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Despite initial skepticism and local opposition, the delayed Tokyo Paralympics Games eventually turned out to be a huge success, with Japanese athletes performing exceptionally well to finish 11th on the log with 51 medals (13 gold, 15 silver and 23 bronze), writes Elias Makori for the Daily Nation. China finished at the top of the medals table with 207 medals (96 gold, 60 silver and 51 bronze)
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Jemima Sumgong has failed an out-of-competition drugs test by testing positive for the banned substance EPO, the IAAF says.
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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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The country is hoping that Commonwealth swimming champion Jason Dunford will do them proud by bagging Kenya's first Olympic swimming medal at the London games. Read more »
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As athletes go through their final preparations, few have gone through greater hardship than one young man, Lopez Lomong, who went from running to save his own life to running to save others. Read more »
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Kirsty Coventry has made history by becoming the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coventry assumed office on June 23, 2025, replacing outgoing president Thomas Bach of Germany, who stepped
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Zimbabwe's Sports Minister and double Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry, is the first African and youngest person, at 41, to assume the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Coventry is also the first woman to lead the global Olympic governing body in its 106-year history. She secured the position after
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Preparations are underway in Senegal for the Youth Olympics Games. The event, scheduled to take place over two weeks from October 31, 2026, will bring together about 2,700 young athletes from around the world.
It marks the first time an Olympic sports event will be hosted in Africa and will feature 25 sporting categories, including athletics, aquatics, baseball, basketball, boxing, breaking, and cycling.
The organizing committee has said Dakar 2026 will also showcase "an
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Ten African countries earned medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games, with 23 gold medals distributed among eight nations.
Morocco emerged as the most successful nation overall, securing 15 medals, but it was Algeria that topped the continent's medal tally
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Kenya led the way with a total of 11 medals, consisting of four gold, two silver, and five bronze, finishing in 17th place overall at the just concluded Paris Olympics.
Other African nations that made the medals table include Algeria, which placed joint 39th with three medals: two gold and one bronze. South Africa finished
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