Former Chelsea forward Pat Nevin says that Mohamed Salah's return for is a lift for Liverpool as they mount their challenge for the Premier League title. The Egyptian winger has been struggling with fitness since he suffered a muscular injury while on duty with Egypt at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. He played only once since his return from the competition, scoring in a 4-1...
Cameroon and Nigeria will rekindle rivalry again for the third time in 2024 when Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou square-off in a 10-round heavyweight boxing fight. The fight in the Saudi Arabian city of Riyadh would be Ngannou's second professional boxing fight after making his debut against Tyson Fury in October 2023. Joshua, on the other hand, is a former unified WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight...
The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended Africa’s only accredited doping laboratory that is located in South Africa for six months. The anti-doping regulatory body found the laboratory in Bloemfontein guilty of non-conformities with international standard and non-conformities with technical documents and the continued Analytical Testing Restriction (ATR), among other issues. Back in September 2023, WADA restricted the South African laboratory from any analytical testing which is...
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) season is upon us again, and the 2024 edition promises to be another exciting tournament of basketball on the African scene. The 2023 edition of the competition saw Egyptian team Al Ahly lift the title for the first time after beating Senegal’s AS Douanes 80-65 in the final in the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda. With the 2024 edition set to...
Morocco international Achraf Hakimi will miss the first leg of Paris Saint-Germain’s quarter-final tie in the UEFA Champions League due to suspension. The 25-year-old received a yellow card in the second leg of PSG's round-of-16 encounter against Real Sociedad on Tuesday night after a late challenge on Spanish defender Javi Galan in the 42nd minute. Hakimi had already been booked twice early in the competition: in...
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