SITSEBE ASS/COACH SIMEPHI MAMBA IN SAUDI ARABIA

Eswatini 17/05/2024 | 18:52

Africa-Press - Eswatini. The senior women’s national team, Sitsebe Assistant Coach Simephi Mamba, is currently in Riyad, Saudi Arabia to participate in a five day High-level Women Coaching workshop.According to a press release issued by the Eswatini Football Association (EFA), the workshop is...

Handball: Rwanda U18, U20 teams storm to Zone 5 finals

Rwanda 17/05/2024 | 15:57

Africa-Press - Rwanda. Thursday, May 16SemifinalsRwanda U18 27-24 Kenya U18Rwanda U20 29-28 Ethiopia U20Rwanda’s U18 and U20 handball teams have advanced to the Men's IHF Trophy Zone 5 Africa 2024 finals after edging Kenya and hosts Ethiopia respectively in the semifinals.The...

2023/24 Primus National League in numbers

Rwanda 16/05/2024 | 15:01

Africa-Press - Rwanda. The 2023/24 Rwanda Primus National League season came to an end on Sunday, May 12 with champions APR FC lifting the coveted title for the fifth time in a row.It was a virtually easy run for the army side which won the trophy with three games to spare unlike the two...

Zambia invites Malawi Women’s National Basketball Team

Malawi 16/05/2024 | 00:38

Africa-Press - Malawi. Zambia has invited Malawi for an international women’s club championship in March this year.Basketball Association of Malawi (Basmal) women’s tournament director Lusungu Banda has said Malawi is set to participate at the tournament.She disclosed this on the sidelines...

Governor highlights the importance of the massification of handball

Angola 14/05/2024 | 15:58

Africa-Press - Angola. The vice-governor of Benguela for the Political, Economic and Social sectors, Lídia Amaro, considers it necessary to expand handball in schools, clubs and communities, to maintain hegemony in Africa (female).The official was speaking at the opening of the 45th National...

WHAT NEXT FOR YANKUBA MINTEH AS LIVERPOOL MANAGER CALL TRIGGERS POSSIBLE NEWCASTLE DOMINO EFFECT?

Gambia 13/05/2024 | 18:08

Africa-Press - Gambia. Minteh has impressed on loan at Feyenoord and there are calls for him to be given a chance at Newcastle United next season.Feyenoord are hopeful of re-signing Yankuba Minteh despite losing Arne Slot to Liverpool, according to reports.While not officially announced,...

Angolan becomes Jiu-Jitsu world champion

Angola 13/05/2024 | 17:13

Africa-Press - Angola. Angolan Heliane Caio became Jiu-Jitsu world champion after beating Russian Alevtina Korosteleva, from the Checkmat International team, 2-0 in the final this Sunday.The 16-year-old fighter beat the competition in the “Grand Slam”, which took place at the Mubadala...

APR FC crowned 2023/24 Primus National League champions

Rwanda 13/05/2024 | 14:34

Africa-Press - Rwanda. APR FC won their fifth straight Primus National League title and following a hard fought 1-1 draw with Amagaju at Kigali Pele Stadium on Sunday, May 12 in a 2023/24 Primus National League week 30 encounter.The army side amassed 68 points and went unbeaten in 30 games...

Angolan fails 100m final in Ibero-American Championship

Angola 11/05/2024 | 17:46

Africa-Press - Angola. The Angolan sprinter, Marcos dos Santos, failed to qualify for the 100m final of the Ibero-American Championship in athletics, finishing in sixth place, with a time of 10.51” in the third series of the semi-finals, held in track at the Olympic Center of the University of...

Angolan referee elected the best in Southern Africa

Angola 10/05/2024 | 16:35

Africa-Press - Angola. Angolan international Jerson Emiliano dos Santos was distinguished, this Thursday, with the award for best referee in Southern Africa, in the first edition of the COSAFA Awards'2023.In a ceremony held this evening, at the Sandton Convention Center, in Johannesburg (South...

