Josephine Orji has shattered the World Record with a lift of 160 kg to win gold in the Women's -84kg Power-lifting competition. Read more »
Tamiru Demisse won silver in the 1500 meters T13 at Rio Paralympics, and used the opportunity to protest against the Ethiopian government. In August, Olympic marathon ... Read more »
Team South Africa has won six medals, three of them gold, for their efforts at the Paralympic games in Rio de Janeiro. Read more »
Johannes Nambala has become the first Namibian athlete to win a medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Read more »
Teams from 43 African countries will participate at the 11-day event in Rio de Janeiro. Read more »
Team Nigeria's hopes of winning medals in the track and field events, wrestling, boxing and weightlifting were dashed - the only highlight was the U-23 soccer team's win over ... Read more »
Samson Siasia, the coach of the national U-23 team, has said he is quitting the game because of "a disrespectful system". Read more »
Caster Semenya has been vilified and harassed for years after her gender testing results were leaked following her victory at the 2009 World Athletics Championships. This weekend ... Read more »
Athletes say the mess in Rio did not begin with the haphazard travel arrangements and missing training kits from Nike - but when their protests against taking the national trials ... Read more »
Long-distance runner Feyisa Lilesa may be in hot water for his gesture after he managed to hold on to collect silver in an exciting race that saw Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge grab gold. Read more »
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