Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as ‘inspiration to us all’: UNHCR chief

27 august 2024 - 04:48:28
Paris, France (PANA) - With Paris 2024 Paralympic Games opening on Wednesday, 28 August, this year’s Refugee Paralympic Team is gearing [...] Full text...

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Refugee Paralympic Team heading to Paris

10 july 2024 - 06:40:24
Bonn, Germany (PANA) - Eight athletes and one guide runner are set to compete in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games [...] Full text...

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UN launches global campaign to enhance road safety

02 july 2024 - 06:04:16
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Monday launched a new global road safety campaign to improve traffic [...] Full text...

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South African rugby legend honoured by TIME magazine

19 april 2024 - 12:41:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South Africa’s two-time Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has been named in [...] Full text...

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World's largest residential yacht docks in Durban

11 march 2024 - 10:58:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The largest private residential yacht on the planet has docked in Durban after making [...] Full text...

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South Africa's rugby hero nominated for global award

29 february 2024 - 10:19:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s rugby hero Siya Kolisi has been nominated for the Laureus World Comeback [...] Full text...

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UFC president considers hosting World Championship bout in South Africa

22 january 2024 - 11:51:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White says he is determined to host a [...] Full text...

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11th Indian Ocean Islands Games begins Friday in Madagascar

23 august 2023 - 08:03:28
Port-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 - 07:41:00
Port-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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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: 10 stadiums in 9 cities play host

21 june 2023 - 05:36:42
Zurich, Sitzerland (PANA) - The Women’s World Cup is being staged in 10 stadiums in nine cities in Australia and [...] Full text...

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11th Indian Ocean Islands Games: Number of games reduced from 23 to 17

19 may 2023 - 17:23:52
Port-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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Nigerian, Egyptian table tennis stars to renew rivalry as African tournament begins in Kenya 4 May

25 april 2023 - 08:08:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Quadri Aruna of Nigeria and Omar Assar of Egypt will  take their rivalry to Nairobi, Kenya, [...] Full text...

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Twenty-three sports disciplines approved for 2023 Indian Ocean Islands games in Madagascar

29 january 2022 - 07:07:17
Port-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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Cape Town to host international Motor Racing

04 october 2021 - 15:26:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African city of Cape Town has been announced as one of the [...] Full text...

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Olympic Kenya to establish OlymAfrica Centre in Nairobi

24 february 2021 - 15:21:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K  will establish the first OlympAfrica Centre in the country, [...] Full text...

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Outdoor sports activities resume in Rwanda

21 september 2020 - 07:34:08
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Some individual sports have been authorised to resume in Rwanda effective Sunday but in compliance with [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya begins gradual return to sports events

18 september 2020 - 13:17:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - All contact sports including football and rugby remain suspended as Kenya announced a gradual resumption of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda football Federation to distribute food to club members amid COVID-19 lockdown

05 june 2020 - 17:00:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Football Federation on Friday said it will start distributing basic food commodities to its member [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Salma Elmouelhi appointed head of African Tennis Women and Sport Commission

15 may 2020 - 10:09:15
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Salma Elmouelhi has been appointed chairperson of the Women and Sport Commission within the Confederation [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambia records eight additional cases

25 april 2020 - 05:41:36
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia has recorded eight additional cases of COVID-19, of which four are medical officers, President Edgar [...] Full text...

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South African child rapist released on parole

25 april 2020 - 05:31:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Wimbledon champion and convicted child rapist Bob Hewitt was released from prison on [...] Full text...

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Senegalese table tennis player qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

02 march 2020 - 16:19:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese table tennis will for the first time be represented by Ibrahima Diaw at the Olympic [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to host two African table tennis competitions

19 february 2020 - 18:06:55
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Table Tennis Federation announced on Wednesday the organization, from February 24 to 29 in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tennis legends break world record in Cape Town

08 february 2020 - 09:26:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in their match in Africa exhibition at the Cape [...] Full text...

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Tunis against any participation of its sportsmen with Israelis

06 february 2020 - 08:14:53
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian foreign ministry on Wednesday denounced the participation of the North African country's female tennis [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Ons Jabeur, first Arab and African to qualify for quarter finals of the Grand Chelem tournament

31 january 2020 - 23:11:40
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The Tunisian Tennis Federation (FTT) Friday held a ceremony to honour tennis star Ons Jabeur, the [...] Full text...