The Conspicuous Display of Juju or Charms at Football Matches Is Not Good Sportsmanship

Liberia 09/05/2024 | 16:10

Africa-Press - Liberia. Soccer or the game of football throughout the world is a game of entertainment and sportsmanship which, according to the rules of the game, should be played void of any outside interference of any kind. It is a game of fair play that incorporates the concepts of friendship,...

VICTORY FOR ESWATINI U-18 HANDBALL TEAM IN ZIMBABWE

Eswatini 08/05/2024 | 14:31

Africa-Press - Eswatini. The Eswatini Under-18 handball national team started its campaign in the Men’s IHF Trophy Zone Six Africa on a high.They beat Namibia 29-9 in their opening match on Tuesday (May 7, 2024) at the Sunrise Sports Club Hall, Zimbabwe. The National Under-20 team was due to...

Real Olympics test awaits Cheptegei, Kiplimo in Oslo

Uganda 07/05/2024 | 18:40

Africa-Press - Uganda. On August 2, the world, particularly Ugandans, will be glued to their television screens for the men’s 10000m final at the Paris Olympics.That event, surely, is the country’s biggest bet for a medal at the Games as both Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo will be...

FAF suspends defaulting clubs in the Angola Cup

Angola 06/05/2024 | 16:41

Africa-Press - Angola. The Disciplinary Council of the Angolan Football Federation (FAF) decided to suspend the 10 clubs that announced their withdrawal from the competition for a period of two sporting seasons without competing in the Angola Cup in the current 2023/24 season.According to FAF...

Ghana secures Paris Olympic Games qualification in Bahamas

Ghana 06/05/2024 | 16:10

Africa-Press - Ghana. Ghana’s 4x100m men’s relay team punched a ticket to the Paris Olympic Games after a blistering run on Day 2 of the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas.The quartet of Ibrahim Fuseini, Isaac Botsio, Benjamin Azamati and Joseph Paul Amoah took to the tracks on Sunday...

Court begins hearing case where 5 are accused of attempting to fix match between Ntopwa FC and Fomo

Malawi 05/05/2024 | 03:19

Africa-Press - Malawi. Senior resident Magistrate Akiya Mwanyongo has started hearing a case in which five sports personalities Mphatso Jika, Billy Severe, Alfred Kamphamtengo, Willard Banda and Mary Woodworth are suspected of attempting to fix a match between Ntopwa FC and Fomo.The court is...

Talking points from the National Open Boxing Championship

Uganda 04/05/2024 | 18:32

Africa-Press - Uganda. The National Open Boxing Championship usually happened in April, instead of happening much earlier in say February or March, as was the case last year.Nevertheless, the event that spanned five days, including the finale at the Lugogo Indoor Arena on Saturday, generated...

Resistance in southern Angola in 1903-1917 portrayed in book

Angola 04/05/2024 | 17:01

Africa-Press - Angola. The literary work “Resistência no sul de Angola Ovavale 1903-1917”, written by writer Nsungu Manuel, was presented this Wednesday to the public in the city of Ondjiva, Cunene province.The book, with 99 pages, was published by Kilungi, has 112 copies and is the...

Angolan journalists honored by AIPS

Angola 04/05/2024 | 16:58

Africa-Press - Angola. The 86th Congress of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), which took place in Barcelona, Spain, paid posthumous tribute to all journalists who, in life, knew how to do their best to enhance information in the sector in their respective countries.Among...

Lia Lima's exhibition highlighted on the third day of the African Swimming Championship

Angola 03/05/2024 | 18:54

Africa-Press - Angola. Lia Lima's fourth place, in the 100m butterfly event, was the highlight of the National Swimming Team's performance, on the third day of the absolute African Championship, which takes place at the Alvalade pool, in Luanda.The national sprinter left the audience...

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