How ‘Eric the Eel’ had one bad swim and became an enduring Olympic legend
The swimmer in Lane Seven was twenty-four months old when the most…
Africa’s new F1 fans who want a race on the continent
Joy Jeptoo, a 24-year-old social media influencer from Kenya, spent several thousand…
‘I’m born to suffer’: refugee athlete Dominic Lobalu on race to find a home
Saga of the stateless elite runner and the Swiss school teacher who…
Olympic fencer and model champions body positivity
Not many athletes have switched from competing for Germany to Kenya, but…
Rose Amankwaah: The London nurse who was an African sprint champion
"If I was young now, I would love to go back to…
‘The hijab is part of me’ – beach volleyball star
As a 19-year-old about to make her debut at the 2016 Olympics,…
Kenya’s Okutoyi not giving up on Olympic tennis dream
Kenyan tennis player Angella Okutoyi says she has not given up hope…
Letsile Tebogo’s rise from ‘hyperactive child’ to 100m silver
It seems that even when you are a World Championship silver medallist,…
At 91, Don King still longs for the spotlight. But it is shining elsewhere
The contrasting fortunes of the flamboyant promoter and his fellow boxing dealmaker,…
Janine van Wyk: a life of smashing down barriers in South Africa
Journey that started as her township team’s only white girl has taken…