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Adou Amir and Ziadath Akadiri win the fourth "Pong Doctors" table tennis tournament.

30 december 2019 - 16:10:36
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Adou Amir (men's category) and Ziadath Akadiri (women's category) won, Saturday in Cotonou, the fourth edition of [...] Full text...

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Tennis player Roger Federer offers 12 million euros for school construction in Malawi

06 november 2019 - 12:27:27
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has offered Malawi 12 million euros to build 81 schools in [...] Full text...

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Cape Town to host 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens

29 october 2019 - 11:49:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town has been named as the host city for the 2022 Rugby World [...] Full text...

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Benin wins 4th Stage of Itf /Cat Circuit of 18-year-olds and under from West and Central Africa

23 september 2019 - 14:00:48
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese tennis players: Sylvestre Monnou and Arnaud Sewanou won the 4th stage of the Itf /Cat [...] Full text...

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Cotonou hosts ITF U-18 tours for West, Central Africa

16 september 2019 - 09:23:13
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The 4th stage of the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) U-18 tour in West and Central Africa, [...] Full text...

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Disgraced South African tennis champion granted parole

15 september 2019 - 14:19:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prison authorities on Sunday confirmed that it has granted parole to disgraced rapist and former [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tickets for world's biggest tennis match sold out in minutes

04 september 2019 - 15:23:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  All 47,000 tickets for the world’s highest attendance tennis match in history to be played [...] Full text...

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Angola defeats Nigeria in handball at African Games in Rabat

22 august 2019 - 21:08:49
Luanda, 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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12th African Games: Benin to participate in several sports

19 august 2019 - 11:19:59
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin will participate in several sports at the 12th African Games, which opens in Rabat, Morocco, on [...] Full text...

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Mauritania to participate in the 12th African Games in Rabat

17 august 2019 - 19:03:39
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania will be represented at the 12th African Games, scheduled for 19 to 31 August, 2019, [...] Full text...

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Benin cyclists to compete at African Games in Rabat

17 august 2019 - 10:15:39
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's national cycling team will take part in the 12th edition of the African Games, which [...] Full text...

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2019 Afrobasket: Senegal - Nigeria final, repeat of 2017 final in Mali

16 august 2019 - 23:02:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -   The final for the 2019 women Afrobasket due Sunday at 18h GMT at Dakar Arena of [...] Full text...

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More than 6,000 athletes expected in Rabat for 12th African Games

16 august 2019 - 12:45:38
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan capital is hosting from 19-31 August the 12th African Games, with more than 6,000 [...] Full text...

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Mali: Women's U-20 football team to participate in 12th Africa Games

13 august 2019 - 14:23:43
Bamako, 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 - 20:16:28
Belle-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 - 15:22:02
Port-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 - 14:22:00
Port 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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Maldives solicits Mauritius’ support to host Indian Ocean Islands Games 2023

16 july 2019 - 15:10:07
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Maldives on Monday solicited the support of Mauritius in its bid to host the 11th Indian Ocean [...] Full text...

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Tennis legends to compete in Cape Town

05 july 2019 - 20:21:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two of the greatest tennis players of all time have confirmed that they will [...] Full text...

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Morocco wins first ever African beach games in Cape Verde

24 june 2019 - 22:29:37
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -   Morocco won a total of 16 medals, including nine gold, three silver and four bronze [...] Full text...

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Mauritius promises cash awards to its athletes at Indian Ocean games

20 june 2019 - 15:47:28
Port 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 - 21:37:32
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   The Beninese government Monday granted sporting disciplines a subsidy of 655 million CFA francs for the [...] Full text...

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Former Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho Gaucho invited to Praia African Games

20 may 2019 - 19:41:01
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Former Brazilian international footballer, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, will be one of the special guests at the [...] Full text...

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48 countries confirm participation in Praia African Games in Cape Verde

16 may 2019 - 19:57:12
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The first Praia African Games, due for 14-23 June in Santa Maria, in the tourist [...] Full text...

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Mauritius hosts 10th edition of IOI Games in July 2019

10 april 2019 - 14:42:57
Port 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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French tennis legend Yannick Noah to visit Rwanda this year

23 january 2019 - 17:32:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Retired French tennis star and musician, Yannick Noah, is expected to visit Rwanda in September this [...] Full text...

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Lomé hosts continental tennis tournaments

03 january 2019 - 18:34:27
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese capital, Lomé, will from 7 to 15 January host two continental tennis tournaments, sports [...] Full text...

