News28 September 2016 Kenya’s Sporting Nightmare Gets Uglier: Olympic Head Honcho Charged for Allegedly Embezzling $256,000 in Rio Chef-de-mission Stephen Arap Soi has been slapped with five charges of theft during the Rio Olympic games.
News29 August 2016 Another Ethiopian Runner Follows in Feyisa Lilesa’s Footsteps in Solidarity with the Oromo People Ebisa Ejigu of Toronto gestured in solidarity with the Oromo people as he won the SSQ Quebec City Marathon Sunday.
News19 August 2016 Kenya’s Ezekiel Kemboi Is Stripped of Bronze After French Competitor Files a Formal Appeal Hours after the conclusion of the 3000 meter steeplechase, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France filed an appeal against the Kenyan king of steeplechase, claiming he had stepped out of bounds.
News18 August 2016 Kenya’s Conseslus Kipruto Dethrones Compatriot & Four-Time World Champion Ezekiel Kemboi to Take Gold in the 3000m Steeplechase In addition to winning gold, Kipruto set an Olympic world record crossing the finish line in 8:03.28.
News17 August 2016 Germany Tramples the Olympic Gold Hopes of Nigeria’s Football Team in the Semi-Finals Match Nigeria’s U-23 squad is still in contention for the bronze medal and possibly a $10,000 payday for each player.
News16 August 2016 It’s Been Tough Financially for Nigeria’s Football Team—So A Japanese Benefactor Has Pledged Some Dough A Japanese plastic surgeon has offered $30,000 to each player of Nigeria’s football squad if they can win gold in Rio.
News16 August 2016 Kenya’s David Rudisha Snags Gold in History-Making 800 Meter Double The world champion is the first male athlete to secure consecutive gold medals at the event since 1964.
News15 August 2016 Brazilian Judoka Claps Back at Racists Who Called Her 'A Monkey' at the London Games Rafaela Silva took a moment to address racist trolls from the London games during a post-victory press conference last week.
Sports15 August 2016 Jemima Sumgong Is the First Kenyan Woman To Capture Gold in an Olympic Marathon Favored to win, Sumgong beat out fellow African competitors Eunice Kirwa of Bahrain and 2015 world champion, Mare Dibaba of Ethiopia.
News12 August 2016 Get to Know Julius Yego, Kenya's Self-Taught Olympic Javelin-Thrower Dubbed ‘The Youtube Man’ Despite not having a coach or training facilities, Yego is competing for gold in men’s javelin throwing on August 17 in Rio.
News10 August 2016 7 Traditional African Sports that Should Be in the Olympics What if these traditional sports were part of #Rio2016?
News08 August 2016 Egyptian Women’s Beach Volleyball Team Rock Hijab & Sleeved Uniforms on the Sand For First Time at the 2016 Rio Olympics The end of regulation bikinis means team Egypt can play the sport on their own terms.