Qatari driver Nasser al-Attiyah and British rider Sam Sunderland are just one safely-navigated stage away from celebrating victories in the Dakar Rally following Thursday’s penultimate day of action. Three-time champion al-Attiyah holds a 28-minute adv…
Adieu Prince Philip and Desmond Tutu: 2021’s notable deaths
From Britain’s Prince Philip to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, here are some of the most notable deaths of 2021. January Phil Spector, who revolutionised 1960s pop music with his “Wall of Sound” but who was jailed for murder in 2009, dies on …
Tanzania preps for Commonweath Games in top gear
Tanzania is set to feature in four sports in next year’s Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in Birmingham, in United Kingdom from July 28 to August 8. The sports are athletics, amateur boxing, swimming and Judo. Already National Sports Council (NS…
No great expectations for Nadal on return in Abu Dhabi
Rafael Nadal returns to competition in Abu Dhabi on Friday with his expectations low after a lengthy injury absence but hopes high of lining up in next month’s Australian Open. The 20-time major champion has struggled with a foot injury for the past si…
UK’s Johnson announces ‘diplomatic boycott’ of Beijing Olympic
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday the UK would diplomatically boycott the Winter Olympics being held in Beijing in February by not sending any ministers to the global event. “There will be effectively a diplomatic boycott of the Winte…
Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
Australia will not send officials to February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the Games. Canberra’s decision comes as discord with China over a slew of issues that has pl…
Former World Athletics president Lamine Diack dies at 88
The former head of global athletics Lamine Diack, who presided over the sport from 1999 to 2015 but was later convicted for corruption, has died aged 88, his family told AFP. The Senegalese was head of the International Association of Athletics Federat…
Ethiopia PM’s vow to join war front spurs army recruitment
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s vow this week to head for the front lines of his country’s brutal year-long war has boosted recruitment for the beleaguered armed forces. At least one prominent distance runner — marathoner and Olympic silver medal…