Stadium updgade planned for UFC world title fight in South Africa
07 october 2024 - 12:42:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Cape Town Stadium which was constructed to host the 2020 FIFA World Cup [...] Full text...
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Cape Town Stadium which was constructed to host the 2020 FIFA World Cup [...] Full text...
2024 Paris Olympics: Historic first medal for Refugee Olympic Team
05 august 2024 - 18:52:59Paris, France (PANA) - Cindy Ngamba has made history by becoming the first ever refugee athlete guaranteed to receive an [...] Full text...
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'Refugee Olympic Team to send message of hope at Paris Games'
03 may 2024 - 05:47:46Lausanne, Switzerland, (PANA) - Afghanistan’s first woman breakdancer, a Cameroon-born British boxing champion, and a literal shooting star from Venezuela [...] Full text...
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UFC president considers hosting World Championship bout in South Africa
22 january 2024 - 11:51:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White says he is determined to host a [...] Full text...
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FIFA confirms Saudi Arabia to host 2034 World Cup
01 november 2023 - 08:34:11Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 FIFA World Cup after the nation was confirmed as the [...] Full text...
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Man jailed for stealing Mandela's prized boxing belt
26 october 2023 - 09:02:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Soweto man who stole Nelson Mandela's Sugar Ray Leonard boxing belt has been [...] Full text...
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11th Indian Ocean Islands Games begins Friday in Madagascar
23 august 2023 - 08:03:28Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The 11th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) is scheduled from Friday, 25 August to 3 September [...] Full text...
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Madagascar to organise 11th Indian Ocean Island Games from 25 August to 03 September 2023
29 july 2023 - 07:41:00Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will be represented by some 675 athletes and officials at the 11th edition of the [...] Full text...
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Boxing legeds Mayweather salutes African boxing talent
17 july 2023 - 08:23:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is visiting South Africa where he has been welcomed by [...] Full text...
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11th Indian Ocean Islands Games: Number of games reduced from 23 to 17
19 may 2023 - 17:23:52Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The International committee on the 11th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) scheduled from 25 August to 3 [...] Full text...
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South African former world heavyweight champion Gerrie Coetzee dies
13 january 2023 - 06:17:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s former world heavyweight boxing champ Gerrie Coetzee on Thursday died after a [...] Full text...
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Kenyan television staff dies from food poisoning
27 december 2022 - 21:59:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - One staff member has died and others have been hospitalized after a food poisoning incident at [...] Full text...
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Mandela's famous boxing belt is stolen
13 july 2022 - 10:31:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police have confirmed that a valuable boxing belt owned by former South African President [...] Full text...
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Twenty-three sports disciplines approved for 2023 Indian Ocean Islands games in Madagascar
29 january 2022 - 07:07:17Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Council of the Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) has approved 23 sports disciplines for the [...] Full text...
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Kenya Olympic team managers trained on Tokyo 2020 health, safety protocols
23 february 2021 - 15:08:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Seven Kenyan managers of teams that qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have completed training on [...] Full text...
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Russia set to relaunch sport cooperation with Congo
02 december 2020 - 20:53:10Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The ambassador of Russia to Congo, Gueorgui Tchepik, Wednesday expressed the determination of his country to [...] Full text...
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Ghana’s first world boxing champion DK Poison to finally receive $45,000 owed him by state
07 october 2020 - 22:03:39Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the ministry of Finance to pay $45,000 debt [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya begins gradual return to sports events
18 september 2020 - 13:17:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - All contact sports including football and rugby remain suspended as Kenya announced a gradual resumption of [...] Full text...
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Kenya coach faults Olympic boxing qualifier judges
07 march 2020 - 18:03:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Erratic judges are to blame for Kenya boxers' below par performance at the recent 2020 Olympics [...] Full text...
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Qualifying tourney yields 33 boxers to represent Africa at Tokyo 2020 Olympics
02 march 2020 - 15:53:42Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament (TQO) for the Tokyo Olympic Games, scheduled to take place from [...] Full text...
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Second Kenyan boxer books Olympic ticket
01 march 2020 - 16:29:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s Christine Ongare is the second Kenyan boxer to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Ongare outpunched [...] Full text...
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Kenyan boxer secures ticket to Tokyo Olympics
27 february 2020 - 13:56:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya registered its first boxer to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics late Wednesday in Dakar, [...] Full text...
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221 boxers expected at Olympic qualification tourney in Dakar
18 february 2020 - 16:01:47Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament to be held from 20-29 February 2020 in Dakar, Senegal, has [...] Full text...
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Mauritius honours best sportsmen for 2019
16 february 2020 - 14:35:29Mapou, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Sports Council honoured its best athletes for the year 2019 at a ceremony held [...] Full text...
