June 24, 2025
Africa: All of Africa Today - June 24, 2025
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October 16, 2024
South Africa: Minister Denies Olympic Joyride Claims - South African News Briefs - October 16, 2024
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August 07, 2024
Africa: African Triumphs and Near Misses at Paris 2024 Olympics
African athletes continue to carry the hope of bringing more medals to Africa. Read more »
July 11, 2023
Africa: Olympic Champion Semenya Wins Testosterone Case at Human Rights Court
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya won her case on the regulations limiting testosterone in competing women athletes, BBC reports. Read more »
August 09, 2021
Nigeria: Tokyo Fallout: Invest More in Sports to Battle Insecurity, Sambawa Tells FG
Hails Nigeria's performance at Olympics Read more »
July 30, 2021
South Africa: Schoenmaker Wins Country's First Gold Medal at Olympics
South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women's 200m breaststroke with a stunning world record time of 2:18.95, the Tokyo 2020 website reports. Read more »
July 29, 2021
South Africa: Men's Hockey Team Thumps Germany to Survive Another Day at Olympics 2020
The South African men's hockey team have won their first match at the Tokyo Olympics after beating Germany 4-3 on Thursday, July 29, after a dismal start with a loss to… Read more »
South Africa: Golden Boy Chad Le Clos Out of 100m Butterfly at Tokyo Olympics 2020
Chad le Clos, 29, has been eliminated from the 100m butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics. Le Clos is the Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion as well as the… Read more »
July 09, 2021
South Africa: Schoemaker, Corbett Doing Swimmingly at Tokyo Olympics 2020
For the first time since 2000, South Africa will have two women in an Olympic swimming final. Read more »
July 26, 2021
Liberia: If You Haven't Seen Liberia's Olympics Uniform, You're Missing Out Big Time
The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo is finally here - a year after the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the games. Read more »
June 21, 2021
South Africa: World 400m Champ Wayde Van Niekerk Finally Makes It to Olympics 2020
Wayde Van Niekerk the World 400m champion, finally produced the goods with a qualifying time of 44.56 at a World Athletics Continental Tour event in Madrid on June 19, 2021 that… Read more »
February 21, 2018
Nigeria: Bobsled Team Makes First Olympic Appearance
Team Nigeria has made history as the first African nation to finish their first run in the women's bobsled at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Read more »
August 22, 2016
Ethiopia: Medallist's Protest Raises Eyebrows in Rio
Long-distance runner Feyisa Lilesa, 26, managed to hold on to collect silver in an exciting race that saw Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge cement his status as "the most commanding marathon… Read more »
August 12, 2012
Uganda/Kenya: Uganda Finishes Olympics in Burst of Glory
Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich set the seal on East Africa's dominance of long-distance running at this year's Olympics - and won glory for his country - when he took the gold medal in… Read more »
August 09, 2012
South Africa: Controversy Trails Gold Medalist
The man who won South Africa's first gold at the 2012 Olympic games, Cameron van der Burgh, has allegedly admitted to using illegal kicks. Read more »
August 08, 2012
Algeria: The Olympian Who Didn't Try - But Won Gold
Taoufik Makhloufi, the Algerian middle-distance runner who was expelled from the Games on Monday, was reinstated on Tuesday – and went on to win gold in the men's 1,500m… Read more »
August 24, 2008
Africa: Continent's Athletes Triumph in Olympics Marathon
As the Beijing Olympics reached their climax ahead of the closing ceremony on Sunday, African athletes overpowered others to take the top five places in the men's marathon,… Read more »
August 23, 2008
Africa: Long-Distance Athletes Sweep Up Medals
Africa put the seal on its dominance of long-distance running in the closing days of the Olympics. On Saturday alone, African athletes won seven medals, sweeping up all the medals… Read more »
August 19, 2008
Nigeria: Dream Team Cruises to Olympics Soccer Final
Nigeria qualified for the final of the soccer tournament at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday by defeating Belgium by four goals to one, 12 years after winning the gold medal at… Read more »
August 18, 2008
Africa: Soccer - Cameroon Knocked Out, Nigeria Prevails
Nigeria is the only African country in the soccer semi-finals of the Olympic Games after Cameroon's elimination by Brazil in the quarterfinals. Read more »
August 16, 2008
Zimbabwe: Swimmer Coventry Wins Gold
Zimbabwe's swimmer, Kirsty Coventry, took Olympic gold on Saturday when she won the 200m women's backstroke race. Read more »
August 15, 2008
Ethiopia: Dibaba Wins Gold, Sets New Record in Beijing
The Ethiopian athlete, Tirunesh Dibaba, has won Africa's first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Read more »
August 13, 2008
Africa: Continent's Soccer Teams Head for Quarterfinals
Africa's three men's soccer teams at the Beijing Olympics all made their way to the quarterfinals on Wednesday, confirming the continent's status as a major contender for gold in… Read more »
Togo: Nation Wins First Olympic Medal
Benjamin Boukpeti earned a bronze medal for Togo in the men's kayak slalom, the first ever Olympic win for the West African nation. Read more »
August 12, 2008
Africa: How Continent's Olympians are Faring
AllAfrica's Aliou Goloko rounds up the African action at the Olympics in Beijing. Read more »
