OS 2020

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, African delegations won 45 medals, including 10 gold. Will Africa do better at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics? Here are ten athletes and teams from the mainland to watch in Japan. Abdoul Razak Issoufou Alfaga (Taekwondo / Niger)With Cheick Cissé and Ruth Gbagbi (Ivory Coast) or Anthony Obame (Gabon),…

The South African men's soccer team lost 1-0 against Japan on July 22, 2021 in Tokyo for their first match in the Olympics. Olympics that the South Africans could not prepare calmly after the fall of Covid-19 in their delegation. From our special correspondent in Tokyo,In recent days, the South African delegation to the 2021…

Guinea's Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow announced on Wednesday that his country will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics. According to him, the government wants to "preserve the health of athletes" in the face of "the upsurge in variants of Covid-19". For the first time since 1976, there will be no Guinean athlete at…

In Tokyo, on Saturday 24 July, there will be 11 African runners from the 130 competitors, representing 7 different nations, to take part in the Olympic road race, such as Burkinabè Paul Domont or the Algerian Hamza Mansouri. But on a very demanding course where the competition will be tough, we should not expect miracles from them.…

The son of a financial inspector and a teacher, Hugues Fabrice Zango could not imagine having a sports career. However, Burkinabè will be a very serious challenger for the Olympic gold medal in the triple jump on August 5 in Tokyo. Portrait. Being an Olympic champion is not a dream for Hugo's Fabrice Zango, it's a project.…

Ramzi Boukhiam will be one of the two representatives of Africa when surfing at the Olympic Games (July 23-August 8) with South African Bianca Buitendag. For this 27-year-old Moroccan, playing the 2021 Olympics is an inauguration, he who developed a passion for this discipline on the beaches of Agadir and its region. Portrait of the future Moroccan flag bearer in Tokyo, with boxer Belahbib Oumayma.…

Qualified for the Olympics in Tokyo, Amjed Maafi will represent Tunisia in Greco-Roman wrestling. At 20, he approached summer with a double goal: to get Bac and win a medal at the Olympics. Amjed Maafi welcomes us home in his home, in the family home, a nice gladiator physique, packed in a t-shirt a little too tight. On the living room table, he spread his medal…

The Tokyo Olympics start in less than two weeks, and it has been decided that most events will be held behind closed doors. For foreign athletes and journalists, it is about quarantine, even if you are 100% vaccinated. For the Japanese, of whom only 16.8% are, the goal is to minimize the risk of contamination and an explosion in the number of cases of Covid-19 in the country. The decision to refrain from spectators is a first in Olympic history. There will therefore be no one in almost all the venues for the Olympic Games…

The Benin rower Privel Hinkati, 32 years old and born in Caen, has chosen to represent his parents' country by rowing during the competitions with one hand. A personal adventure that has matured for a long time and been carried out with weapon power. It is no longer a dream, just the reward for sacrifice, perseverance and daily…

Paul Daumont is a young Burkinabè cyclist who will participate in the Olympics in Tokyo. He is currently cycling the biggest jump in West and Central Africa. From day one of the Olympics, he will be on the track, or rather on the road. A few tens of kilometers southwest of Tokyo, 21-year-old Paul Daumont, of whom almost four…