Sport Brigid Kosgei seeks Kenyan Olympic marathon redemption Nairobi – World record holder Brigid Kosgei has the unenviable task at the Tokyo Olympics of restoring Kenya’s image... Read more 6 Aug, 2021
Sport Namibian medallist reopens athletics ‘intersex’ debate Tokyo – At just 18 years of age and with an Olympic silver medal in the bank, Christine Mboma... Read more 4 Aug, 2021
Sport ‘Still so unreal’ – Tatjana Schoenmaker ‘shocked’ at record-breaking gold Tokyo – South African Tatjana Schoenmaker said it felt “so unreal” after she smashed the long-standing women’s 200m breaststroke... Read more 1 Aug, 2021
Sport Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare fails drug test, out of Olympics Tokyo – Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been barred from the Olympics after failing a drug test, the first... Read more 31 Jul, 2021
Sport Nigeria body admits ‘lapses’ over athletes’ drug tests Abuja – The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday admitted “lapses” on its part over the disqualification of... Read more 30 Jul, 2021
Sport Ugandan weightlifter faces fraud charge over Olympics Kampala – A young Ugandan weightlifter who disappeared in Japan after failing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics was charged... Read more 29 Jul, 2021
Sport Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan cops quiz athlete who went missing in Japan Kampala – Ugandan police said on Wednesday they were interrogating a weightlifter who disappeared in Japan after failing to qualify... Read more 28 Jul, 2021
Sport Ugandan weightlifter returns home after fleeing Olympic camp Kampala – A Ugandan weightlifter who went missing in Japan last week after his dreams of taking part in the... Read more 23 Jul, 2021
Sport Tunisian trailblazer Ons Jabeur dreams of gold in Tokyo Tunis – Ons Jabeur intends to fly the flag for Tunisia and beyond at the Tokyo Olympics, hoping to... Read more 23 Jul, 2021
Sport Zambia’s Copper Queens go against all odds to make it to Tokyo Olympics Cape Town – Zambia’s Copper Queens have pushed against all odds to make it to the Tokyo Olympics. The... Read more 20 Jul, 2021