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Results of Benin national table tennis championships

24 december 2018 - 10:43:19
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Monday Olabiyi at the weekend won the senior men's crown of the 2018 Benin national table [...] Full text...

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Nigeria sweep all honours at Blaise Soglo International Table Tennis tournament

24 december 2018 - 09:05:04
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Nigeria topped all categories at the 13th edition of the Blaise Soglo International Table Tennis tournament [...] Full text...

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25 Kenyan players off to China for table tennis training

21 july 2018 - 19:28:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan contingent of 25, comprising table tennis players and their officials has jetted out to [...] Full text...

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Africa Table Tennis Continental Cup hangs in balance

15 february 2018 - 15:26:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Table Tennis Federation will cancel hosting of the Africa Continental Cup event unless the government [...] Full text...

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South African athlete Semenya nominated for top sports award

29 january 2018 - 10:20:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Olympic and world 800-metre champion Caster Semenya has been confirmed as South Africa's only [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Botswana’s 'tennis ball size' diamond sold

26 september 2017 - 07:59:42
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Canadian company Lucara Diamond has sold the historic 1,109 carat Lesedi La Rona recovered from the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Chief Justice voted as South African of the Year

25 september 2017 - 11:03:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has been named as the 2017 South African of the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan beach volleyball, tennis teams at Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas

17 july 2017 - 17:06:26
Kigali,Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan beach volleyball and tennis teams have arrived in Nassau, Bahamas, ahead of the sixth edition [...] Full text...

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ITTF World Championships: Africa's 2 remaining players kicked out

02 june 2017 - 05:56:06
Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Africa's last hopes of any meaningful representation at the 2017 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World [...] Full text...

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ITTF World Championships: Egyptian mixed doubles players knocked out

01 june 2017 - 09:57:48
Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Africa's remaining players for accolades in the mixed doubles event, the Egyptian pair of Assar Omar [...] Full text...

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ITTF World Championships: African players fall like "pack of cards" in Germany

01 june 2017 - 05:37:59
Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Of all the African players who went to the 2017 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World [...] Full text...

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ITTF World Championships: All Day 2 results Tuesday involving African players

31 may 2017 - 05:05:03
Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's results, by players of indicated African countries, at the 2017 International Table [...] Full text...

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ITTF World Championships: All Day 1 results Monday for African countries

30 may 2017 - 05:51:11
Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - The following are Monday's results from matches involving African players at the 2017 International Table Tennis [...] Full text...

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ITTF World Championships: Day 1 results show Africans doing well

29 may 2017 - 13:15:07
Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Day 1 results have indicated that African players are generally doing well at this year’s International [...] Full text...

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Germany: Nigeria, Egypt, 14 others to represent Africa at Int'l Table Tennis championships

29 may 2017 - 06:15:10
Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Africa’s top-ranked table tennis nations, Nigeria and Egypt, are part of an army of 16 countries [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Tergat 'captures' Kenya Olympic body chair

26 april 2017 - 14:21:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ahead of the forthcoming elections of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK), Paul Tergat has [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Government to monitor Olympic body, athletics polls

22 april 2017 - 17:50:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Sports Registrar has been ordered to monitor the forthcoming National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) [...] Full text...

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2017 AFCON: Some important fact files

20 october 2016 - 05:43:31
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following the draw for the 2017 AFCON, which was held on Wednesday in Libreville, Gabon, here [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Disgraced former South African tennis champion begins life as prisoner

21 september 2016 - 13:52:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's former tennis Grand Slam champion and convicted rapist Bob Hewitt has begun [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan sports Federations ban national Olympic officials fingered in Rio fiasco

10 september 2016 - 17:02:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan sports federations have suspended seven National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) officials over the 2016 [...] Full text...

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2016 Olympic Games: Rio Olympics open in spectacular fashion

06 august 2016 - 08:53:01
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - The 31st Olympic Games (Rio 2016) opened on Friday night at the Macarana Stadium [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Disgraced former tennis champion to approach Constitutional Court

15 june 2016 - 15:39:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former tennis Grand Slam champion and convicted rapist Bob Hewitt plans to take his [...] Full text...

