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| May 9 | ||
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Kenya: Rift Valley Names Team for National Competition
Rift Valley has picked a team of 81 athletes for the Kenya Prisons games at Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, on May 23 and 24. |
EA Standard | |
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Namibia: Cross Country Faces Uncertain Future
THE fate of 300 workers at Cross Country Carriers is in balance as the owner is uncertain about the future of the company. |
Namibian | |
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Kenya: Athletics - Bungei Leads Field in Doha
Former World Indoor athletics 800m champion Wilfred Bungei will make a return to Doha City in Friday's Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix after failing to travel to Valencia in March to defend his title due to an injury. |
Nation | |
| May 8 | ||
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Tanzania: Athletics Selects Four Athletes for China Open Event
Four athletes have been selected by the Athletics Tanzania (AT) to compete in the China Open championship that gets underway in Beijing on May 25, according to the body's secretary general, Suleiman Nyambui. |
The Citizen | |
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Rwanda: Zaki Set for Wigan Move
APR's tormentor in the African champions League Zamalek star striker Amr Zaki is set to move to premiership side Wigan Athletic. |
New Times | |
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Rwanda: Rukenkanya Dares Athletics Federation
"Take my money and I sue you," the former athletics national team head coach, Adolph Rukenkanya, has threatened to take legal action if the local athletics federation to deducts any coin from his salary. |
New Times | |
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Rwanda: Nsubuga Set for Kigali Marathon
Joseph Nsubuga will continue his bid to qualify for the Olympic Games when he takes part in the Kigali Peace Marathon due this Sunday. Nsubuga, one of Uganda's top marathoners, is in the hunt for one of the six remaining slots for the Beijing Games but travels to Kigali wary of the hilly course. |
Monitor | |
| May 7 | ||
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Uganda: Kipsiro to Compete With Legend Bekele in Qatar Grand Prix
Despite his failure to defend the 10,000m gold medal at the Africa Senior Championships that climaxed here on Sunday night, Uganda 's current best runner Moses Kipsiro will compete in the Qatar Grand Prix on Friday. |
Monitor | |
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Nigeria: Athletes Blame Altitude for Poor Show
Nigerian athletes at last Sunday's African championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia arrived Lagos yesterday. They told the story of how the high altitude in that country worked against them. |
Vanguard | |
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Nigeria: Afn Reads Riot Act to Saboteur Athletes
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has warned that no athlete is indispensable and any attempt to sabotage the country's gold medal push at this summer Olympiad in Beijing, China will be resisted. |
This Day | |
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Zimbabwe: 38 Athletes Shortlisted for Paralympic Team
Zimbabwe are bracing themselves to send their biggest ever delegation to the Paralympic Games after 38 athletes were shortlisted for the 13th edition of the competition set for Beijing, China, in August. |
The Herald | |
| May 6 | ||
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Namibia: Namibians Win in Addis
TWO Namibian athletes have won three bronze medals between them at the 16th Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Athletics Championship in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while one of them also posted an Olympic qualifying time. |
Namibian | |
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Zimbabwe: Runners Shine At SA Marathon
ZIMBABWEAN middle and long-distance runners once again proved that the country was still a major force in road running in the Southern African Region when they scooped most of the top prizes at Sunday's Nedbank Johannesburg City Marathon in South Africa. |
The Herald | |
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Rwanda: Peace Marathon Registration Hits 700
Seven hundred sixty six athletes have registered for the forthcoming Kigali International Peace Marathon set for May 11. |
New Times | |
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Rwanda: Disi Finishes Fifth in Washington
Rwanda's 10000m champion Dieudonne Disi started poorly to the Beijing Olympic Games preparations finishing fifth in the 32nd edition of the 12km Lilac Bloomsday Run in Washington, USA over the weekend. |
New Times | |
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Uganda: Kibwota!
Patrick Kibwota made his personal best throw of 69.70 metres in the men's javelin but luck eluded the ill-prepared Ugandan as he finished fourth at the Africa Senior Championships here on Sunday evening. |
Monitor | |
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Uganda: National Team 20th Out of 42 Teams in Ethiopia
SOUTH Africa dominated the 16th edition of the Africa Senior Athletics championships here as Ugandans were reduced to mere competitors. Javelin thrower Annet Kabasindi and Patrick Kibwota were Uganda's best performers in the biennial event. |
New Vision | |
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Kenya: Athletics - Coaches to Focus More On Field Athletes
Inspired by Florence Wasike's silver medal in the heptathlon and Sammy Kesikeny's bronze in the javelin at the African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa, Kenya's coaches will now offer greater attention to the field events in the build-up to the Beijing Olympics. |
Nation | |
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Kenya: 'Second Stringers' Finish Fourth in Addis Championships
The most maligned national team for the 16th African Athletics Championships delivered after breathtaking performances on the last day of action. |
EA Standard | |
| May 5 | ||
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Cameroon: African Athletics Championship - Francoise Mbango Wins Gold
Cameroon Olympic gold medallist, Francoise Mbango, proved her critics wrong as she won gold, on Sunday, May 4, the last day of the African Athletics Championship, AAC, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
Post (Buea) | |
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Kenya: Athletics - Wasike Wins Silver to Boost Medal Tally
Florence Wasike boosted Kenya's medal tally here with a silver in the women's heptathlon. |
Nation | |
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Uganda: Captain Kabasindi in Final of Africa Senior Championship
Uganda's team captain Annet Kabasindi led by example, becoming the only athlete to reach the finals at the 16th Africa Senior Championships at Addis Ababa Stadium, Saturday night. |
Monitor | |
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Kenya: Athletics - Kenyan Gold Rush on Last Day
It was a successful day for Kenya who won three gold medals to lead a rush for medals on the final day of the 16th African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa Sunday. |
Nation | |
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Kenya: Athletics - Kapsabet Runner Takes Takes Title in Eldoret
Boniface Kipchumba of Kapsabet won the 3,000 metres steeplechase race as the New KCC Athletics Tour came calling at Eldoret's Kip Keino Stadium. |
Nation | |
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Nigeria: Surprise - S/Africa Tops Country
The African Athletics Championships that were concluded in Ethiopia yesterday have revealed one thing to Nigeria: Even as they are excelling in some areas, other countries are catching up on them and even surpassing them in their strong areas in sports and that they need to double their efforts to attain great heights that won them glory before now. |
Vanguard | |
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