Newton’s Turkish Cup win boosts Black coaches
Eddie Newton's success as a coach in Turkey, where he led Trabzonspor to their first trophy in a decade is a big boost for Black coaches in the era of the "Black lives matter" movement. It also comes hard...
Africa Sports Ventures Group (ASVG) signs MOU with international law firm, Diaz Reus &...
The CEO of Africa Sports Ventures Group (ASVG), Leslie Koroma has made public a collaborative relationship between ASVG and Diaz Reus & Targ LLP (also known as Diaz Reus International Law Firm & Alliance) with the signing of an...
BEATING CORONA – An SPNAfrica series.
“IT'S JUST MESSED UP”
A psychologist at one of Africa’s leading sports institutes has warned of a looming mental health crisis that could effect sports professionals on the continent.
“While everybody is so focused on the immediate medical crisis… they're not...
Running’s big opportunity turns golden. Now to bring it to Africa.
One of the biggest opportunities in world athletics has turned into gold. The organisers of the Golden Trail Series managed to dodge the COVID bullet in 2020, using smarts, innovation and a bit of luck to hold a Championship...
MASKED AND MUTED OLYMPICS WILL STILL DOMINATE CROWDED 2021
The rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be the centerpiece of a crammed sporting year in 2021 as sports administrators who had their calendars wiped away by the coronavirus pandemic try to fill the gaps even as a second wave hits.
While...
How Patson Daka and the “Computer” beat the Austrian blues.
Zambia’s most
successful footballing exports, Patson Daka and Enock Mwepu recently took time
out from a busy training camp in Doha, Qatar with their team FC Red Bull
Salzburg to open up about their experiences following a great UEFA Champions
League showing in...
The Cape Town Marathon: engaging legends for peace
The participation of some of the greatest athletes of all time in this year’s Sanlam Virtual Cape Town Marathon has created an opportunity for the marathon to grow into a global phenomenon with massive social impact, if you listen...
Q&A: Pellegrino Matarazzo/ VfB Stuttgart
Q: How do you feel about being a head coach in the Bundesliga?
“It’s a fantastic feeling to have such a big responsibility at a club likeStuttgart. It is a club with so much history and culture and such...
Uprise Flag Football League winner to pocket N5m
American Football is begining to take roots with the advent of the Uprise Flag Football Leage in Nigeria, and with it, Yellow Trumpets will face The Chiefs in the maiden edition of the League championship game on Sunday at...
Nigeria motor rally celebrates local production
The Peugeot 508 GT that took top honors at the six-state 2020 Argungu Rally this year was assembled in Nigeria, just one of the many brands that have chosen the west Africa country as a vehicle manufacturing hub.
Until the...