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Ghanaian journalist, Anas Aremeyaw has gained widespread support and criticism for his groundbreaking investigative journalism. After exposing a group of near 40 judges for corruption in 2015, he took on looking into corruption in African football that results in his latest documentary with BBC Africa. Starting off bribing Ghanaian referees in the Ghanaian league, the […]
7 years ago
Since adopting a new format in 1992, the Premier League has grown into a global spectacle, attracting some of the finest talents from across the world. Back then, only 13 foreign players featured in its debut season. Today, a staggering 117 of FIFA’s 211 member nations have been represented in England’s top flight. The evolution […]
4 days ago
For decades, Morocco has harbored a relentless dream of hosting football’s greatest spectacle, the FIFA World Cup. Now, that dream is finally coming true. As part of a historic joint bid with Spain and Portugal, Morocco will co-host the 2030 tournament, marking a monumental achievement for the North African nation and Africa as a whole. […]
5 days ago
Fencing, traditionally seen as a niche sport, is steadily gaining traction in Nigeria thanks to the Nigeria Fencing Federation’s (NFF) concerted efforts. Under the leadership of Adeyinka Samuel, the NFF has taken bold steps to ensure that Nigeria becomes a force to reckon with in international fencing while fostering local participation and development. Through strategic […]
1 week ago
Football in Nigeria is more than just a sport—it’s a passion that pulses through every street corner, uniting people across divides. This December, that passion takes on a thrilling new dimension with the launch of the Lagos Liga, a private football league that seems interested in rewriting the playbook. Forget the conventional 11-a-side matches that […]
3 weeks ago
Last weekend, Hollywood A-list Actor/DJ and all round British Sweetheart – Idris Elba, made a grand appearance at the Wimbledon 2023 Championship Final in London. While Wimbledon and the Royal Box are typically an avatar for sartorial elegance, Elba’s choice of outfit has since sparked a lot of interest from fashion and sports enthusiasts around […]
1 year ago
On Thursday June 22, the 2023 NBA draft took place at Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York. 12 international players from 8 countries were chosen. The selection included three in the first round and nine in the second round. Interestingly, seven of the drafted players have blood ties with Africa. According to the NBA, players […]
1 year ago
The Springboks, The Dream Team, Morocco and memorable teams that took down Maradona’s Argentina and Zidane’s France.
2 years ago
by Silalei Shani, bird story agency The Basketball Africa League’s Nile Conference which took place between April 26 and May 6 at the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo ended with Petro de Luanda defeating Al Ahly in a game that went to the wire; Gerson Goncalves scored a buzzer-beating tip-in to win the Nile […]
2 years ago
African club football is on course to receiving a lorry-load of Arab money, as Saudi Arabia wishes to invest $200 million in the new African Super League. Regarding the new league, the Middle Eastern country has been in talks with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for some time. CAF is the administrative body for […]
2 years ago
The current World, Commonwealth and African 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan has been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards. The athlete is being nominated in the World Breakthrough of the Year category, in recognition of her sterling records in the athletics field. Amusan was shortlisted in the category alongside five other contestants including tennis […]
2 years ago
As international players have begun to flood the NBA, the world’s foremost basketball league continues to look for ways to cut across and break new markets with its product. For its all-star game halftime show this year, the league opted to highlight African music with performances from Rema, Tems and Burna Boy who were supported […]
2 years ago
Over the past few years, more international players have taken the upper echelon of the NBA by storm. The league is currently in its first ever four year span where an American player has not won the regular season MVP award following two years of back-to-back wins from Greek-Nigerian forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (2019/2020) and Serbian […]
2 years ago
