Category: Sports

  • Real Madrid to Pay €10M for Eritrean-Swedish Alexander Isak

    Real Madrid to Pay €10M for Eritrean-Swedish Alexander Isak

    Real Madrid will pay 95 million coronas (10 million euros) for young AIK striker Alexander Isak, which will be the most expensive transfer in the history of Swedish football, according to “Aftonbladet”. The sale of Isak, 17, will be more than the fee Ajax paid Malmo for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, which was 82 million coronas (7.8 million euros). “Aftonbladet” say…

  • Ugandan goalkeeper named CAF Africa-based player of the year

    Ugandan goalkeeper named CAF Africa-based player of the year

    Goalkeeper Denis Onyango, voted the best African-based player of 2016, will spearhead Uganda’s assault on the African Nations Cup title following the announcement of their squad for the finals on Thursday. Uganda, returning to the finals in Gabon after an absence of almost four decades, will take inspiration from their 29-year-old keeper, who helped Mamelodi…

  • Ethiopia:Feyisa Lilesa still hopes to compete for his country

    Ethiopia:Feyisa Lilesa still hopes to compete for his country

    Ethiopian Olympic marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa still hopes to compete for his country – despite being exiled since last summer’s Games. Lilesa has been living in the US on a temporary visa after making an anti-government gesture when he finished in second place in Rio. He believes his life would be in danger if he…

  • Ethiopia to bid for AFCON 2025 hosting

    Ethiopia to bid for AFCON 2025 hosting

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 21.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. BY: Mamo Gebrehiwot. Ethiopia will bid for hosting of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). This came to light during Tuesday’s meeting between Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) president Juneidi Basha and CAF Secretary General Hicham Al Amrani in Addis. Hicham was in the Ethiopian capital…

  • Ghebreslassie and Keitany dominate New York marathon

    Ghebreslassie and Keitany dominate New York marathon

    Nov 6 (Reuters) – Eritrean world champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie and Kenyan Mary Keitany powered to dominant victories in the New York City Marathon on Sunday. The 20-year-old Ghebreslassie won the men’s race in two hours, seven minutes and 51 seconds, more than a minute ahead of Kenyan Lucas Rotich. Keitany became the first woman in…

  • Kenyans go for fourth consecutive New York sweep

    Kenyans go for fourth consecutive New York sweep

    NAIROBI (HAN) November 5.2016.Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Kenyans Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany chase repeat victories – and more – as the major marathon season concludes in New York City on Sunday. Success would ensure Kenya of a fourth consecutive sweep of New York titles and give Keitany her third straight victory but…

  • Eritrea: Gold for 31 year old Cyclist Abraham Gebru On Saturday

    Eritrea: Gold for 31 year old Cyclist Abraham Gebru On Saturday

    NAIROBI (HAN) September 19.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. By Joost Pijpker. Cyclist Daniel Abraham Gebru Saturday has remarkably won the road race at the Paralympic Games. The 31-year-old Dutchman seemed on his way to third place until the two riders who came and fell into conflict with the sprint with another reason for him. A…

  • The African Summer Olympics

    The African Summer Olympics

    NAIROBI (HAN) September 3.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News.BY:OUMAR BA. This was the summer of the Olympics. But if you were on safari, like we were, you may have missed it altogether. Fear not, we have some highlights for you, including those of you who are nostalgic for the games already. First, let’s ignore the…

  • Mo Farah says knighthood ‘might get me through passport control quicker

    Mo Farah says knighthood ‘might get me through passport control quicker

    Olympic champion Mo Farah has admitted he would love to be knighted because it might get him through airports faster. The distance runner, who scored two gold medals at the Rio Olympics four years after winning two in London in 2012, said he is delighted by calls for him to receive a knighthood. He told…

  • SOULEIMAN SETS 1000M SERIES RECORD IN LAUSANNE

    SOULEIMAN SETS 1000M SERIES RECORD IN LAUSANNE

    DJIBOUTI (HAN) August 25.2016. Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. Ayanleh Souleiman became the fifth-fastest 1000m performer of all time to highlight the middle distance action at Lausanne’s Athletissima meeting, the 11th stop in the 2016 IAAF Diamond League, on Thursday (25). The event, valid for the 800m Diamond Race, was billed as a duel…

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