13th African Games: South Africa's hockey team withdraws because of unsuitable pitch

19 march 2024 - 09:01:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African national hockey team has withdrawn from the 13th African Games due [...] Full text...

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Posh Miami enclave to become US football hub with FIFA, Messi set to move in

14 june 2023 - 05:54:36
Miami, US (PANA) - Lionel Messi isn’t the only football powerhouse heading to Miami – FIFA, the organisers of the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya begins gradual return to sports events

18 september 2020 - 13:17:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - All contact sports including football and rugby remain suspended as Kenya announced a gradual resumption of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Swiss Gov't, IOC bail out cash-strapped global sports federations

14 may 2020 - 12:06:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International federations based in Switzerland will be able to access repayable loans part-covered by the International [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinean President Alpha Condé says mentholatum, hot water can kill COVID-19

10 april 2020 - 17:12:24
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean Head of State, Alpha Condé, advised his compatriots on Thursday to use mentholatum in [...] Full text...

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Former Uganda international boxer Franco Wanyama laid to rest

11 may 2019 - 16:22:28
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The curtains have fallen on Franco Wanyama, a man upon whose death in the United Kingdom [...] Full text...

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Telkom Kenya through to Africa Club Cup hockey final

19 december 2018 - 12:25:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Telkom Kenya on Tuesday secured their place in the final of the 2018 Africa Cup for [...] Full text...

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Kenya hopeful to retain African hockey title

18 january 2018 - 18:43:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Telcom Orange hockey club jetted out to Accra on Thursday determined to retain the [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Government to monitor Olympic body, athletics polls

22 april 2017 - 17:50:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Sports Registrar has been ordered to monitor the forthcoming National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Zambia's Kennedy to seek slot in FIH board

03 november 2016 - 09:23:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Zambia's Hazel Kennedy is the only African who will seek a slot in the International Hockey [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan sports Federations ban national Olympic officials fingered in Rio fiasco

10 september 2016 - 17:02:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan sports federations have suspended seven National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) officials over the 2016 [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Minister blasts "wobbly" football managers

10 may 2016 - 15:38:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario, Tuesday berated Kenyan footballers, challenging the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Xenophobic attacks in SA, death of designer of Ghana flag reported

25 april 2015 - 06:38:15
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The bloody wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa that has killed at least seven people [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Designer of Ghana flag dies

20 april 2015 - 10:13:05
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The designer of Ghana’s national flag, Theodosia Salome Okoh, is dead, according to family sources quoted [...] Full text...

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Rio 2016: IOC issues preparations warning

26 march 2014 - 12:04:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stressed that a “constant, concerted and integrated effort” is needed [...] Full text...

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IOC votes to add wrestling to 2020 Olympics

08 september 2013 - 19:06:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sunday voted to add wrestling to the 25 core sports for [...] Full text...

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Orange Kenya renews sponsorship of African Club champions

10 may 2013 - 16:39:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Integrated telecommunications services provider, Orange, has renewed its sponsorship of Kenya's Orange Ladies Hockey team ahead [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Orange Telkom clinches Africa Hockey Club Cup

10 december 2012 - 16:14:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Orange Ladies hockey team has emerged this year’s winner of the African Cup of Club [...] Full text...

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Orange to represent Kenya in Africa Club Cup Hockey Championship

29 november 2012 - 17:06:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - National Ladies Hockey League Champions, Orange, will represent Kenya at this year’s Africa Cup for Club [...] Full text...

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World hockey body changes World Cup, Olympic qualifier formats

22 november 2012 - 15:17:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The world hockey governing body, FIH, has published the qualification system for the Rabobank Hockey [...] Full text...

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World hockey body to increase World Cup slots

02 november 2012 - 16:22:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced that it will expand its World Cup from 12 [...] Full text...

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Angola minister confirms release of funds for skate hockey championship

20 october 2012 - 15:37:42
Luanda, 10/20 (PANA) – The Angolan minister of Construction, Fernando Fonseca, said on Friday in Luanda that funds for the [...] Full text...

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Morocco's El Moutawakeel, Reedie land IOC VP slots

28 july 2012 - 17:26:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Morocco’s Nawal El Moutawakel and Britain's Craig Reedie have been elected vice-presidents of the International Olympic [...] Full text...

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'Angola has what it takes to host Roller Hockey World Cup'

13 february 2012 - 09:47:49
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola has what it takes to successfully host the 2013 Roller Hockey World Cup, also known [...] Full text...

