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MMA world champion Israel Adesanya is not afraid of anything, let alone clearly show his ambitions. Less than three weeks after his success at UFC 263, New Zealander of Nigerian descent talks to RFI about his connection to Africa and the future of MMA on the continent. RFI: In April last year, Dana White, head of the MMA Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) league,…

Paris 2024, the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and the French Development Agency (AFD) support 26 projects by high-level athletes, including 16 from Africa, over a period of 8 months. The goal: to develop projects with a strong social and / or environmental impact. Concentrated, in streetwear, personalities develop…

World Championship chief Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) gained in Kenya on Sunday 27 June. It was the primary version of the Kenya Safari Rally on the World Cup calendar since 2002. And it was "an unbelievable expertise" in keeping with the winner. President Kenyatta has introduced that the rally shall be on the championship program for no less than 5 years.…

Nicholas Dlaminis turns into the primary black South African to participate within the Tour de France. Since 2015, Massive Loop has welcomed a number of runners from the African continent with roughly regularity. Two different South Africans, Louis Meintjes and StefandeBod, may even signify Africa for this 108th version. On…

The summer market for football transfer opened in early June and ends in late August, in most major European leagues. Some African players seem particularly coveted during this transfer window. Here are seven. Patson Daka (Zambia)The author of two fantastic seasons with Red Bull Salzburg arouses the striker a lot of envy,…

A first part of the Ugandan delegation, which arrived in Tokyo for the Olympics on June 19, 2021, was placed in quarantine after a positive fall of Covid-19, the Japanese authorities announced on June 22. This is the first positive case of a participant in the Olympics (July 23 - August 8) when the Australian softball team was the first foreign delegation to arrive in Japan on June 1.…

Local spectators will be able to participate in the Olympic Games (July 23-August 8), announced the organizers of Tokyo 2021. For African athletes who will participate in these Olympics, can count on the support of an audience, even very limited because of Covid- 19, is a relief. The 68,000 seats at Tokyo Olympic Stadium are far…

In the first stage of the semifinals of the Confederation Cup, JS Kabylie went for an expensive victory, on Sunday 20 June, away against Coton Sport (2-1). The Cameroonian club can regret their goalkeeper's mistakes that led to equalization of his opponents. In the second half left, Pyramids and Raja scored (0-0). The winner…

The President of the African Football Confederation (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, spoke in a statement released on Sunday, June 20. The leader confirmed that a project to create an African Super League was being considered. And he intends to rely on the failure of the European project so as not to make mistakes. Sunday, June 20,…

Former Kenyan marathoners Tegla Loroup use her notoriety to defend the cause of refugees through sport. She founded an athletics training center in Ngong, near Nairobi, which houses refugees. Originally from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia or the Democratic Republic of Congo, they practice athletics and some have even been selected to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.…