Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off world champion Marco Arop of Canada to win Olympic men’s 800m gold in Paris on Saturday.Wanyonyi clocked a personal best of 1min 41.19sec for victory, Arop taking silver at just one-hundredth in a North American record.Pre-race favourite Djamel Sedjati of Algeria claimed bronze with 1:41.50, while Bryce Hoppel was fourth …

Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi edges Arop for Olympic 800m goldSat, 10 Aug 2024 17:55:24 GMT Read More »

Eight people including two children were killed when a landfill in the Ugandan capital Kampala collapsed on Saturday, the city authority said.Local media said homes, people and animals were engulfed in the landslide at the garbage dump in Kiteezi, a district in the north of Kampala, after heavy rainfall.”On a very sad note eight people …

Two children among eight dead in Uganda landfill collapseSat, 10 Aug 2024 13:10:15 GMT Read More »

Two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge was hoping for a dream finale to his career at the age of 39 but ended up handing over his running shoes to a fan.The only man to run under two hours — albeit in an unofficial race — the Kenyan superstar decided enough was enough in Paris and …

Marathon great Kipchoge hangs up his shoes… literallySat, 10 Aug 2024 10:52:31 GMT Read More »

Ethiopian Airlines has signed a deal for the design of a new $6 billion airport described as the biggest in Africa, state media reported.The new hub will be able to handle 100 million passengers a year once completed in five years, Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Mesfin Tasew was quoted as saying at a press conference …

Ethiopian Airlines signs deal for $6 billion mega airportSat, 10 Aug 2024 09:13:22 GMT Read More »

World champions South Africa scored five tries to one as they crushed Australia 33-7 in the opening match of the Rugby Championship in Brisbane on Saturday.After leading 21-0 at half-time with three converted tries, they crossed twice more in the second period as the Wallabies ran out of steam in the face of a fierce …

Dominant South Africa crush Australia as Rugby Championship beginsSat, 10 Aug 2024 07:30:08 GMT Read More »

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defied a major gender controversy to win gold at the Paris Olympics on Friday in front of a pulsating Roland Garros crowd that roared her to victory.Khelif claimed a unanimous points decision win over China’s Yang Liu in the women’s 66kg final and was paraded around the arena on a team …

Algerian gender-row boxer Khelif storms to Olympic goldFri, 09 Aug 2024 21:49:18 GMT Read More »

Born in a poor village, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has overcome numerous obstacles throughout her life to win a controversial Paris Olympics gold on Friday.Sporting braided hair and standing strong at 1.79 metres (5ft 9in), the 25-year-old has unwittingly become one of the central figures of the Games. Along with Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, she was disqualified …

Imane Khelif – boxer in gender row and now Olympic championFri, 09 Aug 2024 21:32:01 GMT Read More »

President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave Botswana the afternoon off on Friday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo, the country’s first Olympic gold medallist and the first African to be crowned 200-metre champion at a Games.Masisi hailed the 21-year-old sprinter as “Botswana’s Sensation” after his outstanding performance on Thursday.”Botswana’s finest sporting moment,” beamed the Mmegi newspaper after Tebogo produced …

Botswana gets the afternoon off to celebrate its first Olympic goldFri, 09 Aug 2024 11:41:22 GMT Read More »

Lilith Dorsey is an American citizen living in New Orleans, but it is in Benin that she could end her days to “feel closer to her homeland”.In the coming months, the author, dancer and filmmaker aims to take advantage of a new law in the West African state granting Beninese nationality to the descendants of …

Benin opens door to nationality for slave descendantsFri, 09 Aug 2024 06:22:48 GMT Read More »

Letsile Tebogo claimed a historic Olympic 200m title for Botswana on Thursday as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone produced a stunning performance to smash the world record in the women’s 400m hurdles as she took gold.Tebogo’s superb run left Noah Lyles’ hopes for three gold medals in tatters as he was forced to settle for bronze and then …

Tebogo upstages Covid-hit Lyles, ‘Super Syd’ roars to world recordThu, 08 Aug 2024 21:08:48 GMT Read More »