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Bayern Munich sack Niko Kovac after heavy loss

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Bayern Munich have sacked their coach, Niko Kovac after Saturday’s 5-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt. That was the second defeat for Bayern in 10 Bundesliga games this season. Kovac is leaving the club with the German champions currently placed fourth in the table, four points behind leaders Borussia Monchengladbach. It was earlier reported that Kovac would be given two more… Read More
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Alvarez beats Kovalev for WBO light-heavyweight title

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Mexican great Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez further added to his legacy by taking the WBO light-heavyweight crown from Sergey Kovalev with a devastating 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas. Middleweight king Canelo, 29, had stepped up two weight divisions to face the 36-year-old Russian. It proved a close fight which failed to ignite before an explosive combination from Canelo ended Kovalev’s night.… Read More
Africa South Africa Southern Africa Sports World 

South Africa’s Springboks lift Rugby World Cup title

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At times it was brutal, often it was downright ugly, but who cares? In the end there can have been few more poignant sights than that of Siya Kolisi, the boy from a dusty, poverty-stricken South African township, on Saturday lifting the Rugby World Cup following an emphatic victory over England. The first black man to captain the Springboks hoisted… Read More
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South Africa beat Wales to reach Rugby World Cup final

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Springboks flyhalf Handre Pollard kicked a penalty four minutes from time to send South Africa into their third Rugby World Cup final with a 19-16 victory over Wales in a semi-final dogfight on Sunday. The South Africans will return to Yokohama next weekend to bid for a third World Cup triumph against an England side who ran defending champions New… Read More
Africa Ghana Sports World 

Ghana gets new football association President

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Ghanaian football delegates have elected Kurt Okraku, as their new football association president. He beat five other contenders for the highest position in Ghana football on Friday in Ghana’s capital Accra. Okraku was declared winner after three rounds of voting. During the third round of voting, his closest contender, contender George Afriyie withdrew from the contest. The position of the… Read More
Africa Football Gambia Sports West Africa World 

Gambian player cleared of ‘double identity’ gets call-up

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The Gambian footballer Bakery Jatta was facing a probe from Germany’s football federation the DFB after reports of him having a double identity emerged in August this year. Jatta plays for Hamburg and first arrived in Germany at the age of 16 in 2015. Now 21 there were doubts over his true identity. Germany daily Sport Bild had then reported that… Read More
Africa East Africa Sports World 

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge grabs top state award

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On Sunday world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge received a top state award from Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kipchoge received the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (E.G.H.) award during the country’s national Mashujaa Day celebrations in Mombasa. Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya is the highest category of presidential awards. The Elder of the… Read More
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Solskjaer ‘would RESIGN as Manchester United manager if…

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Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would step down from his post at Old Trafford if it was necessary to protect the club. The Red Devils are in 13th place in the Premier League and sit just two points off the relegation places – with a home clash against bitter rivals and league leaders Liverpool coming up on Sunday. If Solskjaer’s men lose against Liverpool,… Read More
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Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion wants to meet Obama

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Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge has requested for a meeting with former US President Barack Obama. On Saturday Eliud Kipchoge become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. He covered the 42.2km distance in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Austria’s capital, Vienna. It will not be recognised as the… Read More
Africa East Africa Sports World 

Kenya’s Kosgei breaks women’s marathon record

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Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei eclipsed the 16-year-old women’s marathon world record held by Britain’s Paula Radcliffe as she retained her Chicago title. The 25-year-old recorded a time of two hours 14 minutes 04 seconds, easily inside Radcliffe’s mark of 2:15:25 set at the London Marathon in 2003. It adds to the Kenyan’s win in London this year when she clocked 2:18:20 and became the… Read More
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