Tag Archives: sport
Santos striker Neymar, who continues to be linked with the likes of Barcelona, Chelsea and Real Madrid, has refused to dismiss talk of a move to Camp Nou. Neymar is arguably the most sought after player in world football today, … read more »
Welcome to our coverage of today’s football action. The focus for today is the World Cup qualifiers, especially South Africa’s match at 8:15pm CAT (SA, GMT+2). Updates Full Time: Nigeria 1-1 Kenya Congo 1 – 0 Gabon Cameroon 2 – … read more »
Posted in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Soccer, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sports, Sudan, Swaziland, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Competitions, Soccer, South Africa, sport, Storify, World cup
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Result: Ethiopia 2-0 Sudan – Addis Ababa Aggregate: Sudan 5-5 Ethiopia Ethiopia win on away goals Result: Cameroon 2-1 Cape Verde Islands -Yaounde Aggregate: Cape Verde 3-2 Cameroon Result:Angola 2-0 Zimbabwe – Luanda Aggregate Zimbabwe 3-3 Angola Angola win on … read more »
Posted in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Soccer, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged 2013 Africa Nations Cup, Africa Nations Cup, Austin Ejide, Ghana, Greenwich Mean Time, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, sport, Zambia
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Usain Bolt is the world’s fastest man – and wins Men’s 100m Olympic gold at the London 2012 Olympics Jamaica’s Usain Bolt sealed the legendary status he so craves after sprinting to a convincing victory in the men’s Olympic 100m to … read more »
Posted in Olympics
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Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, afria travel, Africa news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Jamaica, London, map africa, map of africa, news, Olympic Games, South Africa, sport, travel to africa, Tyson Gay, Usain Bolt, West Africa, Yohan Blake
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Manel Estiarte, former director of external relations at Barcelona, has stressed that Pep Guardiola will return to coaching again next year. The 41-year-old trainer left the Barca bench at the end of the 2011/12 campaign, saying that he felt exhausted … read more »
The Olympic council flats for £5,000 a week The BBC confirms 3D plans for London Olympics, 100m men’s final gets the go-ahead (thenextweb.com) London 2012 Olympics: Laura Trott at epicentre of GB women’s pursuit dreams (telegraph.co.uk) London 2012 Olympics: UK … read more »
Posted in Olympics
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Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, British Olympic Association, FINA, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kieren Perkins, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, sport
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Cheick Diabate scored in each half as Mali defeated 10-man Ghana 2-0 in a play-off Saturday to finish third at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. The big Bordeaux striker poked in a rebound midway through the opening half and … read more »
2012 African Cup of Nations Final Live Update: Ivory Coast 0 – 0 Zambia *Zambia battle ready to take on Côte d’Ivoire at 2012 Nations Cup Final Ivory Coast versus Zambia in the final of the 2012 Africa Cup of … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Ghana, Mali, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, Africa Nations Cup, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, sport, Zambia
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September 22, 2011 by benim
FIFA has backtracked over an announcement on Tuesday that African football boss Issa Hayatou had been appointed head of the organising committee for Olympic football tournaments and the key Goal bureau. “Due to a technical error, appointments for FIFA standing … read more »
Posted in News, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged African Football Confederations, Committee, FIFA, Football at the Summer Olympics, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Issa Hayatou, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Olympic, Pan African News, Southern Africa, sport, Tuesday, West Africa
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September 12, 2011 by benim
New Zealand’s naked rugby team, the Dunedin-based Nude Blacks, lost for the first time in its nine-year existence on Saturday, beaten 25-20 by a clothed women’s team from Spain. But there may be a clue as to how the visitors … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Dunedin, Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, New Zealand, New Zealand national rugby union team, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Rugby union, Rugby World Cup, Southern Africa, Spain national football team, sport, West Africa
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I accosted the trio of young skaters as they cruised along the major Western Avenue. I already admired the dexterity and the guts of roller skaters for some time as I come across them on the heavy trafficked, but smoothly … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Special Reports, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Lagos, Long track speed skating, News local news, Ogun State, Roller skating, Skating, Speed skating, sport, World news
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January 30, 2011 by benim
Andy Murray’s Grand Slam final misery continued on Sunday as the British No 1 was comprehensively beaten by Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. Murray looked out of sorts from the off and was second best throughout a one-sided encounter … read more »
Posted in Other Sports, Sports
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Andy Murray, Australian Open, breaking news, David Ferrer, Grand Slams, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, News local news, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, sport, Tennis, World news
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December 12, 2010 by benim
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba missed a stoppage-time penalty as the stuttering champions’ poor run continued with a 1-1 draw at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Sunday. Drogba came as a second-half substitute and scored his team’s equaliser but … read more »
Posted in Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Chelsea F.C., Didier Drogba, Drogba’, football, Football in France, Football in the United Kingdom, Frank Lampard, Heurelho Gomes, IndepthAfrica, Jermain Defoe, London, Petr Cech, Ramires, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Soccer, sport, sports-news, United Kingdom, Wilson Palacios
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November 17, 2010 by benim
Who couldn’t have seen this coming? The world of predictions is such a fickle place. If you thought that 2010 was going to be remembered for Paul the Octopus’s psychic World Cup predictions (and exclusive interview with TIME’s World Cup … read more »
Posted in Odd News
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Tagged asian games, biology, Canada, China, China Daily, Chinese language, Conservation, EDGE Species, Giant Panda, Guangzhou, IndepthAfrica, Kate Middleton, octopus, odd-news, Panda, Paul Octopus, psychic, sport, toronto, Zoology
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November 13, 2010 by benim
Super Falcons of Nigeria take on their opponents from Equatorial Guinea tomorrow in a match that should cut out the clear champions of Africa. It appears that most Nigerians got exactly what they asked for concerning the final match of … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa news, Competition, Equatorial Guinea, football, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria womens national football team, Soccer, South Africa, sport, SuperSport
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November 1, 2010 by benim
Seven times African champions, the Falcons of Nigeria yesterday sent a warning signal to teams campaigning in the ongoing African women championship that they were in South Africa for a mission – to reclaim the African women title they lost … read more »
Posted in Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Africa news, Cameroon, Cape Town, Economic Community of West African States, Equatorial Guinea, football, Football in Nigeria, geography, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, International relations, Mali, Nigeria, Nigeria womens national football team, Political geography, Soccer, South Africa, sport, sports-news, Tanzania
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October 18, 2010 by benim
FIFA Executive member, Amos Adamu, is engaged in a desperate bid to clear his name. Adamu was at the weekend alleged to have demanded a £500,000 bribe from Times of London reporters who posed as lobbyists for a consortium of … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa news, Amos Adamu, FIFA, Indepth Africa, Nigeria, Nigeria Football Federation, Oceania Football Confederation, Sepp Blatter, Soccer, sport
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October 16, 2010 by benim
Manchester United, with Wayne Rooney starting on the bench, threw away a 2-0 lead as they were held 2-2 at home by West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, United’s fifth draw in eight Premier League games this season. Rooney, who played … read more »
Posted in Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Africa news, Alex Ferguson, football, Indepth Africa, Manchester United F.C., Patrice Evra, Premier League, Soccer, Somen Tchoyi, sport, Wayne Rooney, West Bromwich Albion F.C.
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