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Kenya picks squad for Olympic boxing qualifier
14 february 2020 - 10:40:37Nanyuki, Kenya (PANA) - Boxing Federation of Kenya (BFK) on Friday named a 13-member national team to the forthcoming Africa [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's president again defends border closer; says not meant to punish neighbours
19 january 2020 - 11:13:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in London again defended the partial closure of the country's [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's president appeals to citizens not be be divided by execution of 11 Christian hostages by ISWAP terrorists
28 december 2019 - 08:39:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned last Wednesday's execution of 11 Christians in the northeast of [...] Full text...
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Boxing OQT organizing committee inaugurated in Dakar
27 december 2019 - 21:23:19Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The organizing committee of the boxing Olympics Qualification Tournament (OQT) for Africa for the Tokyo Olympics [...] Full text...
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Kenya approves commercial production of genetically modified cotton seeds
19 december 2019 - 18:40:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya's Cabinet has approved the commercial farming of Biotechnologically modified (BT) cotton hybrids, the office of [...] Full text...
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Dakar hosts its first mixed martial arts
14 december 2019 - 19:21:33Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Used to wrestling in all its forms, the Senegalese public will Saturday witness their first mixed [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari congratulates Anthony Joshua on reclaiming world heavyweight boxing titles
08 december 2019 - 11:45:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday congratulated world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua for regaining his belts [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian Mwakinyo beats Filipino boxer on points
30 november 2019 - 11:44:10Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s Hussein Mwakinyo on Friday night beat Arnel Tinampay of the Philippines on points [...] Full text...
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Italian citizen arrested in Cape Verde on suspicion of murdering compatriot
29 november 2019 - 11:28:28Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's National Police have arrested a 48-year-old Italian on suspicion of killing his compatriot. The [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian Mwakinyo to fight Filipino Tinampay on Friday
28 november 2019 - 14:56:28Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s upcoming professional boxer, Hassan Mwakinyo, is set to take to the ring on [...] Full text...
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Senegal to host World Championship finals of French kick boxing
26 november 2019 - 18:44:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Dakar, the Senegalese capital, will host three finals of the world championship of French kick boxing. The [...] Full text...
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French Sports Minister to visit Senegal next week "to strengthen sports cooperation" between Paris and Dakar
13 september 2019 - 19:22:44Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The French Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, is expected to visit Dakar on 18 and 19 [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa responds to violent murders in South Africa
03 september 2019 - 16:29:09Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday broke his silence following the violent murders of [...] Full text...
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Angola defeats Nigeria in handball at African Games in Rabat
22 august 2019 - 21:08:49Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola Wednesday beat Nigeria 33-16 in senior women's handball in the second match of the African [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde participates in the African Games in Morocco with 37 athletes
17 august 2019 - 19:15:37Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde will participate in the next edition of the African Games, which will take [...] Full text...
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Mali: Women's U-20 football team to participate in 12th Africa Games
13 august 2019 - 14:23:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's National Women's Under-20 football Team will travel to Morocco on Wednesday to compete in the [...] Full text...
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10th Indian Ocean Islands games open in Mauritius
19 july 2019 - 20:16:28Belle-Vue, Mauritius (PANA) - The 10th edition of the Islands of the Indian Ocean Games (JIOI) was on Friday declared [...] Full text...
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IOIG: Reunion in the lead with 9 medals after the first day
19 july 2019 - 15:22:02Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Reunion won four gold, one silver and four bronze medals in swimming during the first day [...] Full text...
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Indian Ocean Islands Games begin Thursday in Mauritius
17 july 2019 - 14:22:00Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Islands Games (IJOI), bringing together some 2,000 athletes [...] Full text...
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IOC strips AIBA of its Olympic status
27 june 2019 - 12:35:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The International Olympic Committee has officially stripped the International Boxing Association (AIBA) of its Olympic status. Consequently, boxing will [...] Full text...
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Mauritius promises cash awards to its athletes at Indian Ocean games
20 june 2019 - 15:47:28Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Youth and Sports has promised a cash bonus of 50,000 rupees, [...] Full text...
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Benin grants 655 million CFAF to sports disciplines
17 june 2019 - 21:37:32Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government Monday granted sporting disciplines a subsidy of 655 million CFA francs for the [...] Full text...
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Burundi settles hotel bill to release 5 boxers held for two weeks in Gabon
05 june 2019 - 15:30:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Five Burundian boxers, held for two weeks in Gabon for an unpaid hotel bill at the [...] Full text...
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11 Burundian boxers held in Gabon for an unpaid hotel bill of 4,680 US dollars
20 may 2019 - 18:39:53Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Eleven Burundian officials and boxers are being held back in a hotel in Libreville, Gabon, for [...] Full text...
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Former Uganda international boxer Franco Wanyama laid to rest
11 may 2019 - 16:22:28Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The curtains have fallen on Franco Wanyama, a man upon whose death in the United Kingdom [...] Full text...
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Mauritius hosts 10th edition of IOI Games in July 2019
10 april 2019 - 14:42:57Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will host the 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Islands (IOI) Games from 19-28 [...] Full text...
