Organisers of the Beijing Winter Olympics have eased a Covid-19 testing requirement for participants. The new change makes it easier for participants arriving at the Games to be considered virus-free. Over two million residents in Beijing’s Fengtai district have been told to undergo testing as a handful of locally transmitted cases were found earlier this week. Chinese…
The Confederation of African Football has launched an investigation into the death of eight persons following a stampede at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon. The incident happened during the Africa Cup of Nations round-of-sixteen game between the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon and their rivals from Comoros. President Paul Biya of Cameroon has also ordered a separate…
At least eight people are reported to have been killed and dozens hurt in a crush outside an Africa Cup of Nations match in Cameroon. Video footage showed football fans struggling to get access to the Paul Biya stadium in a neighbourhood of the capital Yaounde. The Cameroonian health ministry said one child is among the dead.…
The defending champions of the Africa Nations Cup, Algeria, have crashed out of the completion in Cameroon. Algeria crashed out yesterday with only one point, after losing three-one in their final Group E game against Ivory Coast last night. Before then, the Algerian team had drawn their first game against Sierra Lone, and lost 1-0 in their…
Polish footballer, Robert Lewandowski, who plays for Bayern Munich, has won the FIFA Best Player of the Year Award for men. Also, Alexia Putellas of Spain, who plays for Barcelona, was voted FIFA’s Women Best player of the Year. Senegalese and Chelsea goalkeeper, Edouard Mendy won the Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper. The FIFA Fair Play Award went…
Novak Djokovic has admitted breaching isolation rules after testing positive for Covid-19 last month. The Serbian in an Instagram post, admitted meeting a journalist for an interview two days after he tested positive on 16 December, describing it as an error of judgement. He also blamed his agent for making a mistake on the travel form he…