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The Lioness running a ‘safe place’ for Kenya’s young female athletes
One of Kenya's leading athletes says she wants to create a "safe…
How Pele’s 1969 visit reshaped Nigerian football
In 1969, with a civil war raging, global football's biggest star arrived…
Christian Atsu: From fisherman’s son to ‘one in a million’ Black Star
The son of a fisherman, Christian Atsu never got caught in the…
How a British boxing champ returned to his Ghanaian roots on an English chicken farm
The road to the ring is rarely a straightforward one for boxers,…
Pele in Africa: The man, the myth, the legend
Being one of the very first young black sporting superstars of the…
Pelé radiated the quality of joy: an instant appeal to the eye and heart
The first global football superstar made everyone smile and his tricks were…
