Tanzania: Veteran Runner Switches to Full Marathon
The 10,000 and 5,000 metre race heroine, Restituta Joseph, has switched to full marathon ahead of the Commonwealth Games that get underway on October 3 in India.
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Tanzania: Arusha Golfers Lead Order of Merit Standing
Jimmy Mollel has opened a 24-point gap in the race to land the national golf title this season.
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Tanzania/Ghana: Asamoah Strikes Late to Give Young Africans Win Over AFC Leopards
A last-gasp volley from Kenneth Asamoah gave Young Africans a 1-0 victory over AFC Leopards of Kenya in a friendly held at Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium yesterday.
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Tanzania: Botswana Hit Taifa Queens to End Finals Hope
Tanzania’s dream of qualifying for the World Netball Championship ended yesterday after Taifa Queens slumped to an ignominious 57-29 defeat at the hands of Botswana.
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Africa: Press Freedom Advocates Fight Criminal Defamation Laws
Africa’s leading press freedom advocates met in Kenya this week to support the Declaration of Table Mountain, a freedom of expression campaign organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) to repeal criminal defamation and insult laws across the continent.
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West Africa: Media Foundation Releases Its State of the Media Report
Political crises and violent conflicts in West Africa created the conditions for abuse of media rights in 2009, says a new report by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).
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Malawi: State of the Media And Freedom of Expression
The Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) has noted with disappointment that there is a lack of respect for media freedom and freedom of expression in the country. The media in Malawi continue to be threatened by government authorities and other sectors of society, including some [...]
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Foxes close in on Hull’s Zayatte
Leicester City close in on a loan deal for Hull City defender Kamil Zayatte.
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Nigeria: Yobo Recounts Everton Experience
Nigeria defender Joseph Yobo has revealed one of his experiences at his former club Everton was when he had to be under intense pressure not to play for the Super Eagles.
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Africa: Participants Score Country’s Facilities and Organisational Skills
As the 1st edition of the ECOWAS Games comes to an end this Sunday, participating countries have scored facilities and level of organisation put up by Nigeria for the games high.
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