Tag: World
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World Basketball 2023: Africa does better than 2019
Representing Africa at the 19th Men’s World Basketball Championship, South Sudan, Angola, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire and Egypt failed to progress beyond the 1st round. However, the South Sudanese managed to secure a direct qualifying ticket for the Olympic Games. Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt and Cameroon will go through to the Olympic qualifying tournament, where…
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World Basketball 2023: Things go south for Africa
The group phase of the Men’s Basketball World Cup came to an end on Wednesday with the elimination of South Sudan, Cape Verde and Côte d’Ivoire, who follow Angola and Egypt in the classification matches. However, three Africans shone: Dut Jok Kacuolt (21 pts), Cédric Bah (13 pts, 13 rbds) and Betinho Gomes (17 pts).…
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World Athletics Awards: Sydney McLaughlin and Mondo Duplantis voted World Athletes of the Year
World Athletics awarded this season’s best athletes in the world on Monday December 5. Like last year, no African was lucky enough to win an award. The American Sydney McLaughlin (world record 400m jumping) and the American-Swedish Mondo Duplantis (world record pole vaulting) were named athletes of the year. In the women’s category, the only…