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NBA commissioner pays tribute to Dikembe Mutombo with announcement of annual award

Bonface Orucho - February 17, 2025

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver used an all-star event in San Francisco to announce the annual NBA Africa Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian Award. The award highlights...

Young talent to the fore at ASA South African Marathon Championships in Cape Town

February 16, 2025

SA’s Bianca Tarboton races to memorable trail victory Down Under

February 15, 2025

Top marathoners contest national medals in South Africa’s oldest marathon

February 15, 2025

Otter’s champions set to take on New Zealand’s best at Tarawera

February 13, 2025

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Stunning landscapes, farming hospitality and intense competition at Ultra-trail Drakensberg

Stephen Granger - May 3, 2023

Athletics

Fireworks at Ultra-trail Drakensberg as top trail athletes battle for honours

Stephen Granger - April 30, 2023

Athletics

uKhahlambha hosts the Southern Africa’s top trail athletes at Ultra-trail Drakensberg mountain extravaganza

Stephen Granger - April 27, 2023

Extreme Sports

Running’s role championing conservation

Stephen Granger - November 24, 2021

Football

Fans want more FIFA World Cups – report

Sammy Wejinya - September 16, 2021

Running

Learning at altitude – African trail runners blown away by Mont Blanc

Stephen Granger - September 2, 2021

Extreme Sports

Western Europe’s highest mountain woos Africa’s trail runners (part 2)

Stephen Granger - August 26, 2021

THE SPORTS APPRENTICE VODCAST

CAF

Experts predict dominance and potential upsets in AFCON 2025 group stages following fixture reveal

Oliver Ochieng - July 5, 2024

Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia on the verge of U17 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification

Oliver Ochieng - June 10, 2024

CAF

Lesotho leads giants as 2026 World Cup qualifiers heat up

CAF

CAF and FIFA confirm schedule for for June’s World Cup 2026™ African Qualifiers

CAF

‘Eat, dream football culture’ propels Al Ahly to 12th CAF Champions League title

CAF

Tanzania, South Africa reign supreme in CAF African Schools Football Championship

CAF

CAF African Schools Football Championship takes centre stage in Zanzibar

THE BUNDESLIGA. A special focus series from SPNAfrica.

Bundesliga returns, Dortmund hosts Bayer Leverkusen

Emeka Enyadike - January 10, 2025

Mainz 05 Coaches Inspire Youth at Totalsport Safe-Hub in Johannesburg’s Alexandra

bird TenX: 10 African players who dominated European leagues in the 2023/24 season

Q&A with Robin Zentner of Mainz

FEATURES

How women e-gaming pioneers are navigating Africa’s growing esports landscape

Bonface Orucho - December 18, 2024

Athletics

Tata, the Marathon Grandmother: ‘Every Sweat Dripping off My Face Is for a Cause’

Bonface Orucho - November 25, 2024

FEATURES

Tata, the Marathon Grandmother: ‘Every Sweat Dripping off My Face Is for a Cause’

Extreme Sports

Dodo pair poised to take flight at the Otter

Basketball

Honouring the legacy of Dikembe Mutombo – a tribute

FEATURES

Nigeria’s sports “queen” scores with local language radio show

FEATURES

Chipo Maenzanise is Zimbabwe’s own superwoman

NIGERIAN FOOTBALL

CAF

CAF Women’s Champions League sees surge in debutant clubs

Tom Kirkwood - November 6, 2023

A clutch of exciting new entries into the CAF Champions League, Africa's premier women's club competition, demonstrates the huge potential of women's football on...

BUNDESLIGA

Manuchim Ogundu’s Mainz 05 experience

Tom Kirkwood - November 22, 2021

LAST MONTH FSV MAINZ 05 WAS ABLE TO PROOF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THEIR INTERNATIONAL ACTIVATIONS ONE MORE TIME. WITH THE 21 YEAR OLD MANUCHIM...

Sammy’s podcast – the Nigeria Professional Football League

August 2, 2021

Sammy’s Podcast – hear the latest from the Nigeria Professional Football League

July 26, 2021

Sammy’s podcast

July 22, 2021

Educating footballers

July 9, 2021

CAPTAINS OF AFRICA

The Business of African Sport

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FIFA

FIFA Groundbreaking for Ivorian National Technical Centre

Emeka Enyadike - January 19, 2025

SPORTS PRO

Gary Al-Smith joins Sporty Group as Regional Content Lead in Ghana

Basketball

Euroleague Basketball, IMG Extend Landmark Partnership

Athletics

It’s a red letter day as running’s elite and Cape Town’s city runners prepare to RUN YOUR CITY

American Football

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