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Kenyan sports betting firm sponsors F1 team
14 february 2019 - 13:58:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan online bookmaker SportPesa has officially announced its title partnership deal with the Racing Point Formula [...] Full text...
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Kenya's Zarika gears up for Zambia's Phiri in WBC Superbantam belt re-match
07 february 2019 - 14:17:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika of Kenya is gearing up for [...] Full text...
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Buhari "strongly condemns" killing of citizens in northwest Nigeria by bandits
24 december 2018 - 18:12:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday “strongly condemned” the killing of dozens of Nigerians in Birnin [...] Full text...
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Hosts Algeria win African military boxing championships with 10 gold medals
09 november 2018 - 12:56:47Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algerian have won the African military boxing championships, taking 10 gold medals at the end of [...] Full text...
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Top South African boxer tests positive for 'banned' substance
07 november 2018 - 14:18:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Top South African boxer, Kevin Lerena, is embroiled in a doping saga after the [...] Full text...
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'IOC puts boxing on notice, may expunge the event from Olympic family'
04 october 2018 - 14:10:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Boxing risks being thrown out of the Olympics unless the sport’s ruling body addresses “grave” concerns [...] Full text...
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Kenya football entities land lucrative sponsorship
23 april 2018 - 10:57:45Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Three months after withdrawing from sports sponsorship, citing a hike in tax slapped on sports betting companies, [...] Full text...
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Kenya hosts seminar for ABU ring officials
18 april 2018 - 15:04:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will host a two-day seminar for African boxing ring officials in Nairobi from Thursday. The African [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta set for Cuba visit
12 march 2018 - 18:13:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to leave for Cuba on Tuesday for a three-day [...] Full text...
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Kenya football clubs to pull out of CAF tournaments after sponsor withdrawal
02 january 2018 - 13:44:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's representatives to the 2018 CAF Continental Club tournaments, Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards, are [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Football suffers terrible blow as sponsors backout
31 december 2017 - 19:08:24Nairiobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan football suffered a big blow on Sunday after top sports sponsors, SportPesa, terminated its partnership [...] Full text...
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Kenyan boxers focus on Commonwealth Games trials
07 december 2017 - 11:03:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - With the National Boxing League now out of the way, Kenya embarks on preparations for the [...] Full text...
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US: Anthony Joshua, Wladimi Klitschko's world boxing title rematch set for 11 November
25 july 2017 - 14:25:52Las Vegas, US (PANA) - Renowned boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, says he expects Nigerian-born Anthony Joshua and Wladmir Klitschko of [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Isaac Dogboe stops Argentine Chacon in WBO Int'l Super Bantamweight title eliminator
23 july 2017 - 16:22:37Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Isaac Dogboe on Saturday night knocked out Argentina’s Javier Chacon to keep hopes of gunning [...] Full text...
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Ghana: 'Ailing boxing hero, Prince Amartey, dying slowly'
19 july 2017 - 07:32:31Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's local media reports say that boxing hero Prince Amartey, ailing and neglected, is virtually dying [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Isaac Dogbe sets sights on world boxing title in final eliminator
19 july 2017 - 07:24:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s prospective world boxing Champion, Isaac Dogbe, says he cannot afford to lose a World Boxing [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Rwandan beach volleyball, tennis teams at Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas
17 july 2017 - 17:06:26Kigali,Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan beach volleyball and tennis teams have arrived in Nassau, Bahamas, ahead of the sixth edition [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Tinubu fails to show up for charity boxing bout against ex-World Champ Holyfield
27 may 2017 - 05:54:57Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Bola Tinubu, Nigerian politician and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Evander Holyfield to 'fight' Nigerian politician in charity boxing bout
26 march 2017 - 16:52:28Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Evander Holyfield, the legendary five-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, will hold an exhibition boxing match with [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Nairobi hosts int'l boxing contests
16 february 2017 - 14:22:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Boxers from five African countries are in Nairobi for Saturday's Making a Champion (MAC) series non-title [...] Full text...
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Kenya: FIFA to watch over sports betting firms
04 february 2017 - 11:08:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - FIFA has concluded an agreement with Sportradar Integrity Services that will provide world football’s governing body [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Nairobi to host inaugural Oriental Combat fights
17 september 2016 - 13:06:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will host the inaugural Xtra Kombat Africa Fight Series on 15 October at the Kasarani [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan sports Federations ban national Olympic officials fingered in Rio fiasco
10 september 2016 - 17:02:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan sports federations have suspended seven National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) officials over the 2016 [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: EAC defence forces start 10th edition of annual military games in Kigali
04 august 2016 - 16:46:45Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Over 500 sportspersons representing defence forces of the East African Community (EAC) partner states [...] Full text...
