Inter Cities basketball tourney eyes on all Africa As the interest for the annually-held inter-cities basketball competition is on the increase, the East and Central Africa basketball Federation intends the inclusion of Cities from across the continent into the competition in the near future, according to its head of marketing and media Engineer Bana Ali. “With respect to our financial capability, the competition currently maximizes 24 cities, but in the near future we are planning a bigger tournament with the […]

Cecafa Senior Challenge cup 2013 Fixtures unveiled CECAFA has on Monday issued the fixtures of its 2013 challenge cup slated in Kenya for 27 Nov-12 December 2013 with Zanzibar to take on South Sudan in the opening match, as shown in the fixtures released today. Somalia is scheduled to play against Burundi on 28th of November. Somalia’s first match will take place at Machakos Stadium, while the war-weary country will play its rest matches at the National Nyayo Stadium in […]

London 2012: Egypt Olympic team get ‘fake’ Nike kit Members of Egypt’s Olympic team have been given fake Nike gear, a synchronised swimmer has alleged. Yomna Khallaf said her workout bags had a big Nike logo in the front but the zippers had an Adidas branding on them. The Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) secretary general, Motaz Sonbol, said they were shocked to find that the gear was not “directly from Nike”. Nike said it was “concerned” athletes may have received […]

  China football fans greet Didier Drogba at Shanghai   Ivory Coast football star Didier Drogba has arrived to a hero’s welcome in China, to take up a contract to play for Shanghai Shenhua. Hundreds of fans of the struggling Chinese Super League team greeted the 34-year-old former Chelsea star at Shanghai’s Pudong airport. Drogba’s reported $300,000 (£193,000) a week salary makes him one of the world’s highest paid footballers. Drogba is among many foreign stars who have made recent […]