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South African: Former tennis champion loses appeal against rape sentence

09 june 2016 - 17:06:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South Africa Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday dismissed the appeal of disgraced [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa's former tennis great appeals against child rape sentence

03 may 2016 - 17:52:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - State Advocate Carina Coetzee on Tuesday told the South African Supreme Court of Appeal [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Former tennis great expelled from Hall of Fame

07 april 2016 - 11:19:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s disgraced former champion Bob Hewitt has been expelled from the International Tennis [...] Full text...

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Congo: 11th All-Africa Games begin Friday

03 september 2015 - 08:11:01
Brazzaville, 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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Kenya: K’Ogelo residents unhappy President Obama ‘won’t bring crown home’

22 july 2015 - 08:58:35
Alego, Kenya (PANA) - The residents of K'Ogelo (the ancestral home of the Obama family) in Alego village of Siaya [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 9th Islands Games hold in La Réunion in August

02 july 2015 - 08:39:10
Port-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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South Africa: Former tennis great jailed for child rape

18 may 2015 - 14:16:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Disgraced tennis great, Bob Hewitt, was on Monday sentenced to six years imprisonment and [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief says sports fosters hope for better future

15 april 2015 - 21:32:19
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday said that through sports, the global community can foster [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tennis legend convicted of child rape

23 march 2015 - 12:21:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Disgraced tennis great, Bob Hewitt, was on Monday convicted of child rape and sexual [...] Full text...

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Mali: Malian national tennis championship starts Wednesday

23 december 2014 - 16:30:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's 36th National Tennis Championship will be held 24-28 December in the capital, Bamako, with all [...] Full text...

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Togo: Lomé to host international tennis competition

28 october 2014 - 21:21:48
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese capital, Lomé, will from 8 to 20 December host an international tennis competition dubbed [...] Full text...

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Mali: Dramane Bagayoko wins 3rd Malian national tennis trophy

02 july 2014 - 15:56:42
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian tennis star, Dramane Bagayoko, defeated his kid brother, Abdoulaye Bagayoko, 6-3, 7-5 to win his [...] Full text...

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Malia: U-14 tennis team to take part in int'l tournament in Lomé

11 april 2014 - 16:14:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian Under-14 tennis team will take part in an international tennis tournament beginning on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Togo: Moves to popularise tennis in 2014

10 march 2014 - 00:04:00
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese Tennis Federation (TTF) is bent on popularising the game in 2014 through the organisation [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: Filomena Fortes elected president of the Cape Verdean Olympic Committee

25 february 2014 - 20:24:18
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Filomena Fortes is the new president of the Cape Verdean Olympic Committee, having unseated incumbent [...] Full text...

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Mali: Sports for peace, friendship and solidarity scheduled for Mali

05 february 2014 - 18:42:11
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Athletes several African, Asian and European countries will participate in the first edition of the sports [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritian 2013 best sportspeople rewarded

30 january 2014 - 12:03:55
Balaclava, 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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IOC votes to add wrestling to 2020 Olympics

08 september 2013 - 19:06:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sunday voted to add wrestling to the 25 core sports for [...] Full text...

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‘Imprisonment’ of children, petition against President Mahama’s election reported in Ghana

03 august 2013 - 06:26:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The “imprisonment” of three children by their parents and the continuing court case on the petition [...] Full text...

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Federation resists removal of wrestling from Olympic Games

14 february 2013 - 17:39:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) has expressed its determination to fight against the [...] Full text...

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Angolan Tennis Federation suspended from int'l events due to debts

14 january 2013 - 12:45:45
Luanda, Angola (PANA) – Indebted to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the African Tennis Federation (CAT) to the tune [...] Full text...

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WTA increases events, bolsters winners' purse

10 january 2013 - 19:55:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has announced new events in Brazil and Poland for its 2013 [...] Full text...

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Judo earns Angola 5 medals at SADC Youth Games in Zambia

11 december 2012 - 16:17:21
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Judo has earned Angola five medals - two gold, one silver and two bronze - at [...] Full text...

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Williams sisters arrive in Kenya

06 november 2012 - 21:43:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US tennis superstars and Serena and Venus Williams on Tuesday began visits to schools and charities [...] Full text...

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Mali to host 13th International Tennis Prize Money tournament

03 november 2012 - 13:21:45
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali will host the 13th edition of the International Tennis Prize Money tournament from 14 to [...] Full text...

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Venus, Serena Williams advocate increased empowerment for African women

01 november 2012 - 08:41:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Tennis champions, Venus and Serena Williams, currently visiting Nigeria, Wednesday called for the adequate empowerment of [...] Full text...

