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First medal for the African continent in the Tokyo Olympics. Taekwondoist Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi barely lost in the final of less than 58 kilos on Saturday against Italian Vito Dell'Aquila. He is a silver medalist, who had not happened to a Tunisian athlete at the Olympics in almost 50 years. Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi goes down…

Kokou Dodji Fanny, Togo's representative at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, was eliminated in the first round of the table tennis tournament on July 24. But the day after the opening ceremony, the 34-year-old table tennis player who lives in Ney York just wants to remember the positive of his experience at the Olympics. From our…

The Zambians, the only representatives of Africa in the women's soccer tournament at the Olympics in Tokyo, drew against China (4-4), this Saturday 24 July in Miyagi. They had marked the spirits on Thursday by being victim for the Dutch reason (10-3) the first day of the group stage of the women's soccer tournament. This time,…

Ibrahima Diaw was the first Senegalese to qualify for the Olympic table tennis tournament, but hoped to shine at the Tokyo 202 Games. But he was eliminated in the first round by Singaporean Zhe Yu Clarence Chew4 innings to 2. From our special correspondent in Tokyo,“I would like to have the colors in Senegal in a better way.…

Its presence in Tokyo is a miracle. Dorian Keletela, a young 22-year-old sprinter, will line up for the 100-meter event to defend the colors of the international refugee team. After fleeing Congo alone five years ago, a country with which he has completely forged ties, it is in Portugal that the athlete now dreams of a fate like Francis Obikwelu, his idol and his new coach.…

This is the first major event organized by the DRC. The Francophonie Summit also had the same concern that the DRC would not be able to organize the Francophonie Summit. According to the minutes, the reports were apparently one of the largest summits since the creation of the Francophonie summits. Ivory Coast also has the same configuration as us. They took a year to build the village of La Francophonie and they got there. There is so far no question of suspension or cancellation of any kind.…

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.…