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CHIPOLOPOLO – A WIN WE NEEDED BUT WORLD CUP JUST A LITTLE OUT OF OUR REACH
The Chipolopolo Boys yesterday recorded an important 1-0 win over Tanzania in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier away in Zanzibar. Fashion Sakala made a well timed run into the box to finish off a Lubambo Musonda Modricsque side foot brilliant low...
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Bill Maher says there’s a genocide against Christians in Nigeria. Is he right?
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Premier Christianity Magazine
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“If you don’t know what’s going on in Nigeria, your media sources suck! You are in a bubble.” I first saw the clip of Bill Maher berating the world’s media over Nigeria a few hours after it was broadcast on his late-night talk show. It has been...
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OPINION: Sukkot reminds us not to close the door on refugees
It’s been another momentous High Holy Day period for our community. We have again faced immense grief at this time after the horrific Yom Kippur attack in Manchester. Yet there has been cause for hope too. Both of our organisations saw an...
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World News | MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh to Lead Indian Delegation at NAM Mid-Term Ministerial in Uganda on Oct 15-16
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh will lead the Indian delegation for the 19th Mid-Term Ministerial of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) being...
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Super Eagles Of Nigeria Qualify For 2026 World Cup Play-offs, 9 African Teams Grab Automatic Tickets
Nine African countries have officially booked their places at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, while Nigeria’s Super Eagles narrowly claimed a lifeline through the play-offs after a dramatic recalculation of qualification standings. The confirmed nations...
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Nigeria Thrash Benin Republic 4-0 To Boost World Cup Playoff Hopes
Nigeria reignited their World Cup qualification campaign on Tuesday night with a dominant 4-0 victory over Benin Republic, a result that significantly boosted their chances of securing a CAF playoff spot for the 2026 World Cup. The Super Eagles,...
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Nigeria miss out on automatic qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup
Despite a dominant 4-0 win over Benin Republic on Tuesday night, October 14, 2025, at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have missed out on automatic qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A stunning hat-trick...
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Mile posts: Items on Will Norris, Missy Rock, Biya Simbassa, Annie Frisbie, Geneva Timmerman
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Des Moines Register - Iowa
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Will Norris is a marathon champion. And it's a prestigious marathon that he won. The former Spirit Lake prep and Northwestern College Hall of Famer withstood a challenge from Tesfu Tewelde of Eritrea over the final 2 kilometers to capture the win...
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Libya’s east rebuilds while desert migrants risk death en route to Europe
Every week, illegal immigrants from Sudan, Eritrea, Chad, and Niger pour across the border into Libya, which they hope will live up to its name as the “Gateway to Europe”. The Libyan authorities have a choice. Do they do what the French are...
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World Championships 2025 Bring Pride To Africans Despite Disadvantages
Africa's first ever cycling world championships have been a dream come true for several amateur riders, some of whom have been praying just to be given an opportunity in a sport dominated by wealthy nations. Setting off for her time-trial from a...
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Reflections from Rwanda – Eight things we learned at the World Championships
Sunday marked the culmination of a truly historic and landmark Road World Championships, with the event taking place in Africa for the first time ever as Kigali, Rwanda hosted the week of racing. After several years of anticipation, including some...
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Water wars: has GERD reset Africa’s hydropolitics?
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Water wars: has GERD reset Africa’s hydropolitics? Water scarcity in Africa is a crisis, and the GERD conflict shows why mutually beneficial cooperation agreements are vital. Published on 14 October 2025 in ISS Today By Dhesigen Naidoo Research...
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2026 FIFA World Cup: Nigeria, Benin Republic in Game of Death
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Never in recent memory has a football match generated a lot of interest, eliciting great debates and prompting mathematical calculations laced with several ‘ifs’, yet nobody can confidently predict how the...
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Gallery: Massive crowds, demanding routes, and gutsy racing at Rwanda World Championship road races
There had been much written in the build-up to the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda – the first on African soil – about whether it could live up to its billing. Yet, once the action got underway last weekend, stresses about logistics,...
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Sports5 minutes ago 2026 World Cup Qualifiers: How Nigeria Could Still Make CAF Playoffs Even If South Africa Wins Super Eagles of Nigeria may still have a lifeline in their quest for a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup despite sitting third in Group...
Super Eagles of Nigeria may still have a lifeline in their quest for a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup despite sitting third in Group C and facing a tricky final showdown against the Benin Republic in Uyo at 5 p.m. today. Fresh hope arrived for...
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Children Lead the Push for Free Education Through a New Treaty
As the mother of a 4-year-old, I am amazed at how quickly young children learn and grow. My son, now in his second year of preschool in France, runs out of school each afternoon eager to show me the letters he has learned, point out new friends,...
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Huge hubris: Who truly deserved Nobel Peace Prize in 2025?
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, announced last Friday, was awarded to Maria Corina Machado, leader of the opposition in Venezuela. There was significant public interest in the outcome before the announcement, largely because U.S. President Donald...
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Who can still claim Africa's spots at 2026 World Cup?
Image caption, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Ghana are all top of their 2026 World Cup qualification groups, but Cameroon may be consigned to the play-offs ByRob StevensBBC Sport Africa Seven places at the 2026 Fifa World Cup are up for grabs as the...
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‘La Piovra’ actor Remo Girone passes away at 76 after a long battle with cancer
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains mention of death.Remo Girone, known as one of the most revered and celebrated Italian actors in the entertainment industry, has passed away. The actor left for his heavenly abode on October 3, after fighting...
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Who Won The Men Elite Road Race At The 2025 UCI Road Worlds? Results Here
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar won an epic men's road race at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships on Sunday, going solo from 66 kilometers out in the 267-kilometer slog over the hills around Kigali, Rwanda. In successfully defending his 2024 title,...
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