Published by InsideHook By Tanner Garrity Earlier this month, Ethiopian long-distance runner Derara Hurisa finished the Vienna Marathon in 2:09:22, edging out Kenyan Leonard Langat by three seconds for first place. But a few days later, Hurisa was disqualified. According to race organizers, Hurisa’s shoes “were not compliant with the rules.” He ran in a […]
Continue ReadingPublished by The Seattle Times Though Boeing has been mired in the worst of times, its people stunned by two fatal crashes and then a global pandemic that has slashed air travel like never before, jet sales chief Ihssane Mounir last week professed an unshakable confidence that the best of times are within sight again. […]
Continue ReadingPublished by The Citizen Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge on Sunday won the Best Male Athlete accolade during the 2021 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Awards held in Greece. Kipchoge delivered a masterclass in marathon running, breaking away at the 30-kilometre mark and never looking back to retain his Olympic title in two hours, eight minutes […]
Continue ReadingPublished by Daily Guide Network The Ghana Football Association has officially sent an appeal to world football governing body FIFA, asking that their World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia which has been moved to South Africa (SA), a country in Ghana’s group, is not compromised. The GFA’s letter to FIFA has been necessitated following Ethiopia Football […]
Continue ReadingPublished by The Citizen Liverpool marksman Mo Salah leads Egypt against Angola this weekend with the clear objective of ending his scoring drought to help lift his nation into the final stage of Africa World Cup qualifying. Qualifying for the 2022 tournament in Qatar intensifies on the continent with the last two group rounds, with […]
Continue ReadingPublished by Daily Monitor In normal times, students probably spend more time with teachers than their parents. Uganda recently notched up the world’s longest continuous partial or full closure of primary and secondary schools, as part of the Covid-19 lockdown, longer than even wars have been able to do in many places. The National Planning […]
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