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The fledgling Basketball Africa League tipped off its second season in Dakar, Senegal, on March 5, 2022, with a dozen men’s club teams from as many African countries vying for the 2022 BAL championship title.Senegal’s Dakar Université Club and Guinea’s…
Basketball Africa League’s 2nd Season Begins Read MoreThe first-ever World Badminton Day is to be celebrated on July 5 this year, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced Friday.The celebrations, held in recognition of the significant founding date of the International Badminton Federation (now BWF)…
Inaugural World Badminton Day To Be Celebrated On July 5 Read MoreThe first-ever World Badminton Day is to be celebrated on July 5 this year, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced Friday.The celebrations, held in recognition of the significant founding date of the International Badminton Federation (now BWF)…
Inaugural World Badminton Day To Be Celebrated On July 5 Read MoreBONN (GERMANY)— Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be able to compete at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Thursday, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for which Belarus has been key stagi…
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russian, Belarusian athletes can no longer compete in Beijing Winter Paralympics – IPC Read MoreJOHANNESBURG — Russia has played an increasing role on the African continent through trade, aid, military training and paramilitary security. Analysts say the future of that relationship will be tested as Russia’s tensions with the West escalate amid t…
African Relations with Russia Uncertain Amid Ukrainian Conflict Read MoreManama, His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received today, at Al Safriya Palace, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, Personal Representative to the British PM, Minister for South and Central Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth at the Foreign, …
HM King receives Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon; praised Bahrain-British historic ties Read MoreCameroon’s national football team, the Indomitable Lions, Sunday donated $85,000 and dedicated their 2-0 victory over the Scorpions of Gambia to victims of the stampede that killed eight and injured 38 at Yaoundé’s Olembe stadium this week. The Indomit…
Cameroon Football Team Donates to Stadium Crush Victims Read MoreCameroon’s national football team, the Indomitable Lions, Sunday donated $85,000 and dedicated their 2-0 victory over the Scorpions of Gambia to victims of the stampede that killed eight and injured 38 at Yaoundé’s Olembe stadium this week. The Indomit…
Cameroon Football Team Donates to Stadium Crush Victims Read MoreAt least six people died in a crush outside a stadium hosting a game at Africa’s top soccer tournament in Cameroon on Monday, a local government official said, realizing fears about the capacity of the Central African country to stage the continent’s b…
At Least 6 Reported Dead in Crush at Africa Cup Soccer Game Read MoreHONG KONG — A new Hong Kong mandate that restaurants and other establishments require use of an app aimed at recording people’s locations and telling them if they have been near a COVID-19 patient has spurred opposition from the city’s pro-democracy vo…
Hong Kong COVID-19 Tracking App Spurs Opposition Read MoreYAOUNDE— African Athletics Confederation president Hamad Kalkaba Malboum has called for efforts not to let politics get in the way of sports.“Sports is first and foremost apolitical. Sports is a means to bypass egoism so that, young people in the world…
Beijing Winter Olympic 2022: African athletics opposes politicization of sports Read MoreThe Africa Football Cup of Nations tournament is scheduled to begin January 9 at Olembe Stadium in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde.On Monday, Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe visited the 60,000-seat stadium, which is still under …
Organizers Say Africa Cup of Nations Will Take Place, But Workers Say Main Stadium Not Ready Read More