Zimbabwe roars back to the world stage with Africa Rugby Cup title triumph
The 2025 Rugby Africa Cup featured eight of the continent’s top teams: Hosts Uganda, Namibia, Kenya, Morocco, Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Zimbabwe.
Oliver Ochieng
Zimbabwe secured a historic return to the Rugby World Cup for the first time in 34...
CAF offers lifeline to clubs exiting early in Champions League, Confederation Cup
Starting the 2025/2026 season, clubs eliminated from the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederations Cup will receive USD$100,000 as part of CAF’s official support, up from USD$50,000 that was previously available to clubs.
Oliver Ochieng
The Confederation...
Basketball Roundup: Angolan Bruno Fernando joins Real Madrid from the Toronto Raptors, Uganda takes...
Former Toronto Raptors player, Bruno Fernando is joining Spanish basketball giants, Real Madrid, Uganda’s Gazelles take down defending regional champions Egypt to qualify for the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket 2025 and Nigerian American Chiney Ogwumike is named the BAL’s first...
Nigeria rewrites women’s AfroBasket history, Okonkwo wins second MVP award
Nigeria won the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket title after edging out Mali 78-64 in a thrilling final staged at a packed Palais des Sports, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Sunday, Aug 03, setting a record of five continental titles in...
Time to rethink African Football: Experts react to Club World Cup failures
Elimination of the four African teams at the Club World Cup highlights a worrying gap between African teams and those from other regions, particularly Europe and South America.
Oliver Ochieng
All four African clubs are out of the ongoing FIFA Club...
Kipchoge, Omanyala and Kipyegon headline Kenya’s dream team to the Paris Olympics
The Olympic trials at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi this past weekend revealed the athletes who will represent Kenya at the Paris Olympics. The nation aims to improve upon its 2020 performance in Tokyo, where it ranked 1st in Africa...
bird’s Basketball Roundup: The world’s top basketball body looks to grow the game in...
In bird's latest African basketball roundup: FIBA lays out a path to grow the game in Africa, the continent's top team competition kicks off and Nigeria’s Reuben Chinyelu claims an NCAA Title with Florida Gators.
by Silalei Shani
The world's top...
Stellar qualifiers raise Africa’s hopes of a Paris gold heist
Building on a number of stellar performances in Olympic qualifiers, African athletes are primed for success at the Paris Olympics.
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Preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games are in full swing and African countries are assembling...
East Africa welcomes CHAN 2024: Will Kenya, Uganda or Tanzania seize the moment and...
Teams are rearing to go as momentum continues to build ahead of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 kick-off.
East African neighbours Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are co-hosting the tournament from August 2-30, 2025, with Tanzania expected to set...
CHAN reaches quarterfinal stage as experts predict an all-East African final
The stage is now set for quarterfinal clashes on Friday August 22, and Saturday, August 23, 2025 in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kampala and Zanzibar.
The TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 has reached the crucial quarterfinal stage, with all...