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UN: 10 refugee athletes depart for Rio Olympic Games
29 july 2016 - 22:30:17New York, US (PANA) - Five middle-distance runners from South Sudan, until recently living in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, have [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Brazil allays Zika Virus fears during Olympic games
28 july 2016 - 13:59:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sportsmen heading to Brazil for the forthcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro should not [...] Full text...
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UN: UN calls for cessation of hostilities during 'Olympic Truce'
26 july 2016 - 06:42:04New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of next month's start of the Olympics in the Brazilian city of Rio de [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya names Rio Olympics boxing team manager
20 july 2016 - 16:53:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nairobi coach John Waweru has been named Kenya Olympic boxing team manager, replacing John Kameta, who [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Three Kenyan boxers qualify for Rio Olympics
11 july 2016 - 13:20:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Three Kenyan boxers - Benson Gicharu, Rayton Okwiri and Peter Mungai - have punched their way [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan boxers off to Olympic qualifier
16 june 2016 - 15:11:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan boxing contingent to the Baku round of Olympic Qualifiers departed for Azerbaijan Wednesday. According to [...] Full text...
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US: New York City honours Muhammad Ali
08 june 2016 - 16:20:11New York, US (PANA) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday honoured late boxing legend Muhammad Ali [...] Full text...
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US: Ban 'deeply saddened' by passing of Ali, 'world champion for equality and peace'
04 june 2016 - 19:38:55New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday said he is deeply saddened to learn of [...] Full text...
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US: Obama mourns Muhammad Ali
04 june 2016 - 16:55:20New York, US (PANA) - US President Barack Obama on Saturday mourned boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, who died on Friday [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Recoveries from looted funds, Muhammad Ali's death fill Nigerian papers
04 june 2016 - 14:40:30Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's "bombshell" on recoveries from looted funds and the sudden death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela and Ali's special bond remembered (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, South Africa)
04 june 2016 - 12:37:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As millions of South Africans mourn the death of boxing giant Muhammad Ali, they [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africans salute Muhammad Ali
04 june 2016 - 12:07:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Several South African personalities have expressed their sadness at the death of boxing giant [...] Full text...
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US: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is dead
04 june 2016 - 06:18:31New York, US (PANA) - Boxing Muhammad Ali is dead, US media reported on Friday night, quoting family sources. Ali, 74, [...] Full text...
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Germany: Klitschko dethroned as world heavyweight boxing champion
29 november 2015 - 12:23:23Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - British boxer Tyson Fury has become the new world heavyweight boxing champion after upsetting Ukrainian Wladimir [...] Full text...
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US: Mayweather beats Berto, ties unbeaten record, retires
13 september 2015 - 08:40:06New York, US (PANA) - American Floyd Mayweather Jr. has retired from boxing after beating Haitian-American Andre Berto in a [...] Full text...
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Congo: 11th All-Africa Games begin Friday
03 september 2015 - 08:11:01Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The 4-19 Sept All-Africa Games, beginning on Friday in Brazzaville, Congo, marks the 50th anniversary of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: 9th Islands Games hold in La Réunion in August
02 july 2015 - 08:39:10Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The 9th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) will take place 1-8 August 2015 in the island [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Ghanian boxer Charles Adamu loses title fight to Danish Nielsen
21 june 2015 - 12:04:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian boxer Charles Adamu lost by a unanimous decision to Super middleweight Patrick Nielsen of Denmark [...] Full text...
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Zambia: World Boxing Council orders rematch between female Zambian, Irish boxers
01 june 2015 - 15:28:16Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The World Boxing Council (WBC) has ordered a rematch between Zambia’s Catherine Phiri and Christina MacMahon [...] Full text...
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US: Ghanaian boxer, Agbeko, wins bout
31 may 2015 - 23:17:19New York, US (PANA) - Ghana's professional boxer and former world champion Joseph ''King Kong' Agbeko returned to the ring [...] Full text...
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US: Why I lost to Mayweather - Pacquiao
03 may 2015 - 11:31:16Las Vegas, US (PANA) - Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao hinted on Sunday that he lost his championship fight against [...] Full text...
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US: Mayweather wins richest fight in boxing history
03 may 2015 - 06:18:11Las Vegas, US (PANA) - Unbeaten American Floyd 'Money' Mayweather jnr won a 12-round unanimous decision against Filipino Manny 'Pacman' [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Labour unrest, launch of book by boxing legend Azumah reported in Ghana
01 november 2014 - 07:53:49Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A series of strike actions by Ghanaian workers and the launch of a book by Ghana’s [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Record attendance at AIPS-Africa congress
20 march 2014 - 08:52:15Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The congress of the African chapter of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), which started in [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde: Filomena Fortes elected president of the Cape Verdean Olympic Committee
25 february 2014 - 20:24:18Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Filomena Fortes is the new president of the Cape Verdean Olympic Committee, having unseated incumbent [...] Full text...
