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Tired colonial tropes paint Africans as untamed, unrestrained, and lacking in intelligence.
Africans are often sold as physically strong with raw talent, but lacking in discipline and technical refinement.
Kenya has been the leading African country at the games for almost a decade, but medals are harder and harder to secure, so the country must be innovative.
Kenya must keep adapting its development programmes - and move beyond just high altitude running academies.
For Olympic sports to thrive, the government must commit and find additional financing, notably through the private sector and sponsorship.
Women were banned from playing football in many countries, but that’s just one of many barriers they have overcome.
The first African team to reach a T20 World Cup final, South Africa will need to reconsider how young cricketers are playing the T20 game.
African states won new power when they demanded New Zealand withdraw because of their rugby tour of apartheid South Africa.
African clubs must learn from the success of Al Ahly and Esperance.
His sudden death at 24 has shone a light on what a talent and hard worker he was, and what he represented.
With three world records to her name, Faith Kipyegon is competing for two gold medals at the World Athletics Championships.
The decline in Kenyan medals at the world championships is due to increased competition and a lack of investment at home.
The first African woman to reach a grand slam tennis final, she has once again set Wimbledon – and Tunisian hearts – ablaze.
The final in Casablanca puts Caf at a crossroads about host nations and venues for matches.
Athletes must seek other ways to finance their careers beyond state and private sponsorships.
The controversy over female athletes being tested for testosterone levels is not just a contested scientific issue but also one of human rights.
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Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Sports Science, University of Tübingen
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Enseignant-chercheur, UFR des Sciences de l'Education, de la Formation et du Sport, Université Gaston Berger
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Research fellow, University of Passau
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Professor of Sociology, Université de la Manouba
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Associate Professor in Sport Policy & Management, Qatar University
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Associate Professor in Marketing, Keele University
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Associate Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of History, Boston University
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Professeur ordinaire à l’université de Lausanne (Unil), chercheur au Centre d’histoire internationale et d’études politiques de la mondialisation (Unil), co-directeur du Groupe de recherche Achac., Université de Lausanne
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Assistant Professor, Loyola University New Orleans
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Postdoctoral fellow, University of Groningen