After hopes of clinching a medal Rwanda's Paralympic sitting volleyball team suffered a disappointing loss to defending champions Iran in the first match at the London 2012 Games. Read more »
Sandra Khumalo who won silver at the 2012 Final Paralympic Qualification Rowing Regatta in Belgrade, Serbia, earlier this year has her sights set on another medal. Read more »
The Prime Minister has blamed poor selection, training, preparations and management by the National Olympics Committee of Kenya as the reasons for country's poor showing at the ... Read more »
The head of the the country's Olympic delegation has revealed that Tumba Silva was disqualified from the London games because he missed his weigh-in session due to a timetable ... Read more »
The Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Mr Bolaji Abdullahi, has inaugurated an eight-man panel to reposition the National Institute for Sports. Read more »
The country's paralympic team has received a much needed financial boost to achieve success at the London games. Read more »
The head coach of Team Nigeria track and field team to the London 2012 Olympic Games Innocent Egbunike says the constant change of sports ministers is not good for the industry's ... Read more »
Former Cameroonian athlete and 2005 African table tennis champion, Victorine Fomum, who was paid just 10 dollars for winning a gold medal says she understands why seven of her ... Read more »
As Nigeria turns to its Paralympic team for medals, Basketball Federation president, Tijjani Umar has described as laughable the N2.6 Billion given to Team Nigeria for both the ... Read more »
After ending Uganda's 40-year gold medal drought, Olympic marathon winner Stephen Kiprotich was presented with U.S.$80,000, a promotion and a house for his parents. Read more »
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