Latest Africa Olympics News
- McCarty Called To Olympic Team 24 Jul 2008 16:47 GMT
... U.S. Men’s Olympic Team head coach Peter Nowak has called ... medalist and 2005 Under-20 World Cup champion Nigeria on August 13. McCarty has appeared in ...
- Late goal gives Japan 2-1 win over Australia in pre-Olympic 24 Jul 2008 16:47 GMT
... Late goal gives Japan 2-1 win over Australia in pre-Olympic Japan, July 24: Substitute Shinji Okazaki scored ... Japan has been drawn against United States, Nigeria and the Netherlands in a tough first-round ...
- Apology 24 years in making for black soldiers 24 Jul 2008 16:39 GMT
... stories. So did officials at the Northwest African American Museum and Seattle University, where a ... handcuffs. Jaworski left what's now the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, destined for fame and fortune. This ...
- FC Dallas Midfielder McCarty Added To U.S. Team 24 Jul 2008 16:39 GMT
... FC Dallas Midfielder McCarty Added To U.S. Team POSTED: ... McCarty was added to the U.S. men's Olympic team Thursday to replace injured midfielder Nathan ... medalist and 2005 Under-20 World Cup champion Nigeria on Aug. 13. McCarty has appeared in ...
- Iraqi team barred from Beijing Olympics 24 Jul 2008 16:35 GMT
... of Sudan staged a public relations campaign. Egypt is relying on an ambitious agricultural project to ... been abandoned by their country. The South African president continues to support his long-time associate, ...
- Iran: Kenyan national team cancels friendly football game 24 Jul 2008 16:16 GMT
... Iran has been called off by the African country apparently due to bureaucratic reasons. The ... The game was scheduled ahead of the Olympic games to be held in Beijing in ... come amid earlier reports in July of Egypt calling off a match due to political ...
- Olympic Gold - Team Spirit Will Be Key 24 Jul 2008 16:16 GMT
... Olympic football gold medallist Garba Lawal says Dream ... won gold in Atlanta in 1996, told KickOffNigeria.com that apart from the talent in that ...
- Mis-hits, bore draws, an athletics hero for our time 24 Jul 2008 16:14 GMT
... the performance of a lifetime against South Africa. It wasn’t so they could win or ... losing his High Court appeal against an Olympic ban. It was Cambodian marathon runner Hem ...
- Six Debutants in Country's Squad for Olympic Games 24 Jul 2008 15:36 GMT
... the group of 15 players that will represent Angola's senior female national handball team (African champions), for the Beijing Olympic Games, to take place on 8-24 August. The debutants are Elizabeth Viegas, Natália Bernardo, ...
- Gaby Targets Way Up at Games 24 Jul 2008 15:36 GMT
... off to China for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Her father and coach, Hasso Ahrens, ... potential after she scooped silver at the African Shooting Championships held in Egypt in 2007. Nampa recently caught up with ...
- Baek, Korea seek first Olympic football medal 24 Jul 2008 15:34 GMT
... Baek, Korea seek first Olympic football medal Baek Ji-hoon, a midfielder on ... in the group stage over eventual runner-up, Nigeria. Park was the team¡¯s head coach at ...
- Japan tops Australia 2-1 in pre-Olympic friendly 24 Jul 2008 15:31 GMT
... KOBE, Japan (AP) -- Substitute Shinji Okazaki scored late ... Australia in a tuneup for the men's Olympic football tournament. Archie Thompson put Australia ahead ... Japan has been drawn against United States, Nigeria and the Netherlands in a tough first-round ...
- Late goal gives Japan 2-1 win over Australia in pre-Olympic friendly 24 Jul 2008 15:31 GMT
... KOBE, Japan (AP) - Substitute Shinji Okazaki scored late ... Australia in a tuneup for the men's Olympic football tournament. Archie Thompson put Australia ahead ... Japan has been drawn against United States, Nigeria and the Netherlands in a tough first-round ...
- China says breaks up international terrorist cell 24 Jul 2008 15:30 GMT
... group that had planned to attack an Olympic football preliminary match in the city, state ... nuclear diplomacy. Reuters UNITED NATIONS - The African Union said on Wednesday it was incapable ...
- Upbeat Austin holds court with grace of a champion 24 Jul 2008 15:29 GMT
... Bits & Pieces: Upbeat Austin holds court with grace ... and her husband, Emad, who swam for Egypt in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, return to swim every ...
- SA MP's racist remarks spark row 24 Jul 2008 14:57 GMT
... Former Indian-origin anti-apartheid sports administrators in South Africa Olympic body was "full of whites and Indians" ...
- Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates Join to Combat Global Tobacco Epidemic 24 Jul 2008 14:54 GMT
... the tobacco epidemic from taking root in Africa. The Bloomberg Initiative supports projects that increase ... Cities such as Mexico City, Mexico; Abuja, Nigeria; Beijing, China; and other Olympic cities are ... tobacco control policies of the MPOWER package. Egypt has recently raised its tobacco tax. Brazil and ...
- Trabzon in an uproar over lighthouse in the form of a cross 24 Jul 2008 14:19 GMT
... Chinese leaders need the Olympic Games to be legitimate in the eyes ... of the well known journalist, Magdi Allam, Egyptian and non practising Muslim, has been criticised ...
- China buys silence of bereaved 24 Jul 2008 14:18 GMT
... earthquake and in the months before the Olympic Games, which begin in August. But the ... showcases and to open diplomatic doors in Africa and Latin America. At times, the one-party ...
- 'Rome 1960' 24 Jul 2008 14:05 GMT
... The Rome Olympics also had political resonance, Maraniss adds. The ... still grappling with how to showcase its African-American and women athletes when each group faced ...
- Australia want to sign off hockey year in style 24 Jul 2008 13:54 GMT
... Pakistan and Britain, plus Canada and South Africa. The other group contains former champions Germany, ... in 2004, will gun for their maiden Olympic crown after crushing top-ranked Germany 6-2 in ...
- Handball/Women: Six Debutants in Angolan Squad for Olympic Games 24 Jul 2008 13:53 GMT
... the group of 15 players that will represent Angola’s senior female national handball team (African champions), for the Beijing Olympic Games, to take place on 8-24 August. The debutants are Elizabeth Viegas, Natália Bernardo, ...
- Bid for city's first 'sub-four' shaping up well 24 Jul 2008 13:32 GMT
... Fastest entrant on paper so far is Olympic Trials 1500m third placer Chris Warburton of ... He finished third in 4.02.26, beating several Africans. The full article contains 325 words and ...
- China may succeed in breeding higher-yield super rice in 2010 24 Jul 2008 13:31 GMT
... rice would be served during next month's Olympic Games. Yuan's hybrid rice technologies have been ... the United States, and around Asia and Africa to boost production capacity there by 20 ...
- Platinum Stars told to wake up 24 Jul 2008 13:27 GMT
... this is a challenge facing all South African football clubs," widely travelled Gamondi told the ... Cup through victories over JSM Bejaia of Algeria and Linguere of Senegal. But they will ... advantage over paramilitary club Harras al-Hodoud of Egypt in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Saturday. ...
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