Ghanaian swimmer Joselle Mensah made her Olympic debut in the women’s 50m freestyle, finishing sixth in the heats.

The young swimmer made a strong start in Heat 4 of the

Ghanaian sprinter Abdul-Rasheed Saminu booked a semi-final spot in the 100m race of the ongoing Paris Olympic Games.

The 22-year-old sprinter placed third with an impressive time of 10.06s to

Nigerian athlete, Favour Ofili, has sent a strong message to the Nigerian athletics officials after she was told in Paris that her name was not entered for the 100m race.

Brian Daniel Pintado followed in the footsteps of famous countryman Jefferson Perez when he won 20 kilometres race walk gold for Ecuador at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

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World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe has defended the decision to become the first Olympic sport to dish out prize money, with each Paris gold medallist receiving $50,000.

Race walkers

A human rights group says the International Olympic Committee’s rules on gender eligibility at the women’s boxing tournament in Paris have created a ‘dangerous and absurd spectacle.’

Italian fighter Angela