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US: Mohammed Ali's gloves fetch over US$800,000, 50 years on
23 february 2014 - 12:32:47New York, US (PANA) - Boxing legend Mohammad Ali may be down with ill health, but his fighting gloves have [...] Full text...
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Mali: President Keita opens 5,000-seat sports palace in Bamako
17 february 2014 - 17:46:40Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, at the weekend inaugurated a 5,000-seat sports Palace in the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritian 2013 best sportspeople rewarded
30 january 2014 - 12:03:55Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - World kick-boxing champion (under 54kg) Fabrice Bauluck and weightlifter Shalinee Valaydon were named the best sportspersons [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Boxing giant Mayweather due in SA for week-long visit
15 january 2014 - 11:52:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is undefeated as a professional, arrives in South [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Oliseh, Tshabalala to compere 2013 Glo-CAF Awards ceremony Thursday
09 january 2014 - 02:43:19Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ex-Nigerian national football team captain, Sunday Oliseh, and South African Television Icon, Carol Tshabalala, will compere [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian boxer, Adama, prepares for biggest fight of his life
30 december 2013 - 14:08:33Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Ghana's boxer Osumanu Adama, who is currently preparing in the US for the biggest fight [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Work resumes after Christmas holiday
27 december 2013 - 12:10:14Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Work resumed throughout Nigeria Friday after the two-day public holiday declared by the federal government to [...] Full text...
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Sports takes backseat to Mandela’s burial
11 december 2013 - 09:57:31Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Football Association (SAFA) has postponed all football fixtures at all levels across [...] Full text...
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Ex-heavyweight boxing champion Ken Norton dies at 70
19 september 2013 - 15:14:47New York, US (PANA) - American boxer Ken Norton, best known for breaking the jaw of legendary Muhammad Ali whom [...] Full text...
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IOC votes to add wrestling to 2020 Olympics
08 september 2013 - 19:06:26Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sunday voted to add wrestling to the 25 core sports for [...] Full text...
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'Basketball will be added to 2014 ECOWAS games in Cote d'Ivoire'
25 june 2013 - 18:01:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Basketball will be added to the list of sports during the third ECOWAS games to be [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire gets official nod to host 2014 ECOWAS games
19 june 2013 - 12:54:12Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission and the Ivorian Government have signed an agreement formally awarding the hosting rights [...] Full text...
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Ghana’s ‘King Kong’ Agbeko wins IBO Bantamweight title
23 march 2013 - 07:12:43Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Joseph King Kong Agbeko on Friday night won the IBO Bantamweight title when he beat [...] Full text...
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2013 AFCON: Angola to play warm up matches against Botswana Sunday
10 january 2013 - 13:52:57Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola will meet Botswana Sunday in a warm-up match in Soweto, near Johannesburg in South Africa, [...] Full text...
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Explosion rocks fuel depot in Lagos, injures 4
09 january 2013 - 17:50:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A fuel depot owned by independent oil marketing company, MRS, in Apapa, in the port area [...] Full text...
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2013 AFCON: Angolan team tasked to reach quarters
07 january 2013 - 11:58:12Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola's football authorities have warned that anything short of a quarter-final berth for the country's national [...] Full text...
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2013 AFCON: More teams announce final squads
06 january 2013 - 16:38:17Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - With less than two weeks to the kickoff of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations [...] Full text...
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2013 AFCON: Three teams name final squad
01 january 2013 - 09:10:42Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - With less than three weeks to the kick-off of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations [...] Full text...
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Judo earns Angola 5 medals at SADC Youth Games in Zambia
11 december 2012 - 16:17:21Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Judo has earned Angola five medals - two gold, one silver and two bronze - at [...] Full text...
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Bob Marley's wife, Rita, to be honoured in Malawi
15 november 2012 - 17:56:20Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Legendary Jamaican reggae heroine, Rita Marley, wife of the legend himself, Bob Marley, will be in [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Ex-ruling party officials arrested in Malawi over student's death
24 october 2012 - 11:10:12Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Police in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, Wednesday arrested a number of former ruling Democratic Progressive Party [...] Full text...
thread Society
3 Zimbabweans in court over boxing champion's murder
28 september 2012 - 11:41:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Three Zimbabweans arrested in connection with the murder of former heavyweight world boxing champion [...] Full text...
thread Social
SA mourns murdered boxing legend
24 september 2012 - 11:05:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is mourning one of the country’s most famous sports personalities, former world [...] Full text...
thread Society
London Olympics: Nigeria's remaining boxing medal hope finally fizzles out
06 august 2012 - 17:34:43London, UK (PANA) - Edith Ogoke, the last Team Nigeria boxer standing, finally bowed to superior skill Monday when she [...] Full text...
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London Olympics: Tough fixture for Nigeria's boxing medal hope
06 august 2012 - 12:33:39London, Great Britain (PANA) - Nigeria's remaining medal hope in the boxing event of the London Olympics, Edith Ogoke, faces [...] Full text...
