Category: Sports

  • FIFA WORLD CUP: Belgium makes a comeback to beat Algeria

    FIFA WORLD CUP: Belgium makes a comeback to beat Algeria

    Sao Paulo (HAN) June 17, 2014- Geeska Afrika Online. It has not been an easy season for Marouane Fellaini. The burden of the big midfielder’s hefty £27 million transfer fee at Manchester United has proved tough to shoulder, and the campaign ended with him warming the Red Devils’ bench. Yet although it was from this…

  • FIFA WORLD CUP:France wins opener, Benzema scores twice in 3-0 win

    FIFA WORLD CUP:France wins opener, Benzema scores twice in 3-0 win

    Sao Paulo (HAN) June 15, 2014- Geeska Afrika Online. France have made a perfect start to their Brazil 2014 campaign with a Karim Benzema-inspired 3-0 win over ten-man Honduras. The Real Madrid striker scored twice and had a large hand in another as Les Bleus moved to the top of Group E with an emphatic victory at Porto…

  • FIFA World Cup: Côte d'Ivoire scoring twice in two second-half minutes

    FIFA World Cup: Côte d'Ivoire scoring twice in two second-half minutes

    Sao Paulo (HAN) June 15, 2014- Geeska Afrika Online. The Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire charged late in their Group C opener in Recife, scoring twice in two second-half minutes to overturn an early deficit against Japan. A pair of pin-point crosses from Serge Aurier created goals for Wilfried Bony and Gervinho, silencing the pro-Japan crowd…

  • FIFA World Cup: Can Spain bounce back?

    FIFA World Cup: Can Spain bounce back?

    Sao Paulo (HAN) June 14, 2014- Geeska Afrika Online. Having arrived in Brazil with designs on retaining the title they won at South Africa 2010, Vicente del Bosque’s Spain were given a rude awakening on their tournament debut on Friday evening, going down to a 5-1 defeat to the Netherlands. The fifth occasion on which the…

  • FIFA World Cup: England VS Italy on Saturday,Fitness worry?

    FIFA World Cup: England VS Italy on Saturday,Fitness worry?

    Sao Paulo (HAN) June 14, 2014- Geeska Afrika Online. Italy have a fitness worry over goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon as they prepare to open their FIFA World Cup™ campaign against England on Saturday. The Azzurri captain, a key member of the triumphant side of 2006, was absent from his scheduled appearance at the pre-match press conference…

  • FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014:  Fans were right behind me after I scored the own-goal

    FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014: Fans were right behind me after I scored the own-goal

    Sao Paulo (HAN) June 14, 2014- Geeska Afrika Online. In the week leading up to their first match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, the members of the Brazil squad spoke a lot about the sense of calm and composure that prevailed in the camp. As soon as they stepped out on to the pitch, however,…

  • FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014: Croatia Looking For a "miracle"

    FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014: Croatia Looking For a "miracle"

    Sao Paulo (HAN) June 13, 2014- Geeska Afrika Online. Croatia vowed on Wednesday to try to create a “miracle” when they take on mighty Brazil in the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ opener, refusing to adopt a negative approach against the star-studded home side. Captain Darijo Srna, speaking a day before the clash in Sao Paulo, said…

  • Eritrea: Afewerki Berhane won the men's elite race

    Eritrea: Afewerki Berhane won the men's elite race

    Denver: (HAN) May 27, 2014- BY: Geeska Afrika Online, Daniel Petty. Ethiopia’s Mamitu Daska, Eritrea’s Afewerki Berhane win Bolder Boulder 2014 elite races .  Racing at altitude tends to punish a runner’s lungs more than his or her legs — which is exactly what Crouch found. Afewerki Berhane did his best to remove any drama…

  • Real Madrid claimed their tenth title at Lisbon

    Real Madrid claimed their tenth title at Lisbon

     Lisbon (HAN) May 24, 2014. HAN Sports Already the most successful club in European Cup history, Real Madrid CF have claimed their tenth title following their victory over Club Atlético de Madrid at Lisbon’s Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The Spanish team lifted the trophy for the first time since 2002 by beating their…

  • Hakeem Olajuwon Named NBA Ambassador to Africa

    Hakeem Olajuwon Named NBA Ambassador to Africa

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 22, 2014. HAN Sports reporter, Jamal Abiib from African Union’s capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Houston Chronicle By Jonathan Feigen  as the prospect of a new NBA players in Africa, specially diaspora layers originally come from Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Senegal, Djibouti, Nigeria and South Africa… NBA Africa World powers looms on…

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