Sport in Africa

Red hot Rudisha lowers 800m world record

Monday, 30 August 2010 16:04

Kenya's David Rudisha lowered the 800 metres world record to 1 minute 41.01 at a meeting in Rieti in Italy on Sunday, just a week after first breaking the record.

(1 Vote)

Tags: David Rudisha - Rieti - Italy - 800 metres - world record - IAAF World Challenge - Kenya

Kenya's David Rudisha eyes record improvement and golds

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:48

David Rudisha has hopes of improving his 800 metres world record before setting his sights on Olympic and world championship gold medals, the Kenyan told Reuters on Monday. Rudisha broke the men's 800 world record in Berlin on Sunday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: David Rudisha - 800 metres - athletics - world record - Berlin - Dane Wilson Kipketer - Kenya

Nigeria's Falconets make Africa proud

Monday, 02 August 2010 12:13

The semi-final victory over Colombia was both a wonderful moment for Nigeria and a notable achievement for African football as a team from that continent advanced to a place in the final of a FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Falconets - FIFA - Woman's World Cup - football - Nigeria

Soccer balls to spread post-World Cup football fever

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 17:42

A FIFA partner aims to take the spirit of the recent World Cup further by rolling out football fever to children with limited access to sports and educational opportunities across the continent.

(4 Votes)

Tags: FIFA World Cup - Huyndai - United Nations - Steve S. Yang - One Million Dream Balls for Africa - South Africa - Nigeria - Ghana - Algeria - Morocco - Egypt

African soccer waking up to its potential, says Cafu

Friday, 02 July 2010 12:25

An African nation could win the World Cup in the future if the game continues on the right path, Brazil's World Cup-winning captain Cafu said on Thursday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Cafu - Brazil - Soccer - Youth Development - Danny Jordaan - Africa

Zambia gets 1st Olympic sports center

Wednesday, 12 May 2010 16:10

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has opened a $10 million multi-sports center in the impoverished southern African country of Zambia.

Tags: International Olympic Committee - Jacques Rogge - multi-sports center - Olympic Youth Development Center - Sports for Hope Program - Zambia

Ethiopian wins London Marathon

Wednesday, 28 April 2010 14:13

An Ethiopian, Tsegaye Kebede, won the London Marathon men's title over the weekend to break a six-year winning streak by Kenyan runners.

(2 Votes)

Tags: London Marathon - Tsegaye Kebede - Emmanuel Mutai - Jaouad Gharib - Morocco - Kenya - Ethiopia

Athletics: Kenyan media savours golden harvest in Poland

Monday, 29 March 2010 14:28

Kenya's dominating performance at the world cross country championships in Poland grabbed the headlines in all Monday's daily newspapers in a country where political intrigue and scandals have recently been the order of the day.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Poland - world cross country championships - Daily Nation - Joseph Ebuya - Faith Kipyegon - Mwai Kibaki - Emily Chebet - Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku - Mercy Cherono - Kenya

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.

(2 Votes)

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.

(1 Vote)

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.

(4 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