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Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola wins Olympic marathon gold
Ethiopian runner Tamirat Tola won the men’s marathon at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, August 10, to end Kenya’s dominance…
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Letsile Tebogo wins Botswana’s first ever Olympic gold
Letsile Tebogo made history in the men’s 200 metres final at the 2024 Summer Olympics after winning Botswana’s first ever…
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Kenya wins gold, silver & bronze in Olympic 5,000m & 800m races
Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet won the women’s Olympic 5,000 metres gold while her compatriot, Faith Kipyegon won silver medal after it…
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress is Africa’s 1st Olympic basketball quarter-finalist
Nigeria is tearing up the script in a big way at the Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 after they…
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Algeria’s Nemour wins Africa’s first ever Olympic gymnastics gold
Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour became the first African gymnast to win an Olympic medal when she secured the gold with a…
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Morocco & Egypt qualify for Olympic football semi-finals
Africa will have at least one medallist in the men’s Olympic football tournament after Egypt and Morocco both reached the…
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Joshua Cheptegei breaks 10,000m record with Olympic gold
Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the lead with a little more than a lap left in a masterpiece of a…
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How much is Paris 2024 Olympic medal worth?
The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics marks the start of what is officially called the Games of…
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Morocco beats Argentina 2-1 in Olympic opening match
In the opening match of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Morocco defeated Argentina 2-1 in an exciting display, signalling their intention…
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Abebe Bikila, Africa’s first Olympic gold medallist
In 1960, on a warm night in Rome, a barefoot son of a shepherd stunned the world and made history…
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