Omar Abdulkadir Artan, the first Somali referee ever selected for a FIFA World Cup, has been left out from the 2026 tournament after being denied entry into the United States. He arrived in Miami, was pulled aside for additional inspection and was ultimately deemed inadmissible due to what U.S. Artan told the New York Times...
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — King Mohammed VI of Morocco is appealing for fraternity with African nations as rights groups warn of a rise of hate speech in the country following a chaotic final in the Africa Cup of Nations. Host Morocco was beaten 1-0 in extra time by Senegal in a game Sunday that saw Senegalese players walk off the field...
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich put on a performance for the ages as she obliterated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday, taking nearly two minutes off the previous best to win in a time of two hours nine minutes 56 seconds. Chepngetich ditched the competition by the halfway mark and ran through a chorus...
Ethiopia dominated Sunday’s Berlin marathon, with winners in both the men’s and women’s races and runners in five of the six podium places. Milkesa Mengesha, 24, beat Kenya’s Cybrian Kotut by just five seconds in the men’s event, pulling clear in the final stretch to finish in two hours, three minutes 17 seconds. Fellow Ethiopian...
South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams saved two penalties during a shoot-out in the Africa Cup of Nations third-place play-off against DR Congo. The match had gone straight to penalties after a goalless 90 minutes of normal time, and DR Congo had the chance to win the encounter after South Africa hit the post with their...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A stadium in Somalia’s violence-prone capital is hosting its first soccer tournament in three decades, drawing thousands of people to a facility that had been abandoned for years and later became a base for military — and even extremists — amid civil war. Somali authorities have spent years working to restore the national...
Morocco will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has announced. A joint East African bid from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania has also won the rights to hold the 2027 tournament. Morocco replace Guinea, who were stripped of the tournament in October last year because of concerns about infrastructure and...
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa shattered the women’s marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, lopping off more than two minutes from the previous best to clock an official time of two hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds. Assefa, who had set a course record with a personal best last year, set a blistering early pace, gradually...
Ameyu Etana Gudaf Tsegay won Ethiopia’s first World Athletics Championships gold in Budapest in dramatic fashion on Saturday night after 10,000m race leader Sifan Hassan fell about 20m from the finish line. It was a clean sweep for Ethiopia, with world record-holder Letesenbet Gidey taking the silver and Ejgayehu Taye the bronze. “It was good...
The chairwoman of Somalia’s national athletics federation has been suspended amid accusations of nepotism after a seemingly untrained female sprinter represented the African country at the World University Games in China, and took more than 20 seconds to finish the 100-meter race, far behind her competitors. The Somali Ministry of Youth and Sports released a...