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Serena Williams arrives Nigeria on historic visit

30 october 2012 - 19:38:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - World tennis star Serena Williams of the US arrived in Lagos Tuesday for her first-ever visit [...] Full text...

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Mohamed Sekou Drame crowned Malian tennis champion

30 october 2012 - 13:30:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mohamed Sekou Drame, who holds dual French and Malian nationality, has won the men's event of [...] Full text...

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Tennis legends, Venus & Serena Williams, storm Lagos

27 october 2012 - 12:09:58
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, will Tuesday storm the city of Lagos, the commercial capital [...] Full text...

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Togolese, Burkinabe table tennis coaches train in Lome

26 september 2012 - 17:07:06
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Table tennis coaches from Togo and Burkina Faso are currently in Lomé undergoing training to upgrade [...] Full text...

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Williams sisters to play exhibition match in South Africa

12 september 2012 - 08:54:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - International tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams on Wednesday confirmed they will visit South [...] Full text...

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London Olympics: Nigeria's Sports Minister admits failure

10 august 2012 - 13:27:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi has admitted the failure of the country's team to the ongoing [...] Full text...

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Six athletes to represent Togo at London Olympics

25 july 2012 - 21:29:35
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Six athletes will represent Togo at the London Olympic Games, sports sources told PANA on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Senegalese firm to "cloth" 13 African Olympic teams

24 july 2012 - 15:12:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese sports equipment supplier, JSPORTS, will provide costume for 13 African countries participating in the London [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's contingent to London Olympics starts phased arrival

17 july 2012 - 09:29:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of the 27 July opening of the 2012 London Olympics, members of the Nigerian contingent [...] Full text...

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Nigerian table tennis player to make history at London Olympics

16 july 2012 - 09:54:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian Table Tennis player Segun Toriola will make history at the 2012 London Olympics due to [...] Full text...

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Libya hosts 8th Global Peace Games

28 may 2012 - 11:21:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya will host the 8th Global Peace Games 27-29 June at the equestrian farm of Abu [...] Full text...

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Bamako Int'l Tennis tourney postponed for security reasons

10 may 2012 - 14:59:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Tennis Federation (FMT) has announced an indefinite postponement of the 13th edition of the [...] Full text...

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First-ever UN inter-agency games in Africa begin in Rwanda

14 march 2012 - 18:02:57
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) said on Wednesday that 700 athletes from [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram: Nigeria loses tennis championship hosting rights

25 january 2012 - 07:17:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has lost the rights for the West and Central African nations qualifiers for the 2012 [...] Full text...

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Christmas-day bomb attacks, low-level sports performance reported in Nigeria

31 december 2011 - 04:52:14
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media, rounding off their reportage of events in the last week of 2011, feasted [...] Full text...

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Mandela is world's 'most visible leader'

22 september 2011 - 09:11:57
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was Wednesday ranked first in a perception assessment of [...] Full text...

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AAG: Angolan sports delegation returns from Maputo

20 september 2011 - 14:40:12
Luanda, Angola (PANA) The first batch of the Angolan delegation to the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, returned home [...] Full text...

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Angola can host African youth table tennis championships, says Sports Director

09 september 2011 - 16:10:58
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – The Angolan National Director of Sports, Raimundo Ricardo, has said that his country has the necessary [...] Full text...

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AAG: UNAIDS launches 'Give AIDS the red card'

02 september 2011 - 20:38:09
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidibé and [...] Full text...

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Senegalese soccer stars, Diouf, Camara to grace Gambia sports awards

01 july 2011 - 19:08:03
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The President of the Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia (SJAG), Sainabou Kujabi-Njie, on Friday confirmed [...] Full text...

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African Olympic Committee meets in Togo

27 june 2011 - 21:33:46
Lome, Togo (PANA) – The general assembly of the Association of African National Olympic Committees (ACNOA) began their two-day meeting [...] Full text...

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Angola's table tennis players train in China for Pan-African Games

22 june 2011 - 16:25:28
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan table tennis players will train in China, a world power in ping pong, in [...] Full text...

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Mali's Batiékoro Keita wins second stage of int'l tennis circuit

04 march 2011 - 13:50:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Batiékoro Keita Thursday in Bamako, the Malian capital, took his second title in as many [...] Full text...

