Thu 23 May 2024: Dennis Francis, president of the UN General Assembly, said on Wednesday that proclaiming May 25 as World Football Day was a “landmark and salutary” achievement. “More so, because I understand that today marks 100 years, to the day, since the first international football tournament – held with the participation of all […]
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Tue 21 May 2024: Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah settled the controversy over his stay on with English football team Liverpool, refuting news that he’d be heading to join the Saudi League. In a post on his social media, Salah sent a message to the Reds fans in which he hinted that he would be remaining […]
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Sat 18 May 2024: Football’s world body FIFA on Friday ordered an urgent legal evaluation of a proposal by the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) to suspend Israel over the war on Gaza, promising to address it at an extraordinary meeting of its council in July, Reuters reports. FIFA President Gianni Infantino took the decision at an […]
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Fri 17 May 2024: Cristiano Ronaldo has topped Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes for the fourth time in his career. Spanish golfer Jon Rahm climbed to second place following his impressive move to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf. Ronaldo achieved the top spot after joining Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, with Forbes estimating his total earnings […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) has expressed that it stands in solidarity, with unwavering commitment, to seek justice for Caster Mokgadi Semenya as she is back in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in France. The court will reportedly consider whether the double Olympic […]
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Fri 10 May 2024: World number one Novak Djokovic collapsed to the ground after he was struck on the head by a bottle at the Italian Open on Friday. Djokovic, still to win a title this year, recovered from a slow start to see off lucky loser Corentin Moutet and move into the third round […]
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Ibtihaj Muhammad is an American sabre fencer and member of the United States fencing team (FILE PHOTO) Tue 30 April 2024: With the Paris Olympic Games around the corner, a huge controversy has broken out with regard to the dress of the participating athletes. It is learnt that France has decided to allow the […]
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Sun 21 April 2024: Armand “Mondo” Duplantis on Saturday broke the pole vault world record at Diamond League competition in Xiamen, China. The reigning world and Olympic champion cleared 6.24 meters to break the record for the eighth time in his career. The 24-year-old previously cleared heights of 5.62m, 5.82m, 6.00m, and, last September, […]
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Sun 21 April 2024: Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian chess champion broke the world record for the longest chess marathon by going unbeaten for more than 58 hours in Times Square, New York City, to raise funds for needy children. Onakoya, 29, began his marathon session on Wednesday, intending to earn $1 million for children’s education […]
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A view of summer Olympic 2024 host city Paris (Source: @OlympicsParis) Photograph:(Twitter) Mon 15 April 2024: French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics will be rescheduled if there is a substantial risk of a terrorist attack, and that backup preparations are in place to deal with […]
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