Africa: Boxing, Judo And Table Tennis Round-up

African Olympians are participating in a wide range of sports in Sydney, among them boxing, judo and table tennis. The latest results as at September 18: Read more »

Nigeria/Cameroon: Eagles Eliminate Aussies In Big Win; Cameroon Draws

Nigeria's Golden Eagles boosted Africa's hopes on Saturday when they powered to a 3-2 win against hosts Australia, while Cameroon drew 1-1 with the United States. Read more »

Africa: Hicham El Gerrouj - Morocco

The 26-year-old Moroccan is the best miler in the world today. Soccer was his game as a boy, he played in goal. But because he was often yelled at by his mother for getting his… Read more »

Africa: Hassiba Boulmerka - Algeria

In 1991 she was the first African woman to win a world title. A year later, by winning the 1500m race at Barcelona she became the first Algerian to win Olympic gold. Muslim… Read more »

Africa: Tegla Loroupe - Kenya

The 27-year old champion is one of the world's top women marathon-runners. When she won the New York City marathon in 1994 she was the first African woman to do so. In Sydney she… Read more »

Africa: General Schedule

The events cited in our schedule all involve African athletes: all times refer to the local time in Sydney. Use the table below to work out when your favourite events are happening… Read more »

Africa: Schedule of Football Matches

The events cited in our schedule all involve African athletes: all times refer to the local time in Sydney. Use the table below to work out when your favourite events are happening… Read more »

Africa: Schedule of Boxing Matches

The events cited in our schedule all involve African athletes: all times refer to the local time in Sydney. Use the table below to work out when your favourite events are happening… Read more »

Africa: Samuel Matete - Zambia

The 400m hurdler won the world championship in Tokyo in 1991 and followed that with a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta. Read more »

Africa: Venuste Niyongabo -- Burundi

He burst onto the international scene in 1992 at the IAAF Junior Championships in SeoulL where he finished second in the 1500 meters. Despite continued racing success he startled… Read more »

Africa: Moses Kiptanui -- Kenya

He was world steeplechase champion in 1991, 1993 and 1995, and winner of the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics. He twice cracked the 8-minute barrier in the 3000 meter… Read more »

Africa: Frankie Fredericks - Namibia

Africa's "king of sprint" was born in a Black township outside of Windhoek. A track scholarship enabled him to enroll in Brigam Young University in the fall of 1987. He won the 100… Read more »

Africa: Derartu Tulu - Ethiopia

The seventh child of a family of 10 children, she received Olympic gold at Barcelona in 1992 for winnning the 10,000 meter race. She entered the history books as the first African… Read more »

Africa: Haile Gebrselassie -- Ethiopia

One of the greatest distance runners of all time, he rose to prominence by winning the world junior championships in 1992. In May 1995 he broke Moses Kiptanui's world record in the… Read more »

Africa: Noureddine Morceli -- Algeria

At the 1991 Tokyo Olympics, all Algerian eyes were focused on the 1500 meter race where the then 21-year old Morceli was in head-to-head competition with Moroccan great and world… Read more »

Africa: Josiah Thugwane -- South Africa

At the Atlanta Olympics this marathon runner was the first South African to win gold. With apartheid's hold on South Africa ending, not since Jesse Owens won four gold medals in… Read more »

Africa: Mary Onyali -- Nigeria

In Germany in 1993 she set the 100 meter race record for women with a time of 10.97 seconds.At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics she won a bronze in the 4x100 relay. She has won over 20… Read more »

Africa: Eric Keter -- Kenya

Because he finished fourth in Olympic trials in July, the 1999 All African Games 400m hurdles bronze medallist was left out of Kenya's Olympics team. He took the Kenyan Amateur… Read more »

Africa: Maria Mutola -- Mozambique

She played soccer as a child but when she moved to Eugene, Oregon in the US to attend high school she blossomed as a runner. Inexperience was a problem at first - in 1991 she… Read more »

Africa: Athletics Schedule

The events cited in our schedule all involve African athletes: all times refer to the local time in Sydney. Use the table below to work out when your favourite events are happening… Read more »

Nigeria: Clinton Lays It On The Line For Nigeria

President Clinton has spelled out the major economic challenges facing Nigeria and warned that debt relief will only come once the country has demonstrated that it will not… Read more »

Nigeria: Oil Price Too High Says Clinton

President Clinton broached the subject of oil prices in his talks with President Obasanjo this weekend. Prices per barrel have topped $30 and the US would like to see the price at… Read more »

Africa: US Supports UN Permanent Seat for the Africa

The United Sates supports the granting of a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council to the African continent, President Bill Clinton said this weekend, during his… Read more »

Nigeria: Stay In The Union, Clinton Tells Nigerians

U.S. President Clinton has told Nigerian leaders they should resist the temptation to leave the Union. Nigeria, he told them, should draw its strength from its ethnic, cultural and… Read more »

Burundi: Poor Prospects For Signing Of Full Burundi Accord In Tanzania

Although former South African President Nelson Mandela just may pull a rabbit out of a hat, no one in the Clinton administration expects that agreement on a Burundi peace accord… Read more »