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Malian Keita Batiékoro wins tennis tourney

28 february 2011 - 12:48:20
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Keita Batiékoro on Sunday in Bamako won the first stage of the 12th International Tennis [...] Full text...

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Bamako to host 12th international Prize Money tennis tournament

19 february 2011 - 12:16:15
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The 12th edition of the international tennis tour "Prize Money" will take place from 22 February [...] Full text...

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Angolan sports giant, Petro de Luanda, to mark 31st anniversary Friday

13 january 2011 - 16:56:29
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan giant sports club, Petro de Luanda (APL), will Friday celebrate the 31st anniversary of its [...] Full text...

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11th African tennis championships begin Monday in Libya

08 november 2010 - 18:48:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The 11th African tennis championships started Monday in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, with 20 national [...] Full text...

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Drogba explains how free, fair elections can stop poverty

28 october 2010 - 19:10:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Ivorian football superstar Didier Drogba on Thursday kicked off, in Kinshasa, the capital of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Olympic Committee election 'null and void''

17 september 2010 - 13:30:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Associ ation of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) [...] Full text...

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New Nigerian Olympic chief pledges good Commonwealth Games outing in India

16 september 2010 - 17:39:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The newly-elected President of the Nigeria Olympic Commi ttee (NOC), Sani Ndanusa, has said that his [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Tennis star 'caught with heroin'

08 august 2010 - 08:51:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian tennis player Toyin Dairo has been arrested by operatives of the country's National Drug Law [...] Full text...

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Angola targets top-three placing at CPLP games

28 july 2010 - 16:48:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola has said it hopes to be among the top three natio ns on the medals [...] Full text...

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Angolan delegation to CPLP's games leaves for Maputo

27 july 2010 - 10:01:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan delegation to the 7th edition of the Portugu ese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) Games, [...] Full text...

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10 athletes to represent Angola at CPLP games

26 july 2010 - 16:40:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola has invited 10 athletes, made up of male and fema les, to represent the country [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi arrives N'Djamena for 12th CEN-SAD summit

20 july 2010 - 17:21:00
N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, who is the chair of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), arrived [...] Full text...

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Angola qualifies for 2nd phase of table tennis World Cup in Russia

28 may 2010 - 15:50:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan national men's senior table tennis team on T hursday qualified for the second phase [...] Full text...

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IOC opens Olympic Youth Development Centre in Zambia

12 may 2010 - 13:13:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) built by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been officially [...] Full text...

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Angola organizes tennis tourney to support fight against malaria

21 april 2010 - 14:59:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- In a move to support the fight against malaria in Angola , the Angolan Table Tennis [...] Full text...

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Morocco to host maiden African Youth Games

16 february 2010 - 15:04:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Morocco will host the maiden African Youth Games (AYG) f rom 9 to 15 May, the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe hosts regional tennis qualifiers

06 january 2010 - 12:57:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe will host regional qualifiers for the African Junior Tennis Championships next week, with the participation [...] Full text...

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Nigeria begins preparations for 2010 Commonwealth Games in Feb

16 december 2009 - 09:10:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria will next February launch its preparations for t he 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to host African Tennis tourney 2010

28 november 2009 - 10:37:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria will host the Africa Junior Tennis Championship next year, according to an official of the [...] Full text...

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48 countries for 6th Francophone Games in Beirut

27 september 2009 - 13:03:00
Beirut- Lebanon (PANA) -- A total of 48 countries are featuring in the 6th Franco phone Games, which opened Sunday [...] Full text...

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Rwandan delegation to participate in Francophone Games

22 september 2009 - 14:27:00
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The Rwandan delegation left Kigali on Tuesday for Beirut , Lebanon, where it will participate in [...] Full text...

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8th Indian Ocean Islands Games to be held in Seychelles in 2011

08 september 2009 - 12:20:00
Port-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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Tutu, 15 others bag U.S. Medal of Freedom

13 august 2009 - 09:13:00
Washington DC- US (PANA) -- U. S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on [...] Full text...

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'Tunisia, S. Africa plot to snatch Nigeria's table tennis coach'

24 april 2009 - 08:11:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Tunisia and South Africa are plotting to snatch Nigeria' s national table tennis coach, Babatunde Obisanya, [...] Full text...

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World men's marathon record holder due in Kenya for training

23 january 2009 - 15:56:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- World men's marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie je ts into Nairobi, capital of Kenya, next week [...] Full text...

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