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London Olympics: Nigeria's boxing medal hope rests on female pugilist
04 august 2012 - 18:17:12London, UK (PANA) - With the two Nigerian male boxers, Muideen Akanji and Lukmon Lawal, eliminated in the early stages [...] Full text...
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London Olympics: Angolan pugilist disqualified for missing weigh-in
02 august 2012 - 12:11:25Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan boxer Tumba Silva has been disqualified from the 91-kg class of the boxing tournament at [...] Full text...
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Morocco's El Moutawakeel, Reedie land IOC VP slots
28 july 2012 - 17:26:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Morocco’s Nawal El Moutawakel and Britain's Craig Reedie have been elected vice-presidents of the International Olympic [...] Full text...
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Senegalese firm to "cloth" 13 African Olympic teams
24 july 2012 - 15:12:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese sports equipment supplier, JSPORTS, will provide costume for 13 African countries participating in the London [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Kenyan President, PM for London Olympics
27 june 2012 - 15:28:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga will attend July's London Olympic Games with [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Ghana wins ECOWAS Games
23 june 2012 - 09:17:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has won the Second ECOWAS Games, edging past traditional rivals Nigeria on the last [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire offers to host 3rd ECOWAS Games
21 june 2012 - 14:50:59Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Cote d’Ivoire has officially offered to host the 3rd ECOWAS Under-23 Games in 2014, as the [...] Full text...
thread Sports
2nd ECOWAS Games open in Accra Saturday
15 june 2012 - 16:28:48Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 2nd edition of the ECOWAS Under-23 Games is billed to open in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, [...] Full text...
thread Sports
2nd ECOWAS U-23 Games rescheduled
09 may 2012 - 16:07:46Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Second ECOWAS Under-23 Games, earlier fixed for 2-8 June in Accra, Ghana, have been rescheduled [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Church "bribe", mass rape, oil spill compensation, new tax policy reported in Nigeria
07 april 2012 - 08:17:35Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration that he did not commit any crime over the "gift" of a [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Ex-world boxing champion, Holyfield, in Nigeria to 'reconnect with ancestral land'
01 april 2012 - 20:08:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is on a visit to Nigeria which he said [...] Full text...
thread Society
ECOWAS, Ghana officials meet on second regional games
13 march 2012 - 17:01:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS and Ghanaian officials have evaluated the implementation of the road map for the Second ECOWAS [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS, Ghana sign MoU on second regional games
13 march 2012 - 16:49:56Abuja, Lagos (PANA) - ECOWAS and the Ghanaian government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Second ECOWAS [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Ghanaian Kamoko retains WBO Africa light heavyweight title
26 february 2012 - 17:57:57Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian Brimah Kamoko on Sunday in Accra, Ghana, survived a first-round knockdown to retain his World [...] Full text...
thread Sports
'2nd ECOWAS Games to feature 5 sports'
20 february 2012 - 13:02:47Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Five sports will feature in the 2nd edition of the ECOWAS Games, to be held [...] Full text...
thread Sports
SA boxer retains international boxing title
31 october 2011 - 08:43:48Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Bantamweight champion Takalani Ndlovu retained his title via a 12-round split [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Nigerian Olympian boxer Olusegun Ajose to fight for WBC title (Corrected)
02 october 2011 - 11:04:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian-born British boxer, Olusegun Ajose, has earned the right to fight for the World Boxing Council [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Nkrumah’s birthday, confrontation of Mrs. Rawlings highlighted in Ghanaian media
24 september 2011 - 09:22:17Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The 102nd birthday of Ghana’s first president and pan-Africanist, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and the continuing confrontation [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
1,000 athletes set to compete as 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games open
08 september 2011 - 08:39:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The fourth edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games opened in the Isle of Man Wednesday with [...] Full text...
thread Sports
SA boxer loses IBO title fight
04 september 2011 - 09:43:53Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - South African boxer Evans Mbamba Saturday night lost the chance to win the International Boxing Organization [...] Full text...
thread Sports
AAG: UNAIDS launches 'Give AIDS the red card'
02 september 2011 - 20:38:09Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidibé and [...] Full text...
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AIBA fails to recognize Mugacha as Kenya boxing chair
02 september 2011 - 18:51:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has declined to recognize Samson Mugacha as the Chairman of [...] Full text...
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Angolan world heavyweight boxing champion to defend title at home (Corrected)
28 july 2011 - 16:04:46Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan boxer Tony Kicanga, 39, has expressed his desire to defend his Universal Boxing Council (UBC) [...] Full text...
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Angolan world heavyweight boxing champion to defend title at home
28 july 2011 - 14:18:50Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan boxer Tony Kicanga, 39, has expressed his desire to defend his Universal Boxing Council (UBC) [...] Full text...
