Sudanese Olympic Hopeful Abubaker Kaki
With the London Olympics a little more than five months away, one Sudanese athlete to watch is Abubaker Kaki, one of the fastest runners in the world at the 800 meter distance. As part of his build-up for the London Games, the 22-year-old Kaki will travel in March to Turkey, where he will aim for […]
Deng Delivers In Big Olympic Year
It’s a big year for Sudan-born star Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls, one of the favorites for the National Basketball Association title. On Tuesday night, Deng scored on a layup with about four seconds left in the game to lift the Bulls to a 76-74 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Luol Deng finished with […]
Zimbabwean Olympic Hopeful Ngoni Makusha
Zimbabwe won four medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where star swimmer Kirsty Coventry splashed her way to a gold and three silver. The 28-year-old Coventry, who is expected to compete at the 2012 London Olympics, also swam for Auburn University in Alabama, leading the school to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships in […]
Kenya’s Sports Personality of the Year: Vivian Cheruiyot
Kenya has crowned Vivian Cheruiyot as its Sports Personality of the Year after she won one gold medal at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Spain and two more at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in South Korea. At an awards ceremony in Nairobi, a trophy was presented to Cheruiyot that seemed almost […]
Give It Up For Gabon Football!
Gabon football has received a big boost ahead of co-hosting next month’s 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament with neighbor Equatorial Guinea. The Gabonese are being described as the surprise team of the recently concluded African Under-23 Football Championship in Morocco. Gabon upset host Morocco, 2-1, in the final in Marrakech, to […]
Africa’s Olympic Football Hopes
While an African football team has never won the World Cup, the sport’s biggest prize, neighbors Nigeria and Cameroon can proudly claim Olympic gold medals in men’s soccer at the 1996 Games in Atlanta and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. The 1996 Nigerian Olympic team, captained by two-time African Footballer of the Year Nwanko Kanu, […]
Vivian Cheruiyot Charges Toward 2012 Olympics
Vivian Cheruiyot is looking ahead to next year’s London Olympics with a lot of confidence after a great performance at the recent world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea. Cheruiyot, who celebrates her 28th birthday on September 11, swept the gold medals in the women’s 5000 meters and 10,000 meters in Daegu. Her two gold […]
Kaki & Rudisha’s African 800-Meter Rivalry
At 22, David Rudisha is enjoying the fruits of international athletic success. The Kenyan star is heading to this month’s world championships in South Korea as the world record holder at 800-meters and the 2010 IAAF Male Athlete of the Year. Those are two prestigious titles, for sure, but there are two more that I […]
South Africa’s Blade Runner
The resiliency of South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius is unquestionable. After seeing what he has been through, some might even call it almost impossible. Pistorius was born in November 1986, and 11 months later doctors discovered he was missing bones in both of his lower legs. His legs were amputated below the knee, ending any […]
