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Sunday, September 18th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing Paralympics in Rio Saturday recorded a major setback, as an Iranian Para-cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, died after a crash during the men’s C4-5 road race. An investigation into the circumstances leading to the accident and death of the 48 – year-old para-cyclist has been launched. However, the International Paralympic […]
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Friday, September 9th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded her first medal at the ongoing Rio Paralympic as one of its athletes, Latifat Tijani won medal in women’s Power Lifting. Specifically, Tijani won silver in the women’s 45kg after lifting 106kg. The Nigerian representative trailed behind Chinese Hu Dandan, who broke the world paralympic record of […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – German Bundesliga side, SV Darmstadt 98 has renamed their stadium in memory of a supporter Jonathan Heimes who died in March. Late Heimes while still alive raised hundreds of thousands of euros for charity before he lost battle with cancer, at age 26. Following the development, the Merck-Stadion am Boellen […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Novak Djokovic has again stamped his authority at the US Open with a 6-2 6-1 6-4 fourth-round win over former world number one Kyle Edmund. Edmund, who is the former world number 84, defeated two seeds to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam for the first time. He […]
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Sunday, September 4th, 2016
…Floats Community Soccer Tourney By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU NIGERIA, 4-9-2016, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu based soccer enthusiast, Chief Anene Aniwene, has stressed the need for Nigeria’s sports handlers, especially the round leader game, football, to go back to the basis, (school sports),as it remains the only panacea for the nation’s continued abysmal performance […]
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Friday, September 2nd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Australian Paralympics cycling champion Michael Gallagher has been banned from participating in the forthcoming Rio Games for testing positive to outlawed substance – EPO. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Asada) declared that the cyclist would not be allowed to compete in Rio while the investigation on the matter will be […]
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Friday, September 2nd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City are contesting alleged violent conduct charge against their Striker Sergio Aguero over elbow infringement against West Ham’s Winston Reid. Aguero clashed with Reid during last Sunday’s 3-1 win in the Premier League. If guilty, the 28-years old Argentina international risks being banned for three matches and will miss […]
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent Czech gymnast and regular Olympic medalist Vera Caslavska has died at age of 74. Caslavska who won seven Olympic golds and four silvers between 1960 and 1968 died after a failed battle with pancreatic cancer. The late gymnast was one of five women to win four golds in one […]
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City Midfielder Samir Nasri has toed the lines of Goalkeeper Joe Hart and Striker Wilfried Bony as he just joined Spanish club, Sevilla on a season-long loan deal. The 29-years-old France international has left City, despite his first – Sunday appearance of the season and 3-1 home win against […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barcelona have signed in Spain striker Paco Alcacer with 30m euros – £25.5m plus add-ons from Valencia. Having scored 30 La Liga goals in three years, 23 years-old Alcacer is considered to be one of the Spain’s promising young talents. The Striker signed a five-year deal. He was once a […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 100 Russian out of 266 athletes who were selected to participate in the forthcoming Paralympic Games in Rio, have written the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) requesting for approval to compete. IPC has earlier slammed ban on Russia athletes after the McLaren report identified evidence of a state-sponsored doping programme. […]
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Monday, August 29th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is now is set for the Ghanaian Captain Asamoah Gyan to be joined Reading on a season loan from Chinese side Shanghai SIPG. The 30-year-old former Sunderland Striker has a medical with the Championship side. It would be recalled Gyan scored 10 Premier League goals for the Black Cats […]
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Thursday, August 25th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City have signed new goalkeeper – Claudio Bravo from Barcelona with18m euros (£15.4m). However, the Spanish club hinted that the fee for the 33-year-old Chile international could still rise to £1.7m of add-ons. Bravo signed a four-year contract with Barcelona. He is expected to start ahead of England goalkeepers […]
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Injured Roger Federer is hoping he will be fit and compete in the 2017 Australian Open, after being out of action in the last half of his 2016 season. The 35 years-old Grand Slam champion has missed action since late July. His last match was a Wimbledon semi-final which he […]
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2016
…as the new Champions League match calendar out BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has again emerged the winner of UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. Winning for the second time, the 31-year-old striker defeated club-mate Gareth Bale and Atlético Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann to clinch the award he […]
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the loss of her appeal, Russia has been banned from participating in the next month’s Paralympics in Rio. In its ruling, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) ban on all Russian competitors. The CAS statement restated that the body had not looked […]
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following his false allegation of being robbed in Rio during the just concluded Olympic games, four sponsors of US swimmer Ryan Lochte have terminated their commitment. The withdrawal include swimwear manufacturer Speedo and fashion label Ralph Lauren. Others are skin care firm Syneron-Candela and Japanese mattress maker Airweave. On its […]
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Sunday, August 21st, 2016
By Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Saturday celebrated with Nigeria’s Dream Team VI for winning the bronze medal in the men’s football event at the Rio Olympics and called on Sports authorities in the country to embark on honest reappraisal. Saraki in a statement by his Special […]
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Sunday, August 21st, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Dream Team VI Saturday secured bronze medal in the Football championship of the ongoing Rio Olympics games as they defeated Hondarus counterpart 3-2. Captain of the side Mikel Obi opened the goal line at the 34th minute of the match. Aminu Umaru built up the score in the […]
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Friday, August 19th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sources in the Brazilian Police has faulted robbery story wielded around US Olympic swimmers, in Rio de Janeiro, describing the purported saga as a ruse and frame-up. It would be recalled the swimmers except Ryan Lochte, were prevented Wednesday at the airport from leaving Brazil due to alleged attack on […]
