More sports - StarAfrica.com http://en.starafrica.com/sport A website using StarAfrica.com en-US http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:27 +0000 52165 Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie: I will run until I die http://en.starafrica.com/sport/ethiopias-haile-gebrselassie-i-will-run-until-i-die.html StarAfrica]]> He’s broken every record in the book and won a glut of Olympic and world titles, but even at the age of 40, Haile Gebrselassie has no intention of resting on his laurels. “A day without running is not a good day,” the Ethiopian athletics legend told CNN’s Human to Hero series. “Running, you continue [...]

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]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:19:27 +0000 52155 Abgola’s Jean Jacques da Conceição enrolled into FIBA Hall of Fame http://en.starafrica.com/sport/abgolas-jean-jacques-da-conceicao-enrolled-into-fiba-hall-of-fame.html The international basketball federation, FIBA, will today enroll Angola’s legendary basketball player Jean Jacques da Conceição into the FIBA Hall of Fame, portalangop.co.ao announced. The ceremony which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, will pay homage to one of the two players to have won 7 FIBA Africa Championships, namely in 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, [...]

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]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:13:38 +0000 52153 Angola’s coach Walter Costa lauds team’s spirit in 2013 Afrobasket camp http://en.starafrica.com/sport/angolas-coach-walter-costa-lauds-teams-spirit-in-2013-afrobasket-camp.html Angola’s national assistant  basketball coach, Walter Costa, has lauded the devotion of the preselected squad ahead of the 2013 Afrobasket championship billed for Côte D’Ivoire August 20-30. During a press conference after their morning training session today, Costa said all the players are vying hard to feature on the final list of the 12 players who [...]

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]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:09:17 +0000 52142 Cameroon: 32 summoned for Afrobasket preparations http://en.starafrica.com/sport/cameroon-32-summoned-for-afrobasket-preparations.html The Cameroon national basketball team’s coach, Lazare Adingono has called up 32 players to start warming up for the forthcoming 2013 Afrobasket tournament. The list comprises of 10 locals and 22 professional players. While the complete list of players is yet to be made public, it should be noted that Luc Richard Mbah has joined [...]

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]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:06:56 +0000 52144 CAR name provisional squad for Afrobasket http://en.starafrica.com/sport/car-name-provisional-squad-for-afrobasket-2.html The Central African Republic basketball team will next month embark on a training camp in Grenoble, France ahead of the 2013 Afrobasket championship billed for August in Abidjan. 12 professionals playing abroad have been summoned for the training exercise to be led by Coach Johny Madozein and his assistant Didier Darlan. CAR play the basketball [...]

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]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:56:27 +0000 52140 Cameroon: Zone 2 swimming competitions to kick off June 22 http://en.starafrica.com/sport/cameroon-zone-2-swimming-competitions-to-kick-off-june-22.html The Cameroon Swimming Federation president, Ali Mamoudou has released the complete calendar of national competitions. In the first phase, competitions kick off June 22 in zone 2 made up of the Centre, West and South regions. The Littoral, North West, West and South West regions that are in zone 3 will be starting June 29. [...]

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]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:43:06 +0000 52146 Africa Fiba Basketball championship attracts 10 countries http://en.starafrica.com/sport/africa-fiba-basketball-championship-attracts-10-countries.html Ten countries are expected to compete in this year’s Africa Fiba basketball club championship salted for Burundi. They will field four teams each. The countries are Tanzania, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti and hosts Burundi. Tanzania will field four teams in this year’s Africa Fiba Zone Five basketball club championship scheduled for [...]

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]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:11:48 +0000 52136 Crown Paints sponsors 2013 Kenya Amateur Golf Matchplay Championship http://en.starafrica.com/sport/crown-paints-sponsors-2013-kenya-amateur-golf-matchplay-championship.html This year’s Kenya Amateur Matchplay Golf Championship featuring several foreign players has received a major boost after Kenya Crown Paints unveiled a Ksh250,000 sponsorship(Approx.US $2,942) package for this year’s edition . Speaking on Tuesday morning while presenting the sponsorship cheque to Kenya Golf Union(KGU) Chairman Francis Okwara, Crown Paints Group marketing officer John Hadley noted [...]

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]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:54:28 +0000 52124 Nigerian athletics coach satisfied with preparation ahead of World Championships http://en.starafrica.com/sport/nigerian-athletics-coach-satisfied-with-preparation-ahead-of-world-championships.html Nigerian athletics Coach Tobias Igwe has accessed as satisfactory the training which team Nigeria has had so far ahead of the world championships of Moscow, Russia. He assured Nigerian that with the level of training the athlete have undergone they will be able to win medals in Moscow thereby fixing the poor record the athletes [...]

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]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:51:54 +0000 52126 Dodan Warriors’ coach Ahmedu lauds players for second win against Custom http://en.starafrica.com/sport/dodan-warriors-coach-ahmedu-lauds-players-for-second-win-against-custom.html Dodan Warriors’ coach Peter Ahmedu lauded the professionalism of his players after they confirmed their supremacy over Customs with a 63- 60 return leg win on Sunday in the Nigerian Basketball League. Ahmedu said that his Warriors make his work complete as they always heed the plans they elaborate before every game. “I thank God [...]

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