Basketball
The 4th edition of the Lagos City Basketball League gets underway with an all inclusive stakeholders meeting slated for the Rowe Park Sports Centre, Lagos to discuss the modality for this year’s league.
'City boy' Wolde
Athletics
It was no surprise when an Ethiopian won the men’s Olympic 5000 metres title in Sydney 2000. What was a shock was that it should be Million Wolde. Sure, he’d had a good junior career, notably winning the World Junior title at the same distance two years before in Annecy, France, in 1998. But his only international form in early 2000 was a 15th place in the World Cross Country short course (4k) in Vilamoura, Portugal five months before Sydney.
Cameroon coach, Pfister
Football
Cameroon's veteran coach Otto Pfister revelled in his side's success in reaching the Africa Cup of Nations final after beating hosts Ghana 1-0.