Sport in Africa

Football: Drogba named African player of the year

Friday, 12 March 2010 13:40

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was on Thursday named African Footballer of the Year for 2009, the second time the Ivory Coast international his won the award.

(1 Vote)

Tags: African player of the year - Didier Drogba - Samuel Eto'o - Confederation of African Football - Michael Essien - TP Mazzembe - Heartland - Stade Malien - Tresor Mputu Mabi - Sellas Tetteh - Dominic Adiyiah - Egypt - Ghana - Mali DR Congo - Nigeria - Cameroon - Ivory Coast - Egypt - Algeria

Mutombo to lead NBA talent to Dakar for youth camp

Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:57

Retired NBA star Dikembe Mutombo will lead a group of NBA players and coaches to Dakar for the eighth Basketball Without Borders trip to Africa in August, the league announced Wednesday.

Tags: NBA - Dikembe Mutombo - Basketball Without Borders - Amadou Gallo Fall - Mouhammed Sene - Luc Mbah a Moute - South Africa - Senegal

Ethiopia's ‘Ice Slider' prepares for 2nd Olympics

Monday, 15 February 2010 12:10

When Robel Teklemariam is asked if he has a nickname back home in Ethiopia, the Olympic men's cross-country skier notes that there's no specific word for "snow" in his native language.

(2 Votes)

Tags: winter - Olympics - Robel Teklemariam - Ice Slider - cross-country - skiing - Vancouver - Canada - New York - Ethiopia

Football: African kings Egypt make world top 10

Friday, 05 February 2010 16:16

Newly crowned African champions Egypt were the biggest climbers in the FIFA world rankings published on Wednesday, leaping 14 places to 10th after their third straight Africa Cup of Nations triumph.

(3 Votes)

Tags: Fifa - rankings - Cameroon - World Cup - African Cup of Nations - South Africa - Nigeria - Ghana - Egypt

Egyptians dance in streets for African Cup football triumph

Monday, 01 February 2010 14:01

Cairo erupted with joy on Sunday after the national football team's 1-0 triumph over Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations final that secured Egypt's third successive championship on the continent.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Cairo - African Cup of Nations - Angola - Pharaohs - Egypt - Africa - football - Mohammed Nagy - Gedo - win

Algerians celebrate first World Cup berth since '86

Thursday, 19 November 2009 14:20

Algerians burst onto streets in celebration after the national team earned its first World Cup berth since 1986 with a 1-0 victory over bitter rival Egypt on Wednesday.

(5 Votes)

Tags: FIFA - World Cup - 2010 - qualify - Egypt - Algeria

SA swimmers set three new world records

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 12:22

South African swimmers Cameron van der Burgh and Darian Townsend both set world records at the Swimming World Cup in Berlin on Sunday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: swimming - sport - Cameron van der Burgh - Darian Townsend - world record - South Africa

Ghana first African side to win FIFA U20 World Cup

Tuesday, 20 October 2009 12:28

Ghana held on with 10 men to beat Brazil in a penalty shootout to become the first African team to win the Under-20 World Cup on Friday and end a decade of South American dominance.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Brazil - FIFA - U20 World Cup - Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu - Ghana

Africa seeks financial compensation for climate change

Monday, 12 October 2009 15:08

Africa will request billions of dollars in compensation from developed nations at a UN climate summit for the harm caused by global warming on the continent. African officials met at a special forum in Burkina Faso.

(1 Vote)

Tags: UN - climate change - global warming - compensation - AU - Jean Ping - Copenhagen - Burkina Faso - Africa

Eritrea's Tadese wins Half Marathon Worlds again

Monday, 12 October 2009 12:14

Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea has won the World Half Marathon title for the third time in a row and Kenya's Mary Keitany has won the women's race.

(1 Vote)

Tags: World Half Marathon - Zersenay Tadese - Mary Keitany - Kenya - Eritrea

Kenya's Julius Seurei wins Sydney Marathon

Monday, 21 September 2009 10:28

Kenya's Julius Seurei won the Sydney Marathon by more than nine minutes Sunday on the same course where his compatriot Julius Maritim had dominated for the previous four years.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Julius Seurei - win - Sydney Marathon - Julius Maritim - Australia - Kenya

Kenyans beats athletics' oldest world record

Monday, 07 September 2009 10:02

A Kenyan quartet beat the oldest world record in athletics, eclipsing the 32-year-old 4x1500 meter mark of West Germany.

(3 Votes)

Tags: athletics - Kenya

U.S. wants to improve Africa's sporting infrastructure

Monday, 07 September 2009 10:00

The United States Olympic Committee is ready to help improve the sporting infrastructure in Africa, former world and Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion Edwin Moses said on Friday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: infrastructure - Kenya

Williams F1 team launches charity foundation in Angola

Monday, 24 August 2009 14:45

British Formula One team Williams announced on Saturday it will set up its first charitable foundation in Angola. Williams has identified key areas in which the Foundation will seek to make an impact.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Williams - Formula One - Williams Foundation - Ridge Solutions - COCAN2010 - Fundo LWINI - charity - development - education - energy efficiency - road safety - Angola

African football feast during Confederations Cup

Monday, 22 June 2009 15:49

In a nail-biting weekend of football, South Africa advanced to the second round of the Confederations Cup, despite their 2-0 loss to Spain on Saturday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Bafana Bafana - FIFA Confederations Cup - football - Africa - FIFA 2010 World Cup - Egypt - South Africa

FIFA Confederations Cup kicks off in SA

Monday, 15 June 2009 18:47

The first FIFA tournament on African soil got underway in South Africa yesterday, with the host nation playing the Asian Champions, Iraq, in the inaugural game.

(1 Vote)

Tags: FIFA - Confederations Cup - Asian Champions - Iraq - opening game - South Africa

Holyfield to fight in Ethiopia for AIDS charity

Wednesday, 20 May 2009 12:27

Boxing icon Evander Holyfield will fight in Ethiopia, for an undisclosed fee, in a bout to raise money for HIV/AIDS charities.

Tags: boxing - HIV/AIDS - Evander Holyfield - Sammy Reta - Ethiopia

Africans take top accolades at the Boston Marathon

Tuesday, 21 April 2009 14:26

Thirteen Africans took the highest accolades at the Boston Marathon, a World Marathon Major. Nine of the top ten men finishers were Africa- based runners; the top two finishers were Ethiopian Deriba Merga and Daniel Rono of Kenya.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Boston Marathon - Kenya - South Africa - runner - Deriba Marga - Daniel Rono - Salina Kosgei - Dire Tune - Ernst Van Dyk - Ethiopia

South Africa to stage Champions Trophy

Tuesday, 17 March 2009 10:11

South Africa will stage this year's Champions Trophy one-day tournament in September and October, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: South Africa

First Ghanaian to compete in Winter Olympics

Friday, 13 March 2009 14:14

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong has ditched his job as a safari guide to become the only black African skiing on the international circuit, and is set to become the first Ghanaian to compete at the Winter Olympics.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Ghana

Soccer crazy Ethiopians embrace the oval ball

Tuesday, 03 March 2009 17:28

Ethiopians strolling on Addis Ababa's Jan Meda playing pitches have been shocked for the last few months by what many of them believe to be a group of foreign men locked in a violent brawl.