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Sep 13, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Nishat Ladha
Standards of football pitches and stadiums in Africa must improve for a side from the continent to win the Fifa World Cup, according to Democratic Republic of Congo coach Sebastien Desabre. Desabre, who took DR Congo to the semi-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) this year, says whilst the standard of play may be improving, the infrastructure is not there to back the coaches.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
aol.com | Nishat Ladha
August 8, 2024 at 10:45 AMThe day Morocco's Fatima Zahra El Mamouny qualified for the Olympics' newest sport will live long in her mind. Not only did she become the first woman in the world to book a spot in the breaking competition at Paris 2024 in May last year, but she did so as her father lay in hospital having surgery. "I was really sad because I got the call on the same day of the African championship," B-Girl El Mamouny, as she is known during competion, told BBC Sport Africa.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Nishat Ladha
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Nishat Ladha |Marina Daras
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
aol.com | Nishat Ladha |Marina Daras
August 2, 2024 at 6:16 AMMarathon runner Aliphine Tuliamuk was not allowed to have daughter Zoe stay with her in the athletes' village at Tokyo 2020 [Aliphine Tuliamuk]“I cried a lot on the bus ride to the Olympic village. I was just watching videos of my baby and looking at her pictures.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Nishat Ladha
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Nishat Ladha
Noor Slaoui loves horses. In fact, she also loves mules, donkeys and "anything equine-related". So it is little wonder the Moroccan rider is about to make Olympic history in the sport of eventing. When the 29-year-old mounts her beloved horse Cash In Hand at the Palace of Versailles on 27 July, she will become the first person - male or female - from the Middle East or North Africa to compete in the equestrian discipline.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Nishat Ladha
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Nishat Ladha
It was one of the abiding images of Wimbledon 2023 - Ons Jabeur being consoled on court by Catherine, Princess of Wales, after her second consecutive loss in the women's final. The defeat by Marketa Vondrousova came 12 months after she lost the 2022 Wimbledon final to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina. It left the Tunisian, who was the higher-ranked player on both occasions, with "some negative memories" as she returned to the All England Club for this year's championships.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Nishat Ladha
Image source, Ghana Sports History/BBCImage caption, Once a top-class sprinter for Ghana, Rose Amankwaah is on the verge of retirement from her job in Britain's NHS"If I was young now, I would love to go back to running."Rose Amankwaah was once dubbed 'the fastest woman in Africa', and has been reflecting on her days representing Ghana on the track after almost 50 years of public service.
