GOVERNMENT has honoured, and pledged to reward, the Special Olympics Zimbabwe team with monetary prizes of close to US$30 000 following their medal haul at the recent World Games in Berlin, Germany last month. The Zimbabwean team brought home two gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals from the Games that ran from […]
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Morocco’s U23 team has become the second African nation to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024 after a thrilling encounter against Mali in the TotalEnergies CAF U23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023. In a match filled with excitement and intensity at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco emerged victorious in a penalty […]
Ellina Mhlanga — Zimbabwe’s team returned home yesterday from the Special Olympics World Games held in Germany with board member Life Chemhere applauding the athletes for a good show that saw them claiming eight medals. The Special Olympics World Games are the world’s largest inclusive sport event with thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities competing. […]
The road to the Women’s Olympics Football Tournament in Paris 2024 will kick-off with some of the exciting clashes in the African Qualfiers. Among the highly anticipated matches in the first round is a West African derby featuring Guinea and Ghana, promising a thrilling display of skill and passion. Another intriguing encounter awaits as Uganda […]
Nairobi — African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala’s hope of competing against Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs has gone up in smoke again, after the Italian pulled out of this Friday’s 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Florence as he continues to recover from a back injury. The Italian athletics federation announced that Jacobs is out […]
The Gambia National Paralympic Committee (NPC Gambia) on Tuesday appointed its media officer Hagie Drammeh as the Chef De Mission of the country’s contingent for the first Para Games for athletes with disabilities to be held in Accra from the 4th – 12th August 2022. A letter signed by NPC Gambia Secretary General Sainey Camara […]
Kampala, Uganda — The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) has beseeched Parliament to maintain the status quo in appointment of the Secretary-General of the National Council of Sports (NCS). According to the National Sports Council Act of 1964, the NCS council advertises the vacant position of the secretary-general, conducts interviews, and makes an appointment. The minister […]
Nairobi — African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala’s chaotic World Championships journey ended in the semi-finals, just like his maiden Olympic Games did last year, after finishing fifth in the 100m semis early Sunday morning. Omanyala’s debut at the biennial championship had been marred with chaos, having arrived in Oregon just three hours to his Heats […]
Nairobi — African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala’s chaotic World Championships journey ended in the semi-finals, just like his maiden Olympic Games did last year, after finishing fifth in the 100m semis early Sunday morning. Omanyala’s debut at the biennial championship had been marred with chaos, having arrived in Oregon just three hours to his Heats […]
Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza’s passion for basketball was ignited and showcased during his upper high school studies at G.S Kabgayi where he played as a small forward in the second division league. With time, however, his playing time declined as the management recruited better players to make the team more competitive. Owing to the changes, he […]
The games of Swimming, Judo and Badminton are among new sporting disciplines that are going to be introduced to people with disabilities in Rwanda. The decision was taken in a meeting of the General Assembly of the National Committee for the Handicapped in Rwanda (NPC-Rwanda) held over the weekend. The NPC president Jean Baptiste Murema, […]
Nairobi — A welcome like no other was accorded to Team Kenya for the 24th Summer Deaflympics when the first batch made a triumphant return to the country on a chilly Thursday morning after recording its best performance ever. The team comprising of athletics stars led by overall captain Lucas Wandia and top Deaf golfer, […]
Caxias Do Sul — The penultimate day of the 24th Summer Deaflympics saw athletics power house Kenya bag eight medals to take the total tally to 24 so far. Kenya won 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze on a rained-on track to take the total count to 5 Gold, 7 Silver and 12 Bronze […]
Caxias Do Sul — Deaf golfer Isaac Makokha was looking forward to a husband-wife golfer and caddie combination before his shock bronze at the 24th Summer Deaflympics in Caxius Do Sul. The Vet Lab amateur had explored a few tactics with his wife Susan Kithure and they shared scintillating moments in the run up to […]
Caxias Do Sul — Kenya’s number one Deaf golfer Isaac Makokha is at it again. The 2020 Amateur Matchplay Champion entered his name in the annals of golf history as the first ever Kenyan golf medalist at the prestigious Summer Deaflympics. Makokha summoned willpower and confidence to rack up bronze in a highly competitive atmosphere […]
Caxias Do Sul — Kenya is on track to surpass its 2017 Deaflypics medal haul after so far harvesting 10 in the Brazil edition with the latest being Sharon Jeptarus’ silver. During the last competition, Kenya amassed a total of 16 medals (5 Gold, 5 Silver, 6 Bronze) and Athletics head coach Samuel Kibet had […]
Caxias Do Sul — Kenya’s hopes of clinching a medal in golf is still alive with Isaac Makokha set to play for bronze on Wednesday at the 24th Deaflympics currently underway in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. Makokha, who comes from a golf family led by his elder brother Jeff Kubwa, will face Guldan Nico of […]
Caxias Do Sul — Kenya won the men’s 1500M and got a bronze in the women’s 400M races at the Sesi Centro Esportivo Athletics Track in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil on Monday evening. Ian Wambui Kahinga breezed to the tape for the gold in the race held at 5.10 PM (11.10pm Kenyan time),. Kahinga clocked […]