Nigeria in Pot 1 as draw for 2026 World Cup African qualifiers hold July 13
The Super Eagles have been drawn in Pot 1 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup African qualifiers, which draw will hold in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on July 13, 2023.
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Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, others listed for inaugural Giants of Africa Youth Festival
Co-founder of Giants of Africa, Masia Ujiri, who is also the vice-chairman and president of Toronto Raptors Basketball Club of Canada, has announced that Nigeria will be joined by Congo DR, Tanzania and Kenya in the inaugural Giants of Africa Youth Basketball Festival scheduled for Kigali, Rwanda from August 13 to 19, 2023.
‘I’m born to suffer’: refugee athlete Dominic Lobalu on race to find a home
T he scene is the closing stages of last year’s Stockholm Diamond League 3,000 metres. Jacob Kiplimo, Uganda’s half marathon world record holder and an Olympic medalist, heads a quartet of runners approaching the final bend on his way to what is expected to be a routine win. Trailing him are Kenya’s Cornelius Kemboi and Stewart McSweyn of Australia. We know that because the commentator says so. The fourth of the leading pack is an unidentified man in a plain white singlet.
Egypt qualify for Africa Cup of nations finals
CAPE TOWN: Egypt came from behind to beat Guinea 2-1 on Wednesday (Jan 14) and secure a record-extending 26th appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations finals as they made sure of top spot in their qualifying group with one match to play in the preliminary competition.
Mohamed Salah Creates Goal As Egypt Win Secures Cup Of Nations Place
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah set up the equaliser for Egypt in a 2-1 win over Guinea on Wednesday that secured a place at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals. Serhou Guirassy put Guinea ahead on 26 minutes in the central Moroccan city of Marrakech and substitute Mahmoud Trezeguet levelled three minutes before half-time off a Salah pass. Former Aston Villa forward Trezeguet turned creator after 79 minutes with a cross that Mostafa Mohamed slammed past goalkeeper Ibrahima Kone in the Group D matchday five showdown.
Migrant crisis in the Mediterranean: From Tunisia to Italy, who are those fleeing to Europe?
Migrant arrivals by sea continue to soar in Italy, with almost 49,000 from January to May 2023. Most of those travelling across the central Mediterranean route come from sub-Saharan countries and are leaving from Tunisia.
South Sudan's capital Juba clings to hope of peace
During a historic visit to South Sudan back in February, Pope Francis called on the country's leaders to restore "dignity" to the displaced, nearly five years after the end of the civil war. Between 2013 and 2018, the country of 12 million inhabitants, 60 percent of them Christians, was plagued by a brutal conflict between forces loyal to warring rivals Kiir and Machar. According to analysis by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, an estimated 380,000 people died, both during the violence and from hunger or a lack of medical care.
Restoring hope with South Sudan's blind football league
JUBA, South Sudan: When Mubarak Joseph Hilary lost his sight aged 15, the football-loving teenager dropped out of school and didn't leave home for seven years, resigned to a life spent indoors.