Wayne Lumbasi Banyana Banyana of South Africa qualified for the final of the WAFCON 2022 after securing a dramatic 1-0 win against the Copper Queens of Zambia in Monday’s night semi-final. After six minutes of added time, the South Africans were awarded a penalty for a foul on a Banyana Banyana player after lengthy consultation with VAR. Linda […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Two-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya won her second 1500m title at the World Athletics Championship on Tuesday to hand the country its first gold at the competition. She led the race from start to finish, clocking a winning time of 3 minutes 52.96 seconds. Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia took silver in 3:54.52, with […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Argentine international defender Lisandro Martinez is set to become Manchester United’s third signing of the transfer window after the English giants agreed a deal with Ajax on Sunday. Martinez’s deal wasn’t easy as Manchester United had to fight off Arsenal in the race to sign him. Martinez has been in Manchester over the weekend […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her fifth world 100m title on Sunday in Eugene, Oregon, leading an unprecedented Jamaican podium clean sweep. Fraser-Pryce had an electric start and led from gun to tape at Hayward Field, winning in a championship record of 10.67 seconds. Her blonde and green-tinted hair flailed in the breeze as she jogged through […]
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Wayne Lumbasi American Fred Kerley led the US clean sweep within the World Athletics Championships as he gained the men 100m gold in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday morning. Kerley claimed the 100m title gold 🥇 at the World Championships with a time of 9.86 seconds, adding to the Olympic silver he won in Tokyo last […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Nigeria qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals after a lone goal by Rasheedat Ajibade who steered the Super Falcons to the semifinals of the ongoing Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco at the expense of Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses. The Atletico Madrid of Spain forward was named the Woman of the Match. […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala will be able to compete in the World Athletics Championships after being granted a last-minute visa to travel to the United States. “Onto the next flight to Oregon,” Omanyala, who was travelling from Nairobi, said on Twitter. “Am positive that I will compete.” Omanyala’s participation in the World […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Senegalese superstar Sadio Mane heads a list of 10 nominees for the African Footballer of the Year award, to be handed out later this month for the first time in three years. The players in the final 10 are; Sadio Mane, Achraf Hakimi, Naby Keita, Karl Toko Ekambi, , Riyad Mahrez, Mohamed Salah, Edouard […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Africa’s fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala, is on a mission to put Kenya on the sprinting map. The 100-meter sprinter is targeting a 9.6-second time. But he is facing a race against time to obtain a US visa to enable him to get to Oregon for the 100m heats on Friday. The Championship is set to start on Friday, […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Hosts Morocco and Zambia secured their first ever World Cup tickets after progressing to the semi-finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations with victories over Botswana and Senegal respectively on Wednesday. Morocco’s victory in Rabat gave them their first-ever semi-finals in WAFCON history after overcoming an exciting Botswana side 2-1. Playmaker Fatima Tagnaout was the […]
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