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Cameroon: Mani Leonie, Table Tennis Champion, Others Qualify
As the countdown for the Beijing Olympic Games draws near, athletes continue to get qualification for the event.
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Nigeria: Bada Clears Air On Aliu
Given the spate of criticism that trailed the inclusion of Nigeria's top athlete in Wednesday's grand finale in the male 100 metres event at the on going Exxon Mobile Olympics Trials in Abuja, Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Sunday Bada said it was a natural and normal thing that happens in athletics the world over.
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Rwanda: Visa Hitches Put Athletes' Poland Trip in Balance
Rwanda's junior athletes could miss this year's World Youth Championship due to difficulties in acquiring visas, local athletics federation officials have noted.
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Nigeria: Damola Beats International Record to Win N1 Million Jackpot
Osayemi Damola has won N1 million Jackpot bonus for her splendid performance in the 100 metres women race, with a time of 11.08 seconds to beat the International Amateur Athletics Federation record of 11.09 seconds during the NNPC/ExxonMobil Track and Field Championship which ended in Abuja yesterday.
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Nigeria: Metu is the Country's Fastest Man
Olusoji Fasuba is a truly 60m world champion.He won that title in Valencia, Spain February, this year. It is a title that won him global attention and a hero here in Nigeria.
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Nigeria: Adamu - No Joy
I WONDER if you were among the old codgers who detected an error on this page last week.
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Kenya: Athletics - Beijing Medal Hunt Gets Underway Friday
She bust on to the international scene with a gold medal in the 10,000m at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games two years ago but it has been difficult for Lucy Wangui Kabuu to register consistent results at the highest level ever since.
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Kenya: Athletics - Juniors Face Stiff Challenge to Win the Steeplechase
Kenya faces a challenge in its quest to conquer the world in the men 3,000m steeplechase and recapture the 4x400m relay race in the World Junior championship which starin Bydgoszcz, Poland on Tuesday.
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Uganda: Kiplagat for World Athletics Championships
BENJAMIN Kiplagat will lead Uganda's hunt for medals at the World Junior Athletics Championship that starts in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Tuesday.
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Uganda: A Slow, Painful Demise
Peter Rwamuhanda who died on June 9, aged 55, after a long battle with cancer, was one of Uganda's greatest athletes. By the time of his demise, Rwamuhanda had one leg and was living in a shanty two-roomed house in the Kampala suburb of Lungujja.
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Nigeria: Metu is Country's Fastest Man!
Olusoji Fasuba is a truly 60m world champion. He won that title in Valencia, Spain February, this year. It is a title that won him global attention and a hero here in Nigeria.
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Kenya: Bungei Hopes to Take Final Bow in Beijing
Former world indoor 800 metres champion, Wilfred Bungei hopes to take his final bow on the ultimate stage - at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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Nigeria: Metu Shocks Fasuba to 100 Metre Crown
Obinna Metu yesterday stopped reigning African champion, Olusoji Fasuba from becoming the first male runner to win the ExxonMobil Track and Field Championship for the third time when the Delta sprinter dipped to win the Olympic Trials in 10.17 secs. Fasuba was second in the photo finish 10.18sec while Adetoyi Durotoye picked bronze with 10.26secs.
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Namibia: Athletes Complete Tough Comrades Marathon in South Africa
Namibian marathon runners recently competed at the gruelling 2008 Comrades Ultra Marathon in Durban South Africa.
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Nigeria: Fasuba, Durotoye On Course for 100m Showdown
Reigning African 100m champion and record holder at 9.85 seconds, Olusoji Fasuba and the athlete, who inflicted on him his first defeat on Nigerian tracks in two years, Adetoyi Durotoye both progressed to the semi-finals of the men's 100m to be run today as the 19th AFN/Mobil track and field championship began yesterday in Abuja.
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Africa: S. Africa, Botswana Jet in First for the Games
SOUTH Africa and Botswana will be the first countries to jet in for the 5th Africa University Games due to start July 6. The ten-day event will see action at different venues around Kampala including Namboole, Makerere, Lugogo, Kyambogo, ISU among others.
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Zimbabwe: Country's Top Sprinter in Good Shape
ONE of Zimbabwe's top sprinters, Brian Dzingai, gave an early indication that he will be one of the country's medal hopefuls at next month's Olympic Games when he won the men's 200m event at the Lille Metropole Meeting in Velleneuve-d'Ascq in France last Friday night.
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Nigeria: Athletes Burn Abuja Stadium Tracks Today
The best of Nigerian track and field athletes will be on parade today as the 2008 edition of the NNPC/EXXONMobil trials begins at the main bowl of the Abuja National Stadium.
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Nigeria: Chambers Pledges to Challenge Ban
Dwain Chambers will go ahead with a High Court challenge to overturn the ruling on his Olympic ban despite a high-profile petition to prevent it.
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Kenya: We Will Select Only the Best, Says Kiplagat
Only the first two runners across the line during the national trials this weekend will get automatic qualification to the Beijing Olympic Games.
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