Tag: Sports

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,…

Thomas Hauser Thomas Hauser

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…

Humans of Africa Humans of Africa

I was unfit and flipping burgers when I decided to win the Olympics

Watching the super-heavyweight boxers during my lunch break at McDonald’s, I was…

Humans of Africa Humans of Africa

‘She was unapologetically her’: Tori Bowie was a brilliant one of a kind

In the aftermath of the sprinter’s death at the age of just…

Humans of Africa Humans of Africa

Mats, movies and medicine: The wrestler who ‘fell in love’ with acting

At just 20 years of age, Madusu Koroma already has plenty to…

Humans of Africa Humans of Africa

‘People were going crazy’ – how the Super Eagles took the world by storm

A new documentary looks at what Nigeria’s success in the 1990s meant…

Ed Aarons Ed Aarons

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…

Michelle Katami Michelle Katami

How Pele’s 1969 visit reshaped Nigerian football

In 1969, with a civil war raging, global football's biggest star arrived…

Joshua Adetunji Joshua Adetunji

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,…

Ian Williams Ian Williams