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Coe says London on course to host "Games for everyone"

08 february 2012 - 19:12:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Lord Sebastian Coe, the Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), has [...] Full text...

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Kenya misses Olympic ticket, as African slot is given to Argentina

19 january 2012 - 15:20:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The hopes of the Kenyan women’s hockey team of making its maiden appearance at the Olympics [...] Full text...

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Germany beats Angola 4-3 in hockey World Cup

01 october 2011 - 15:23:02
San Juan, Angola (PANA) - Germany on Friday beat the Angolan national senior male roller skate team 4-3 in the [...] Full text...

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World Under-20 hockey cup competition: Angola thrashes Austria 8-2

13 september 2011 - 17:28:21
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola's Under-20 males roller-skate team Monday thrashed Austria 8-2 in group B’s second round of the [...] Full text...

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It's Kenya Vs South Africa in Women's hockey Olympic qualifier

09 september 2011 - 16:38:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan women's hockey national team will Sunday battle it out for the gold medal at [...] Full text...

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Gor, Ulinzi shortlisted for top Kenya sports awards

11 november 2010 - 19:13:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Premier League (KPL) teams, Ulinzi Stars and Gor Mahia, are among recipients nominated for the [...] Full text...

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New Nigerian Olympic chief pledges good Commonwealth Games outing in India

16 september 2010 - 17:39:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The newly-elected President of the Nigeria Olympic Commi ttee (NOC), Sani Ndanusa, has said that his [...] Full text...

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Angola wins African clubs hockey championship

26 july 2010 - 08:20:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola's hockey club Academica de Luanda defeated Juvent ude de Viana, another Angolan club 3-2 to [...] Full text...

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Hockey: Kenya's USIU for Africa club tourney

21 july 2010 - 19:29:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- United States International University (USIU-A) women's hockey team plans to add two trophies to its arsenal [...] Full text...

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Kenya picks provisional All-Africa hockey team

18 july 2010 - 17:39:00
Nairobi-Kenya (PANA)-- The Kenya Hockey Union on Sunday picked the men's provisio nal national team to next July's All-Africa Games. [...] Full text...

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IOC opens Olympic Youth Development Centre in Zambia

12 may 2010 - 13:13:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) built by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been officially [...] Full text...

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Kenya Police, Telkom Orange lift Vaisakhi hockey titles

26 april 2010 - 14:22:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- For the first time since formation 62 years ago, the Ken ya Police hockey club on [...] Full text...

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Ghana's CEPS for Kenya invitational hockey tourney

06 april 2010 - 18:15:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Pakistani customs and Ghana's CEPS hockey clubs have con firmed participation in this month's Vaisakhi International [...] Full text...

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Hockey: Telkom Kenya holds Nigeria's Heartland to a draw

15 december 2009 - 14:03:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan team Telkom Orange scored late Monday to escape d efeat from defending champions, Imo Heartland [...] Full text...

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Kenya floors Nigeria in African hockey championships

14 december 2009 - 16:23:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kisumu Simba revived Kenya's dreams of reaching the men' s final of the ongoing Africa Club [...] Full text...

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Egyptian teams thrash Kenyan sides in Africa Club hockey Cup

13 december 2009 - 17:17:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Missed chances and uncoordinated play saw Kenyan sides G reen Sharks and Kisumu Simba pay dearly [...] Full text...

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Mills says Ghana to win World Cup

15 october 2009 - 22:55:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana's President John Evan-s Atta Mills on Thursday held aloft the FIFA World Cup trophy and [...] Full text...

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Kenya hockey secretary, coaches sanctioned

22 september 2009 - 18:00:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) has suspended its secretary -general, Peter Kiruma, and coaches Avtar Singh [...] Full text...

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World Cup qualifier: Kenyan strikers Wanga, Oliech in for Mozambique tie

31 august 2009 - 16:47:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan strikers Allan Wanga and Dennis Oliech arrived in Nairobi on Monday ahead of this weekend's [...] Full text...

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South Africa hockey team humiliates Ghana

11 july 2009 - 10:20:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana’s national hockey team, the Black Sticks, were crush ed 8-0 by their South African counterparts [...] Full text...

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Cash-strapped Kenya out of African hockey event

30 june 2009 - 17:27:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya has opted out of July's Africa Cup of Nations wome n's hockey tournament in Accra, [...] Full text...

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Keino re-elected Kenya Olympic chief

22 may 2009 - 18:49:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Long-serving National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) chair, Kipchoge Keino, Friday led his team in recapturing [...] Full text...

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