Wayne Lumbasi Wenyen Gabriel, a power forward for the LA Lakers and a former refugee, returned to South Sudan last week, visiting his homeland for the first time since being resettled to the US at a young age. Gabriel met with families and individuals who had been displaced by the flooding and conflict in the area during his […]
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Wayne Lumbasi UEFA has announced that it will use technology to automatically detect when players are offside in the Champions League this season with the innovation expected to be introduced in the Premier League in a year’s time. According to UEFA, the new system will work with special cameras that track 29 different body points per […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Gernot Rohr, a former head coach of the Super Eagles, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to pay off his debt. The NFF terminated Rohr’s employment in December 2021 as a result of the Super Eagles’ underwhelming performance in the qualifier for the Africa Cup of Nations. The Franco-German was fired from his […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Aurelio de Laurentiis, the owner and president of Napoli, has vowed that the team will no longer sign African players unless they sign a waiver stating they will not compete in the African Cup of Nations. Earlier this year, Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly, who recently joined Chelsea, appeared at this year’s AFCON alongside […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Ferdinand Omanyala, the African 100m champion, won Kenya’s 🇰🇪 first gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Omanyala clocked 10:02 seconds to become the first Kenyan since Seraphine Antao in the 1960 to win gold in the sprints at a major championship. The winner of the Men's 100m Final, and the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Diogo Jota has signed a new five-year contract with Liverpool, as the FA and Carabao Cup winners look to increase his pay and keep him at Anfield. Jota’s previous terms were not due to expire until the summer of 2025, but he was always expected to be rewarded for his exploits with a […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Jacob Kiplimo, a long distance runner from Uganda, won the men’s 10000m Commonwealth title on Tuesday night in Birmingham at the Alexander Stadium. Kiplimo won Uganda’s second gold medal at the Commonwealth Games with a championship record time of 27:09.19, adding to Victor Kiplangat’s marathon victory. The 21 year old long distance runner beat stiff […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Tarik Tissoudali, a forward for Morocco, will miss the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar due to a significant knee injury he sustained on Saturday while playing in a Belgian league game. The 29-year-old injured his right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on Saturday while competing for KAA Gent, and the Belgian team announced […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Premier League captains will make a final decision on whether or not players will continue taking the knee ahead of Friday’s season opener between Crystal Palace and Arsenal. Since the summer of 2020, English football has featured the anti-racism gesture, which was seen as a key emblem in the game’s campaign against racism. Wilfried […]
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Wayne Lumbasi World champion Max Verstappen took full advantage of another Ferrari implosion on Sunday to increase his lead in this year’s title race with a measured victory for Red Bull at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Verstappen started 10th after being hit by engine trouble in qualifying but worked his way through the order and […]
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