(CNN) — Nigeria’s long wait for a major soccer title ended on Sunday as the “Super Eagles” beat Burkina Faso 1-0 in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. Sunday Mba scored his second goal of the two-week tournament — both coincidentally coming on the day that bears his name […]
Editor’s note: CNN’s full interview with Issa Hayatou will screen on World Sport, Monday February 11 at 1700 GMT. (CNN) — Africa is ready to host the Olympic Games for the first time despite “prejudice” against its capabilities, claims the continent’s top soccer official. Issa Hayatou, who has been president of the […]
(CNN) — An international sports icon is behind bars. His girlfriend is dead. And South Africa is grappling with one of its most notorious killings in recent memory. Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius, known as Blade Runner for his lightning-fast prosthetic legs, shook and sobbed Friday when a judge officially charged […]