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Category Archives: Sports
David Lekuta Rudisha
Image by Getty Images via @daylife David Lekuta Rudisha (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.09. Born in kovai, Trans Mara District, Rudisha went to St. Francis, Kimuron … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 IAAF Diamond League, Berlin, Daniel Rudisha, David Lekuta Rudisha, Sebastian Coe, sport, Wilson Kipketer, World record
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Ernest Obeng
Ernest Obeng (born 8 April 1956) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. His personal best time was 10.21 seconds, achieved in August 1980 in Budapest. Ghana boycotted the Olympic Games that year. He won the gold medals at the 1979 African … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 metres, 100m, aaa championships, african championships, allan wells, best time, budapest, Competitions, europe, Ghana, Gold medal, gold medals, iaaf, international association of athletics federations, monaco, Olympic Games, Soccer, sport, sprinter, television operations, world championships, World Cup
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Michael Essien
Michael Essien (also referred to as Mickaël Essien) (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League. He is an all-round midfielder who can play multiple midfield roles (defensively and offensively). He has often been touted as … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Sports
Tagged accra, african footballer, black starlets, boundless energy, club olympique, defensive midfielder, derby county, european scouts, fifa u 17 world championship, football career, french club, good eye, international career, local club, manchester united, national football team, new zea, olympique lyonnais, physical presence, s college
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Salomon Kalou
Salomon Kalou (born August 5, 1985 in Oumé, Côte d’Ivoire) is an Ivorian professional football player, who plays his club football as a forward for Chelsea in the English Premier League, and formerly for the Dutch club Feyenoord. He is often used on the wings at Chelsea. … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Sports
Tagged carling cup, côte d ivoire, club football, cobham, compatriot, didier drogba, dutch club, english premier league, famous footballers, hat trick, jjb stadium, john terry, josé mourinho, match ball, michael ballack, moment of my life, professional football player, reserve game, thierry henry, undisclosed fee
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Daba Modibo Keïta
Daba Modibo Keïta (born 5 April 1981) is an Malian Taekwondo athlete. Keïta has competed in international competitions since 1996, and in 2007 became the Heavyweight (+84 kg) division 2007 World Taekwondo Champion in Beijing, and in 2008 competed at … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment and society, Sports
Tagged 2008 summer olympics, amadou toumani, badra, black belts, femat, five sisters, hotel courtyard, international competitions, ioc olympic, ivory coast, malian, morteza, national hero, olympic solidarity, president of mali, public appearances, summer olympics, world champion, world taekwondo, xenophobia
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong
Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (born 19 December, 1974) nicknamed “The Snow Leopard”, is a Ghanaian skiier and is the first person from Ghana to take part in the Winter Olympics, at the 2010 Games held in Vancouver, Canada, taking part in the … Continue reading
Posted in People, Sports
Tagged 2006 winter olympics, 2010 winter olympics, 2014 winter olympics, artificial ski slope, ashley macisaac, british charity, canadian musician, glasgow scotland, international ski federation, kwame nkrumah, milton keynes, olympic association, safari guide, snow leopard, sochi russia, sponsorship money, turin italy, vancouver canada, winter olympic, winter olympics
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Abebe Bikila
Abebe Bikila (አበበ ቢቂላ) (August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was a two-time Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia. He was the first black African in history to win a gold medal in the Olympics. A stadium in Addis Ababa … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960 summer olympics, abebe bikila, addis ababa, arch of constantine, august 7, bib number, colosseum, ethiopian government, gap, imperial bodyguard, last moment, late afternoon, marathon champion, olympic marathon, olympic team, onni, ron clarke, shoe sponsor, summer olympics, swede
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Esther Phiri
Junior lightweight boxer Esther Phiri was born in Lusaka, Zambia on January 1 1987, the fourth of eight children – she has three brothers and four sisters. Her father was a businessman and her mother stayed at home. Her father … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment and society, Sports
Tagged 1988 olympics, amateur champion, awareness project, esther phiri, firs, four sisters, frida wallberg, further training, hiv awareness, international ngo, international sport, lightweight title, lusaka zambia, mwamba, ngo africa, njeri, pro debut, second hand clothes, sport centre, unanimous decision
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Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and world champion. She won gold in the 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics with a time of 1:55.45 in the final. Continue reading
Posted in People, Sports, south africa
Tagged 7 january, association football, commonwealth youth games, gender test, iaaf, international association of athletics federations, limpopo province, middle distance, polokwane, pretoria university, pretorius, science student, seven seconds, sports science, three sisters, tomboy, world champion, world junior championships, zion christian church, zola budd
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Françoise Mbango Etone
Françoise Mbango Etone (born 14 April 1976) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with … Continue reading