Wed 10 August 2022: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday hosted the leaders and ministers present in the country’s central Konya province for the opening ceremony of 5th Islamic Solidarity Games. The president declared the games open, which will continue till Aug. 18 with the participation of more than 4,000 athletes from 56 countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Team […]
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Thu 04 August 2022: Brittney Griner, a prominent player for the American basketball team, was found guilty of drug possession and smuggling by a Russian judge on Thursday and given a nine-year jail sentence. The time Griner has spent in detention since her arrest in February, according to Judge Anna Sotnikova, will be applied to […]
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Wed 27 July 2022: President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for equal pay in the various sporting codes following Banyana Banyana’s victory in winning South Africa’s first ever Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). “I do believe that you deserve equal pay for the work that you do. I have been told that you get ten […]
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Tue 27 July 2022: An Emirati businessman is in talks to buy the Israeli Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club, Minister of Regional Cooperation Issawi Frej revealed yesterday. The Israeli army radio quoted Frej as saying that along with MK Yariv Levin, they are making great efforts to complete the sale. Frej explained that negotiations with […]
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Tue 26 July 2022: Muhammad Ali’s championship belt from his 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight title fight has been sold at an auction for $6.18 million. The winner of the heated competition for the belt on Sunday was Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, according to Heritage Auctions in Dallas. In a tweet, Irsay confirmed […]
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Mon 25 July 2022: National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and the National Council of Provinces Chairperson, Amos Masondo, have congratulated the national women’s senior football team, Banyana Banyana, on winning the Women’s African Cup of Nations held in Morocco. The team triumphed 2-1 over the hosts Morocco in an intense final held at the Prince […]
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Fri 22 July 2022: Sadio Mane has been named African Footballer of the Year after a season in which he scored the winning penalty for Senegal as they won their first Africa Cup of Nations title and repeated the feat when they qualified for the World Cup. The 30-year-old forward player won the award for the first time in 2019 while he was playing for English club Liverpool. He recently signed a three-year contract with German giant Bayern Munich. “I am really honoured and highly delighted […]
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Sat 16 July 2022: Congratulations are in order as the former world number one, Maria Sharapova, announced on Friday (July 15) that she has given birth to a baby boy. His name is Theodore, Sharapova revealed. The five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova and the 42-year-old British businessman Alexander Gilkes announced their engagement in December 2020. […]
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Thu 14 July 2022: Despite receiving his visa to travel to the United States less than 24 hours before the event, Africa’s fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala, said he is “positive” he will compete at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Reuters reported. Omanyala, who is on the entry list for the 100-meter race, initially […]
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Sat 09 July 2022: Qatar’s World Cup stadium stands are set to be alcohol-free, with beer sales outside arenas only allowed before and after some matches, a source with knowledge of plans for the soccer tournament said, Reuters reports. This year’s World Cup is the first to be held in a Muslim country with strict controls on alcohol, presenting […]
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