Nigeria’s history of outstanding sports performance
Nigerians are some of Africa’s greatest sports people in a variety of disciplines. Clayton Goodwin looks at some of the most outstanding figures from the last 60 years.
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‘Being Black is a crime’ – words that are still too true in Britain
Being Black is all too often regarded as being a crime in the UK, but the greater crime lies with those who believe in this prejudice, says Clayton Goodwin
African athletics: The future is brighter
August was a month of high quality sport with African athletes enhancing the credibility of athletics at different levels. Clayton Goodwin traces the interplay of …
Mo Farah ‘Running into history’
Mo Farah has run into history. Black history? British history? Athletics history? Let’s just say – he has run into history. Clayton Goodwin reports on …
Olympics: The Age Of The African
On the track, it is very much the Age of the African … and if David Rudisha, Asbel Kiprop, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Wilson Kipsang and …
Bring It On, Say The Kenyans!
With the London 2012 Olympics a month away, global excitement is in overdrive. And if the Kenyan women long distance runners’ showing at the London …