Category: Sports
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Meet Boujmaa Guilloul | First African windsurfer to win International Windsurfing Competition
I grew up literally a ten minute walk from the ocean. As children, my brother and I would sneak out of the house and go play football on the street or go fishing. Once when out fishing, I saw tourists surfing. At first I thought wind surfing was out of reach. To be honest it…
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Hussein Mohammed dreams of having the most lucrative football league in Africa
Africans love football, in fact, football is a religion in Africa. 50% of the population watched some part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The final game of the UEFA Champions League in May 2015 attracted over 20 million African viewers. Across the continent, everywhere you go, you’ll run into young boys, girls, men and…
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Africa Dreams Big with Masai Ujiri and The Giants of Africa
Masai Ujiri might have a full time job as the President and General Manager of the Toronto Raptors, Canada’s only team in the NBA. But he is also fiercely dedicated to youth development in Africa. Born and bred in Nigeria, Masai realized that there is an abundance of basketball talent in Africa but the players…
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Nigeria Wins Under 17 World Cup
Today, Nigeria’s Under 17 National Team, the Golden Eaglets, became the first team ever to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup (four times) when they defeated Mexico. The Golden Eaglets are indeed the “Brazil” of the FIFA Under 17 competition having previously won the competition in 1985, 1993, and 2007.
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What Is FIFA Not Telling You About The 2014 World Cup?
A few years back, when I first learned that the greatest sporting event in the world would be coming to South Africa, I went into ecstasy. I still remember exactly where I was at that particular moment because I almost fell of my chair, literally! I saw the decision to finally bring the cup to…
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EPL Black Players Refuse To Wear A”Kick it Out”
The worldwide popular English premier league was this weekend in the spotlight not for it’s usual global entertainment, goals or the quality of football on show rather for various incidents where black players from clubs such as Manchester Uniter, Manchester City, Reading, Everton, Swansea, Queens Park Rangers and Wigan refused to wear the “Kick It…
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Sir Alex Ferguson Retires
The legendary Scottish coach/manager shocked the football world this morning by announcing that he will be stepping down from his position as Manchester United Football Club manager at the end of the current season. Sir Alex is both the longest serving manager (EPL) and the most successful manager in English footballs history having won 24…
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Harambee Stars Captain Dennis Oliech Wants Mariga to return
Mr Oliech has urged Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to take steps to persuade MacDonald Mariga to make a return to the team for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. Mariga has failed to play for Stars since the Togo match last year after the federation failed to reimburse him for tickets used when travelling home for…
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Diane Nukuri; From A Small Village In Burundi To The Olympics
Carrying my country’s flag at the London Olympics has been the highlight of my running career so far. I loved dressing up in our traditional clothes. I got to hang out with people from all over the world, not just other athletes from Burundi, although that was the best part. It was a great night…
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Yaya Toure Named (2013 BBC) African Footballer Of The Year
The Ivory Coast international and Manchester City midfielder has today been named the 2013 African footballer of the year by BBC. Yaya Toure who has been nominated in the past four years beat John Obi Mikel, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Jonathan Pitroipa and Victor Moses to the crown. On receiving the award, the humble Ivory Coast giant,…