Cameroon suffer 3-1 defeat to the Netherlands at the FIFA Women’s World Cup
Cameroon fell to the Netherlands 3-1 in their 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup group stage match in Valenciennes, France.
Vivianne Miedema got a brace for the Dutch and Dominique Bloodworth scored the other, and the only goal for the African side came courtesy Aboudi Onguene. Cameroon have lost their two matches at the competition and play New Zealand in their final group game.
Morocco, Nigeria, Mali lose friendly games as African teams prepare for AFCON 2019
Ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, African teams played friendly games in preparation for the biennial tournament.
Host nation Egypt won 3-1 against Guinea, Algeria beat Mali 3-2, fellow North African side Morocco lost to Zambia 3-2, Nigeria lost to Senegal 1-0 and it ended 1-1 between Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare wins 100m at Diamond League in Rabat
Africa’s athletics stars shone bright at the Diamond League in Rabat.
The women’s 100m produced an African one-two as Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare edged Ivory Coast’s world 100m and 200m silver medallist Marie-Josee Ta Lou, winning in 11.05secs.
The women’s 800m race lacking Caster Semenya – for whom an invitation to compete came too late to be practicable – was won by Kenya’s Nelly Jepkosgei in 1min 59.50secs.
Ethiopia’s world 1,500m record holder Genzebe Dibaba produced a 2019 world-leading time of 3min 55.47sec to win.
Proteas beat Afghanistan to win first match at ICC Cricket World Cup
South Africa revived their faint World Cup hopes with a nine-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Cardiff.
Having failed to win any of their first four matches, they dismissed a winless Afghanistan for 125 after two rain delays cut the match to 48 overs.
Imran Tahir struck twice in his first over and Quinton de Kock scored 68 as South Africa reached their revised target of 127 with 19.5 overs to spare. A much greater challenge awaits South Africa in their next match against New Zealand at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
Ashante Kotoko beat rivals Hearts of Oak on penalties in NC Special Competition semi-final
Asante Kotoko advanced to the final of the Normalization Committee’s Special Competition following penalty shootout victory against rivals Hearts of Oak at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.
The Porcupine Warriors took the lead as early as the 4th minute through Abdul Fatawu Safiu from an assist from Naby Laye Keita. A late penalty in the second half from Christopher Bonney restored parity for Hearts of Oak before they eventually lost 5-4 on penalties.