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Yoruba vs Igbo: how a 1977 football cup caused ethnic tensions to boil over in Nigeria

October 30, 2024

Women’s boxing in Olympic storm: who is Algeria’s Imane Khelif and what are the issues she’s facing?

August 6, 2024

By Anne Tjønndal Imane Khelif from Algeria is one of two women boxers at the 2024 Paris Olympics making the news – as ugly issues of gender testing and testosterone...

Faith Kipyegon is set to make Olympics history – what Kenya needs to do to keep producing athletes like her

July 27, 2024

By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu Kenyan running star Faith Kipyegon is considered one of the greatest 1,500m athletes the world has ever seen. If she wins her third...

Who were the first Africans at the Olympics? The disturbing story of two 1904 marathon runners

July 24, 2024

By Francois Cleophas Who were the first Africans to compete in the modern Olympic Games? The answer to that question reveals the surprising story of...

Boxing girls in Nairobi learn to punch

May 11, 2024

In a boxing gym in a poor neighborhood of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, young women learn to punch away. “Men have become afraid of...

Kenyan soccer run by thugs

November 20, 2015

By Robert Ocholla One of the enduring curiosities of Kenya’s sporting scene has been the inability of our national soccer team Harambee Stars to make...

Africa’s reliable disappointments: Football

August 13, 2014

By Robert Ocholla The 2014 FIFA World Cup is over and as the fever dies in the rest of the World, congratulations are in order...

Football: God does not Love Africa!

June 27, 2014

By Robert Ocholla Every four years the World is treated to a congregation that the United Nations, all Religions and Politicians are enviable of. This...