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EFC 118: All-South African affair as Roets & Zwane battle for interim featherweight title

The Extreme Fighting Championship returns with a big title bout in the EFC 118 main card as Roedie “Relentless” Roets and Ayanda “The Power” Zwane lock horns in an all-South African affair for the interim featherweight championship on Thursday, October 10, at the World Sports Betting EFC Arena in Johannesburg. Roets, who recently competed on The Ultimate Fighter Season 32, where he was trained by current...

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Axel Tuanzebe out of DR Congo squad due to freak hand injury

by Ibikunle Salako

9 October 2024

Ipswich Town defender Axel Tuanzebe will miss DR Congo’s upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers double-header against Tanzania due to a freak injury he suffered last week, Afrosport reports. The 26-year-old Manchester United Academy graduate reportedly sustained a terrible hand injury while washing the dishes, and is expected to be out for at least a month. Tuanzebe suffered a deep cut to his thumb from...

AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Mbatha, Adam withdraw from Bafana Bafana squad

by Diamond Kesiena

8 October 2024

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has announced the withdrawal of Thalente Mbatha and Jayden Adams for the upcoming Group K 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Republic of Congo, Afrosport reports. Both players were initially named in the 23-man squad that will battle the Red Devils on Friday at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. Orlando Pirates star Mbatha was replaced by Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder...

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Man Utd’s Mazraoui withdraws from Morocco squad due to injury

by Ibikunle Salako

7 October 2024

Manchester United defender Noussair Mazraoui has withdrawn from the Morocco national team ahead of their double-header against the Central African Republic in this month’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The 26-year-old has been ruled of the two matches due to injury concerns, and the Atlas Lions have called up Raja Casablanca’s Youssef Belammari as his replacement, head coach Walid Regragui announced on Monday. "Coach Mr. Walid Regragui...

Kenya’s Emmaculate Anyango provisionally suspended by AIU for failing doping test

by Victor Isikhueme

7 October 2024

Kenya’s Emmaculate Anyango Achol has been provisionally suspended after a failed doping test, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced. The 24-year-old cross country runner failed a doping test for the banned drug testosterone and blood-boosting hormone EPO. Anyango, the world’s second-fastest woman over 10 kilometres, faces a ban of up to four years if found guilty with the provisional ban expected to continue until the settlement...

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EFC 118: All-South African affair as Roets & Zwane battle for interim featherweight title

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Axel Tuanzebe out of DR Congo squad due to freak hand injury

AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Mbatha, Adam withdraw from Bafana Bafana squad

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Man Utd’s Mazraoui withdraws from Morocco squad due to injury

Kenya’s Emmaculate Anyango provisionally suspended by AIU for failing doping test

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