Category: Burkina faso
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Burkina Faso: Clubs protest as League 1 and 2 championships suspended
The Hauts-Bassins and Centre regional soccer leagues are threatening to suspend their participation in the various competitions organized by the Burkina Faso Football Federation (FBF). Among other things, they are demanding payment of 4 months’ arrears of grants for the 2022-2023 season. In Burkina Faso, soccer clubs have applied for and received a subsidy from…
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Burkina Faso: Triumphant welcome for Iron Biby the strongest man in the world
The log lift world championship took place on Saturday, October 21, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. Defending champion Cheick Al-Hassan Sanou (aka Iron Biby) from Burkina Faso held his own, lifting 230 kg, 20 kg more than his closest rival Tom Stoltman (210 kg). With this 230 kg weight, he improved on the world record of…
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Football: What Burkinabè think of Bertrand Traoré’s statements
Results, match content and the future of Burkina Faso’s Etalons continue to agitate the sporting world. Asked by RTB to comment on the current form of the Etalons, Aston Villa striker Bertrand Traoré expressed his views on the matter with clarity, insight and lucid intelligence. “We’re not going to kid ourselves. At the moment, the…
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Athletics – Worlds 2023: Fabrice Zango wins gold as Louis Mendy excluded for false start
Day 3 of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest continued on Monday August 21, 2023. African athletes distinguished themselves, notably Hugues Fabrice Zango with the first gold medal ever won by Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, Ivorian Marie-Josée Ta Lou claimed a place in the 100 m final. Louis François Mendy, on the other hand, stopped in…
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Football – Burkina Faso: The league’s highest-paid players
In this report on the remuneration of the best-paid footballers in Burkina Faso’s Ligue 1 over the last 2022-2023 financial year, we would like to point out that this ranking is based solely on the gross monthly salary paid by clubs to their footballers. It does not take into account transfer fees, match bonuses, which…
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Tour du Faso – Analysis: Burkina cycling in search of its glorious past
After Mathias Sorgho won the title at the 31st edition of the Tour Cycliste International du Faso in 2018, the Burkina team is no longer able to do so. The image of the Étalons cyclistes capable of eliminating the best competitors has faded. Burkina wants to rediscover its identity with a show that attracts people…
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Football – Algeria: Alexandre Oukidja: “The AFCON in Cameroon was catastrophic and disgusting”.
Algeria has still not digested the CAN 2021. Reigning champions, the Greens were eliminated in the first round. This Saturday, Alexandre Oukidja came out strongly against the organization of the AFCON, which was “catastrophic”. Alexandre Oukidja’s outing is sure to be the talk of the town. The Algerian international has severely criticized the organization of…
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Burkina Faso – Michel Bationo: Former Tour du Faso and Tour de France slate-maker
From Ouagadougou to Paris, or from Burkina Faso to France, this sportnewsafrica.com feature story tells a different story of cycling, from its origins to the present day. Michel Bationo was an emblematic figure in the Tour de France. The first black official was also a slate-maker at the Tour du Faso before playing the same…
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Gustavo Sangaré: “Burkina Faso have what it takes to win the Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire”.
Burkina Faso midfielder Gustavo Sangaré is coming off one of the best seasons of his career in the French Ligue 2. The native of Bobo-Dioulasso played a key role in keeping US Quevilly-Rouen in Ligue 2. In this interview, Gustavo Fabrice Sangaré talks first about his fine 2022-2023 season and then about the Burkina Faso…