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Jamaica, USA, South Africa double up in explosive 100m final line-up
Caribbean National Weekly
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September 14, 2025
TOKYO, Japan – The stage is set for a thrilling men’s 100-meter final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with Jamaica, the United States, and South Africa each advancing two athletes to the showdown. - Advertisement - They will be joined...
Goals and Highlights for Mozambique 2-0 Botswana in 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Match
VAVEL
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September 8, 2025
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ZESCO SUDDENLY LOADSHEDS BOTSWANA!
Zambian Observer
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September 8, 2025
ZESCO SUDDENLY LOADSHEDS BOTSWANA! ZESCO fails to supply Power to Botswana Plateau, Kasane, Kazungula and Lesoma have no power due to.loss of cross-border power from ZESCO-Zambia. ZESCO is one of the primary sources of electricity for Botswana,...
Botswana's Health Crisis Exposes Country's Fragile Political, Economic Systems
IOL
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Kim Heller|Published 33 minutes ago 5min Kim Heller Once celebrated as a stronghold of democracy and stability in Africa, Botswana is now displaying worrying signs of deterioration, as the nation grapples with economic and health challenges....
Leotlela, Simbine finish 5th and 7th in Tokyo World 100m final
SABC News
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September 14, 2025
South African sprinters, Gift Leotlela and Akani Simbine, finished in 5th and 7th place, respectively, in the final of the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Jamaica’s Oblique Seville was crowned world champion in a...
Seville reclaims men's 100m sprint title for Jamaica with Tokyo win
Sabah
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September 14, 2025
Oblique Seville claimed Jamaica’s first men’s world 100-meter title in a decade, outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday. Seville timed a personal best of 9.77 seconds for the victory, with Thompson...
Oblique Seville wins highly-anticipated men's 100m gold at world athletics championships
Dhaka Tribune
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Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday. Seville timed a personal best of 9.77sec for the victory with Thompson taking...
Personal best: Seville wins Tokyo 100m for first Jamaican men's sprint title in 10 years
RTL Today
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September 14, 2025
Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday. Seville timed a personal best of 9.77sec for the victory with Thompson taking...
Jamaica’s Seville delivers in style for 100 metres gold
Stabroek News
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September 14, 2025
World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 – Men’s 100m Final – Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – September 14, 2025 Gold medallist Jamaica’s Oblique Seville celebrates with his national flag after winning the Men’s 100m Final alongside silver...
Athletics-Seville delivers in style for world 100 metres gold
The Malaysian Star
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September 14, 2025
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oblique Seville scorched to the world 100 metres gold in a personal best 9.77 seconds on Sunday, leading a Jamaican 1-2 ahead of Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson, second again in 9.82. Defending champion Noah Lyles took...
Seville delivers in style for world 100 metres gold
Channel News Asia
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September 14, 2025
TOKYO : Oblique Seville scorched to the world 100 metres gold in a personal best 9.77 seconds on Sunday, leading a Jamaican 1-2 ahead of Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson, second again in 9.82. Defending champion Noah Lyles took bronze in...
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Oblique Seville win 100-meter titles at world championships
The New York Times
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September 14, 2025
With Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, the greatest sprinter of all time, watching, two current faces of the event scored their biggest wins yet Sunday at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won gold in the women’s...
Tokyo World Championships: Team officials insisted I run despite injury, says Ogazi
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 14, 2025
Nigeria’s 19-year-old quarter-miler Samuel Ogazi has attributed his early elimination from the men’s 400m at the 2025 World Athletics Championships to an injury and instructions from national team officials to compete despite not being fully fit....
2025 WAC: Officials Forced Me To Compete With Injury At 2025 World Championships — Ogazi
Leadership
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September 14, 2025
The controversy surrounding Team Nigeria’s participation at the World Athletics Championships (WAC) in Tokyo has intensified following accusations from 400m sprint star Samuel Ogazi. Ogazi alleged that national team officials compelled him to...
World Athletics C’ships: Jamaica’s Seville, American Jefferson-Wooden Emerge Fastest Man And Woman In Tokyo
Ommcom News
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September 14, 2025
Tokyo (Japan): Jamaica’s Oblique Seville and American Melissa Jafferso-Wooden emerged as the fastest man and woman in the world as they cruised to victory in the men’s and women’s 100 metres final respectively at the World Athletics Championships...
2025 World Athletics Championships: Saminu misses out on 100m finals after finishing fourth
Ghana News Agency
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September 14, 2025
By Simon Asare Accra, Sept. 14, GNA – Ghana’s national 100m record holder Abdul-Rasheed Saminu was unable to progress to the 100m finals at the ongoing 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Saminu qualified for the semi-finals by...
Ghana’s Abdul-Rasheed Saminu falls short of 100m final at World Championship
Modern Ghana
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Ghanaian sprinter Abdul-Rasheed Saminu saw his debut World Athletics Championships campaign end at the semi-final stage after narrowly missing out on a place in the men’s 100 metres final in Tokyo on Sunday. The 21-year-old clocked 10.08 seconds...
Jamaica’s Seville wins world 100m gold as Nigeria’s Ajayi finishes 6th
Realnews Magazine
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September 14, 2025
Sports OBLIQUE Seville of Jamaica has won the men’s 100 metres gold at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Seville on Sunday clocked a personal best of 9.77 seconds to claim his first global title. Kishane Thompson, also of Jamaica,...
London 2026 World Championships: Nigeria, Egypt, others battle for slots
Realnews Magazine
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September 14, 2025
Sports NIGERIA and Egypt, will lead the charge for qualification to the 2026 ITTF World Team Championships in London, United Kingdom, as Africa’s top teams converge on Tunis, Tunisia, for the 2025 ITTF African Championships. The event is scheduled...
Seville wins Tokyo 100m for first Jamaican men's sprint title in 10 years
Tracy Press - California
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Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday. Seville timed a personal best of 9.77sec for the victory with Thompson taking...