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Angolan boxing team to prepare for All Africa Games in Cuba
06 july 2011 - 14:30:28Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan national boxing team will leave Luanda 13 July for Cuba for a two-month training [...] Full text...
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Ghana wins African Zonal amateur boxing tournament in Lome (Corrected)
26 april 2011 - 16:41:51Lome, Togo (PANA) - With eight gold and three silver medals in the kitty, Ghana won the African Zone II [...] Full text...
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Ghana wins Afrian Zonal amateur boxing tournament in Lome
26 april 2011 - 15:52:06Lome, Togo (PANA) - With eight gold and three silver medals in the kitty, Ghana won the African Zone II [...] Full text...
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Togo to host amateur boxing championships
17 april 2011 - 13:31:50Lome, Togo (PANA) - Fourteen countries will from Wednesday participate in the Zone II amateur boxing qualifiers for the forthcoming [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Ghanaian boxer wins NABA Lightweight title in US
10 april 2011 - 13:31:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ghana Lightweight Yakubu ''Black Mamba'' Amidu on Saturday night picked up the North American Boxing Association [...] Full text...
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Boxing: Nigeria's Samuel Peter loses again
04 april 2011 - 08:46:49Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria recorded the fifth loss of [...] Full text...
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Kenyan boxers to train in Mauritius
11 february 2011 - 13:49:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will send a boxing team to Mauritius for a build-up match in July ahead of [...] Full text...
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Angolan sports giant, Petro de Luanda, to mark 31st anniversary Friday
13 january 2011 - 16:56:29Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan giant sports club, Petro de Luanda (APL), will Friday celebrate the 31st anniversary of its [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Cameroonian boxer guns for World title
26 december 2010 - 13:02:26Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroonian boxer Hassan N´Dam N’djikam, has received an offer from the World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight [...] Full text...
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Ghana's Agbeko returns home after IBF title reclaim
22 december 2010 - 08:20:36Accra, Ghana (PANA) - International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight champion, Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko, arrived back home on Tuesday to [...] Full text...
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Agbeko reclaims IBF title, gives Ghana 'Xmas bonus'
12 december 2010 - 11:15:48Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ghanaian boxer Joseph 'King Kong' Agbeko Saturday reclaimed, via a unanimous decision, his International Boxing Federation [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's boxing hope, Samuel Peter, decisively beaten again
12 september 2010 - 08:44:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ukrainian multiple World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Vla dimir Klitschko on Saturday in Frankfurt, Germany, virtually "destroyed" [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's boxing hope, Samuel Peter, fights Klitschko
11 september 2010 - 13:42:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The stage is set for Saturday night's boxing rematch bet ween Nigerian Samuel Peter, a former [...] Full text...
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Angolan kick-boxers to participate in Sao Paulo international tournament
11 august 2010 - 21:23:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Twelve Angolan kick-boxers will compete in the internati onal kick-boxing tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from [...] Full text...
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WC 2010: Players take creativity to the fore in goal celebrations
09 july 2010 - 07:19:00Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Not satisfied with simply finding the net on the biggest stage of all, the FIFA [...] Full text...
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IOC opens Olympic Youth Development Centre in Zambia
12 may 2010 - 13:13:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) built by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been officially [...] Full text...
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Kenyan boxers out of Youth Olympics
04 may 2010 - 18:45:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan boxers will not participate in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August following [...] Full text...
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Club represents Angola in regional boxing tournament
21 april 2010 - 10:04:00Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola's main boxing team Interclube is in South Africa to represent the country in a three-day [...] Full text...
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Kenyan boxers set for World Youth championships
15 april 2010 - 17:03:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya will send a team of seven boxers to this year's World Youth Championships in Baku, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian amateur boxing squad in Ghana
03 april 2010 - 14:36:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" As West African neighbours -Ghana and Nigeria step up the ir preparations ahead of the Youth [...] Full text...
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Morocco to host maiden African Youth Games
16 february 2010 - 15:04:00Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Morocco will host the maiden African Youth Games (AYG) f rom 9 to 15 May, the [...] Full text...
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15th edition of "Course de l'Espoir" scheduled for 20 February
12 february 2010 - 23:26:00Yaoundأ©- Cameroon (PANA) -- Some 600 local and foreign athletes are expected to take part in the 15th edition of [...] Full text...
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2009: Most politically stable year in Zimbabwe in decade
29 december 2009 - 08:38:00Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- After a decade of intense, man-bites-dog tussle for po wer between President Robert Mugabe and the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Azerbaijan to host World Youth Boxing Championships
27 december 2009 - 15:32:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The 2010 inaugural World Youth Boxing Championships, in itially set for Nice, France, has been switched [...] Full text...
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Nigeria begins preparations for 2010 Commonwealth Games in Feb
16 december 2009 - 09:10:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria will next February launch its preparations for t he 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian boxer, Agbeko, loses world title
01 november 2009 - 10:35:00New York- US (PANA) -- Ghanaian boxer Joseph Agbeko on Saturday night lost his In ternational Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight [...] Full text...
