Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
The first ever Africa House has opened its doors during the Olympic Games in London last weekend. This will allow African athletes to be celebrated in their own hospitality house during the world’s foremost sports event. But it’s not just athletes who will be celebrated. The Africa House is actually part of the “Africa Village,” […]
By Ellen Van Den Bovenkamp Should top-level athletes fast or not during Ramadan? The Islamic month of fasting falls at the same time as the Olympic Games, and a quarter of the participants in the London Games are struggling with this question. If they fast, they might diminish their chances of winning an Olympic […]
Nairobi — Dallas Mavericks German superstar, Dirk Nowitzki married his long-time sweetheart, Jessica Olsson in a traditional African ceremony in Kenya. Multiple entertainment websites in the United States report the couple wed last weekend in the first of the two wedding ceremonies they have planned where the 7 foot groom delivered the bride price in […]
Central African Republic pulled one of the biggest surprises in African football by knocking out Egypt out of the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Les Fauves advanced to the final round of the qualifiers of next year’s tournament after holding the seven-time winners to a 1-1 draw at a packed-Barthélémy Boganda Stadium in […]
By Duro Ikhazuagbe Team Nigeria’s party to the 18th Africa Senior Athletics Championships arrived neighbouring Cotonou, Benin Republic with 46 athletes ahead of Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the competition scheduled to hold between June 27 and July 1. The contingent departed the National Stadium in Lagos in a convoy of a luxury Marcopolo Buses […]
By Salifu Usman One of the main features of the 18th African Athletics Championship (AAC) which kicks off today at the Stade d’Lamite in Port Novo, Benin Republic will be the rekindling of the age long rivalry between Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya in the track and field. Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) under […]
The President of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Chief Solomon Ogba, has declared that only Nigerian athletes with the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) ‘A Standard’ will be taken to the 2012 Olympic Games. He said Wednesday at the Gala Night he hosted for the Nigerian Olympians Association that, taking athletes below the IAAF ‘A […]
Chelsea and Ivory Coast idol Didier Drogba Wednesday sealed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Shanghai Shenhua, becoming the biggest recruit so far to China’s ambitious Super League. The announcement ends months of speculation about the move, in which the striker will become China’s best paid player with weekly pay of 200,000 pounds ($314,000), according to reports, […]
Former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah believes the current crop of national team players “talk too much.” Appiah, who captained the Stars to their two previous appearances at the Fifa World Cup in 2006 and 2010, feels there is a tendency to lose focus when players speak on too many occasions ahead of crucial matches. […]
The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has started an investigation into the suspected assault of some members of the Black Stars playing body after last Saturday’s World Cup Qualifier between Ghana and Zambia in Ndola, Zambia which the Chipolopolos defeated the Black stars by 1-0. Reports after the match did indicate that some members of […]