After participating in the Olympic Games, seven Cameroonian athletes have apparently ‘defected’. Though their disappearance might puzzle some, Yaoundé’s younger generation seems unfazed and even empathic. Bouenguegni Patrick, a 22-year-old student, is frantically messaging with friends online. The chat is about the missing athletes. “Objectively, I think that they stand a better chance of succeeding […]
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Nairobi — It took the very last effort and another national record for Julius ‘You Tube Man’ Yego to make history as the first Kenyan Javelin thrower to make the Olympics final on Wednesday night. With qualification to the medal event slipping as he took the run up for his last effort, Yego, the African […]
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ROME — Athletes headed to the Olympic Games in London have more in common than talent and hard work. Whether they’re sprinting the 100 meters or diving off a springboard, they know that without eating the right foods, they can’t give their best. Nutrition is just as important to children. They need it so that […]
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Senegal has finished second in Group A, booking their place in the London 2012 quarter-finals thanks to a 1-1 draw with UAE, who head for home at the first hurdle. The Emirates took the lead in the first half through their talismanic captain Ismaeil Matar, but Senegal’s ace Moussa Konate then picked up his fourth […]
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London — South Africa’s rowing team of Sizwe Ndlovu, Matthew Brittain, John Smith and James Thompson secured the country’s third gold medal of the London Olympic Games, finishing first in the men’s lightweight four final on Thursday afternoon. The South Africans started conservatively, going through the 500 meters mark in third place, and dropped back […]
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Chad le Clos shocked Michael Phelps to take the gold in the men’s 200m butterfly, but there was disappointment for South African athletes elsewhere. Chad le Clos bagged South Africa’s second gold of the 2012 Olympics with an absolutely incredible swim in the men’s 200m butterfly on Tuesday. Le Clos had the odds stacked against […]
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If you don’t know the story of Mo Farah now, you almost certainly will the day after the 5,000 meters Olympic final on Saturday 11th August. Mo came from Somalia to the United Kingdom at the age of 8 unable to speak a word of English. He discovered, loved (and latterly) conquered athletics and today […]
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Two goals from Moussa Konate gave Senegal a 2-0 win over Uruguay in the Group A game at Wembley despite having Abdoulaye Ba sent off on the half hour. It was an open, entertaining game at England’s national stadium, with the home crowd cheering the Africans on to an unlikely victory to see them temporarily […]
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South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh swam “the perfect race” to capture Olympic gold in the 100 meters breaststroke in London on Sunday evening, winning the final in a world record time of 58.46 seconds. Christian Sprenger of Australia finished strongly winning silver in a time of 58.93 and American Brendan Hansen claimed bronze in […]
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Picture a long-limbed young athlete, crossing a basketball court in a few easy strides before leaping up to release a perfectly arced ball to swish neatly into a hoop over three meters off the ground, scoring the winning basket! As the final buzzer sounds, the crowd cheers, teammates hoist the celebrated player high onto their […]
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