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Kenya's Otieno to take a shot at African title
04 october 2009 - 14:10:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Nick Otieno will take a shot at the African Spor ts Association (ASA) bantamweight title [...] Full text...
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48 countries for 6th Francophone Games in Beirut
27 september 2009 - 13:03:00Beirut- Lebanon (PANA) -- A total of 48 countries are featuring in the 6th Franco phone Games, which opened Sunday [...] Full text...
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Chadian delegation leaves for Francophonie games
26 september 2009 - 11:07:00N'Djaména- Chad(PANA) -- The Chadian contingent of sportsmen and artistes to the Francophonie games has left Ndjaména for Beirut. [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso parades strong team at the Francophonie Games
25 september 2009 - 21:07:00Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burkina Faso will be represented by a delegation of 102 people, including 45 sportsmen and [...] Full text...
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8th Indian Ocean Islands Games to be held in Seychelles in 2011
08 september 2009 - 12:20:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Seychelles will host the 8th Indian Ocean Islands Games from 5-14 August 2011, a PANA correspondent [...] Full text...
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Spanish authorities detain 6 Gambian boxers
04 september 2009 - 11:37:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Six Gambian boxers have been arrested and detained in Sp ain, while they were transiting to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Sam Peter wins non-title fight
26 july 2009 - 14:36:00New York- US (PANA) -- Dethroned World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria Saturday beat Marcus McGee [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian boxer Agbeko retains IBF bantamweight crown
12 july 2009 - 09:35:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaian boxer Joseph Agbeko- Saturday night retained his I nternational Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title when [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian boxer fails in WBO title quest
14 june 2009 - 09:22:00New York- US (PANA) -- Ghanaian boxer Joshua Clottey lost his quest for the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight title, [...] Full text...
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Kenyan boxer to vie for IBF belt
27 may 2009 - 16:54:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s Samuel Kamau will challenge for the Internationa l Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight world youth title [...] Full text...
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Keino re-elected Kenya Olympic chief
22 may 2009 - 18:49:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Long-serving National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) chair, Kipchoge Keino, Friday led his team in recapturing [...] Full text...
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Kenyan boxing governors refute illegal fight claims
06 may 2009 - 18:10:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Professional Boxing Commission (KPBC) has refu ted claims by the Global Boxing Council (GBC) [...] Full text...
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Kenya's Ochieng to gun for WBC title
05 may 2009 - 23:44:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Raymond Ochieng will vie for the World Boxing Council (WBC) youth heavyweight belt on 9 [...] Full text...
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Guinea wins West African zonal boxing tournament in Bamako
15 april 2009 - 17:50:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Guinea won the West Afrocan zone II boxing tournament whic h ended recently in Bamako, Mali's [...] Full text...
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Togo's Balagou fights for WBA title Saturday
10 april 2009 - 12:33:00Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togo's International Boxing Council world middleweight champ ion Sabou Balagou will take on French-Algerian Amar Amari [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's ex-heavyweight boxing champ loses again
28 march 2009 - 09:14:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion, Samuel Peter of Nigeria, woefully lost on points to [...] Full text...
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Marius Francisco re-elected president of Benin Olympic committee
24 march 2009 - 08:09:00Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Marius Francisco has been re-elected for a five-year term as president of the National Olympic and [...] Full text...
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Gambia's boxing association board sacked over visa scandal
06 march 2009 - 20:07:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The executive committee of the Gambia Amateur Boxing Ass ociation has been sacked by the National [...] Full text...
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USFAS wins 2009 Mali Boxing championships
02 march 2009 - 18:23:00Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Sports Union of the Armed and Security Forces (USFAS), on Sunday won the 2009 Mali [...] Full text...
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Athlete dies at Nigeria's National Sports Festival
22 february 2009 - 10:31:00Kaduna- Nigeria (PANA) -- A kick boxer from Nigeria's Mid-western Edo state has died following a bout at the ongoing [...] Full text...
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Kenyan boxer misses boxing title
16 february 2009 - 08:38:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Kenyan boxer Samson Onyango at the weekend missed a chance to win the Commonwealth light heavyweight [...] Full text...
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Zambian boxer Esther to fight Thai
10 february 2009 - 11:57:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian boxer Esther Phiri will face Ratree Kreakae of Thailand for the vacant Women's International Boxing [...] Full text...
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African boxing authorities agree new zones
09 february 2009 - 23:40:00Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- African Boxing Confederation on Sunday adopted new zones for the sport, increasing the number of zones [...] Full text...
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Muhammed Ali attends Obama's inauguration
20 january 2009 - 15:50:00Washington DC- US (PANA) -- Boxing legend Muhammed Ali is one of the dignitaries attending Tuesday's inauguration of Barack Obama [...] Full text...
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