Recent posts by Sonny Young:
2004 Olympic Champion Justlin Gatlin of the USA Plus Horse Racing In South Africa
Highlights in this video include a Sonny Side of Sports salute for Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare, plus we’ll hear from 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin of the USA, who made a successful return to the track after a four-year suspension for doping violations.
African Athletics Championships & Nigerian Heavyweight Samuel Peter Gets A Rematch
Host Kenya tops the medals table at the 17th African Athletics Championships in Nairobi; Sonny also throws a phantom punch ahead of the Samuel Peter-Wladimir Klitschko heavyweight title fight 11 September in Frankfurt, Germany.
London Olympics Countdown & Nigerian Athlete Blessing Okagbare
A Big Blessing For Nigeria
Blessing Okagbare is proving to be the big star at the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. She blessed Nigeria with two more gold medals on Friday, in the women’s long jump and the 4-by-100 meter relay, and now has won three gold medals total in the Kenyan capital. On Thursday, the 21-year-old Okagbare earned […]
Tears For Ghana, Tears For Africa
I think one of my lasting memories of this World Cup here in South Africa will be Asamoah Gyan crying as he walked off the pitch at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. Gyan and “The Black Stars” of Ghana had just suffered an agonizing quarterfinal loss to Uruguay on penalty kicks. Gyan had a chance […]
Rustenburg Reflections
As I sat in the media tribune in Rustenburg during the Ghana-USA match, it did strike me as a bit odd to see former U.S. President Bill Clinton sitting right next to Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. But, then again, maybe it was appropriate, because Royal Bafokeng Stadium was ROCKIN’ for most of the […]
Disappointing African Performances At Africa’s First World Cup
Africa’s first World Cup football tournament has so far been a big disappointment for Samuel Eto’o and Cameroon and the other African teams, whose overall record, through 11 matches, stands at one win, six losses and four draws. “The Indomitable Lions” of Cameroon have the proudest World Cup pedigree of any African team. They are […]
Give It Up For Gonzalo
Gonzalo Higuain scored the first hat-trick at the World Cup football finals on Thursday, leading Argentina to a convincing 4-1 victory over South Korea in Johannesburg. The 22-year-old Higuain, who plays for the Spanish club Real Madrid, found the net in the 33rd, 76th and 80th minutes at the Soccer City Stadium. Superstar Lionel Messi […]
Sonny Meets Zakumi To Fulfill Big World Cup Goal
Hey World Cup fans, I’ve fulfilled one of my major goals here in South Africa, i.e., I’ve met Zakumi, the playful and huggable official mascot of the football fiesta. Zakumi is a ubiquitous presence at this soccer extravaganza, but he took a few minutes to meet me, pose for pics, and even offer some of […]