Super Eagles, succeeding German Berti Vogts who was...
FIFA opens first medical centre for football in Africa
The inauguration of the first FIFA medical centre of excellence on African soil on Monday means football players on the continent will now know...
Five boxers from Ghana to represent Africa at Olympics
Five Ghanaian boxers will hoist their national flag when t he boxing segment of the Beijing Olympic Games gets underway later in the year.
The...
2008 futsal football championship opens in Libya
The 2008 futsal championship, organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), was billed to open in Tripoli, Libya, Friday (21 March) and run...
Jepkosgei, Dunford are Kenya’s best sports personalities for 2007
Swimming star Jason Dunford and reigning women’s 800m World champion Janeth Jepkosgei are Kenya’s best sports personalities for the year 2007.
Dunford was rewarded for...
Kenya pulls out of Olympic hockey qualifier
The Kenyan national women's hockey team has withdrawn from next month's Olympic qualifier in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Confirming the development Monday, the International Hockey Federation (IHF)...
Boxing: Samuel Peter’s glory after Hogan Bassey and Dick Tiger
Samuel Peter's victory against Oleg Maskaev in the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title fight in Cancun, Mexico, Saturday night has again put Nigeria...
Joshua Clottey is top IBF Welterweight contender
A new dawn has opened in the career of Ghana’s welterweigh t boxer Joshua Clottey as the International Boxing Federation (IBF) named him the...
Pyman wins Kenya Open golf championship
England's Ian Pyman battled a strong field of golfers at the Karen country club here Sunday to win this year's Kenya open golf championship.
Pyman...
Beijing Olympics: Algeria to represent African volleyball
Algeria will represent Africa at the men's World Olympic qualifiers in May, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has said. This comes at a time...
Kenya names team to world athletics championships
Wilfred Bungei is among the eight athletes selected by Athletics Kenya (AK) to represent the country at next month's 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships...
End of world records ?
Bad news for sportsmen and sportswomen! According to French researchers, the Olympic motto Citius, Fortius, Altius, will soon be a thing of the past
Bad...
Volleyball Olympic qualifier: Kenya replaced by Puerto Rico
The world volleyball governing body, FIVB, has granted Puerto Rico a spot in this year's last Olympic qualifier tournament, after Kenya and Peru withdrew...