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African Blogtable: Lakers or Heat, who will win the 2020 NBA finals?

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 30 Sep 2020

The NBA finals African Blogtable brings together some of the top basketball minds from across the continent who share their thoughts on the Heat-Lakers matchup at every stage of the best-of-seven series. Here are their predictions ahead of game one

African Blogtable: Who makes it out of the NBA conference

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 25 Sep 2020

Every week the African Blogtable brings together the top basketball minds from across the continent to answer pressing questions about the NBA Playoffs

Slam-dunk apps for basketball in Nigeria

Sport Tolu Olasoji - 24 Sep 2020

Would-be professionals have taken to technology into their own hands to arrange fixtures and tournaments for their favourite sport

African Blogtable: Which team will dominate this year’s NBA Western Conference finals?

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 20 Sep 2020

This year’s NBA Western Conference finals sees the Lakers face off against the Nuggets, a matchup that last recalled a decade ago. We asked our team of experts for their predictions

The Premier League returns: Strange times, stranger football

Sport Luke Feltham - 10 Sep 2020

English football is set for (another) defiant return, bringing with it several bizarre subplots

Semenya’s long run for justice ends

Sport Luke Feltham - 10 Sep 2020

World Athletics, in its pursuit of Semenya, has destroyed anything resembling fairness. The waters have been polluted, leaving future generations to wade through a set of rules that make sense to very few people.

‘Wrong side of history’: Caster Semenya’s CAS appeal shot down

Sport Luke Feltham - 9 Sep 2020

South Africa’s star Olympic athlete may well have run out of legal options after latest loss in Swiss tribunal

How Chadwick Boseman inspired Africa’s first black skeleton racer

Sport Tolu Olasoji - 8 Sep 2020

Inspired by Chadwick Boseman’s portrayal of King T’Challa in ‘Black Panther’, Akwasi Frimpong set out to make his look, and impact, rich, black and cross-cultural

Controversy dogs Drogba’s top-job attempts

Sport Daniel Ekonde - 7 Sep 2020

Does Didier Drogba deserve to lead Cote D’Ivoire’s football association?

African Blogtable: Who’ll emerge victorious when the Raptors take on the Celtics?

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 5 Sep 2020

The Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics meet in the Eestern Conference playoffs this week. Our African Blogtable contributors weigh in on which team they think will take it

Akani Simbine’s Olympic dream deferred, not derailed

Sport Matshelane Mamabolo - 2 Sep 2020

The sprinter has to wait a year longer to realise his dream of winning gold in Tokyo to make up for narrowly missing out on the podium in Doha

Cartoon: A Messi affair in the Barcelona house

Cartoons Carlos - 27 Aug 2020

An untidy board room has prompted a transfer request from the little man

More than a game: NBA players in wildcat strike to protest racial injustice

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 27 Aug 2020

In 1961, Bill Russell led his fellow Boston Celtics in refusing to play in an NBA game in protest of systemic racism. It happened again on Wednesday.

‘Such a pity’: How Pakistan’s Amir paid heavy price for fixing scandal

Sport Agence France Presse - 27 Aug 2020

A decade ago, Amir's exciting young career came to an abrupt halt when he was caught bowling no-balls to order at Lord's, set up by a British newspaper sting

Top European clubs circle as Messi calls time at Barcelona

Sport Daniel Bosque - 26 Aug 2020

The Argentine legend has fallen out with the Catalan club's hierarchy, which has alerted a number of sides in world football

African Blogtable: Upsets and flukes in the NBA playoffs

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 25 Aug 2020

This week, some lower-seeded teams won their first games against the top-seeded teams. Were these once-off wins or should LeBron and Giannis be worried?

Not acknowledging crimes against humanity is the Springbok way

Sport Phumlani Pikoli - 24 Aug 2020

South African rugby was racist, is still racist, and nothing will truly transform it.

Welcome to the African Blogtable: Let’s talk NBA playoffs

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 19 Aug 2020

The NBA playoffs have officially begun and the race to the championship is tight. African sports journalists from all over the continent share their answers to some burning questions about this season’s potential winner

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