• S. Sudan Okays $25m for new stadium construction

  Tuesday 23 July 2019
  July 22, 2019 (JUBA) - The government of South Sudan has approved $25 million for the construction of a new stadium in the capital, Juba. Michael Makuei Lueth (File photo) Addressing reporters on Friday, information minister, (...)

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• Manute Bol 1962-2010

  Sunday 20 June 2010
  June 19, 2010 (WASHINGTON) — The Sudanese born basketball player Manute Bol has passed away on Saturday after falling ill last month to a rare condition that ultimately led to kidney failure and painful skin reactions. Bol was being (...)

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• FIFA reverses Sudan soccer team’s win against Zambia

  Tuesday 9 October 2012
  October 8, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The world soccer’s governing body FIFA ruled today against Sudan in the complaint submitted by Zambia which alleges that the former used an ineligible player during their 2014 World Cup qualifier match last (...)

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• FIFA suspends Sudan football association

  Thursday 29 June 2017
  June 28, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The International Federation of Football Associations, FIFA has decided to suspend the activities of the Sudan Football Association (SFA) starting from Friday. Fifa logo On 30 April 2017, a group backed (...)

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• S. Sudan women to participate in CECAFA Challenge Cup

  Thursday 14 November 2019
  November 13, 2019 (JUBA) – The national women team of South Sudan will participate in the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Senior Women’s Challenge Cup due in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Sudan’s member of (...)

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• South Sudan schools win three silver medals in East Africa games

  Thursday 8 September 2011
  September 7, 2011 (KAMPALA) – South Sudan secondary school teams won three silver medals at the Confederation of East Africa Secondary Schools tournament games held in Mbarara, Uganda. South Sudan students took the silver medal for (...)

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• Sudan’s Islamic Fiqh Council bans formation of womens soccer team

  Tuesday 24 January 2012
  January 23, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Islamic Fiqh Council in Sudan issued a fatwa (religious order) saying that it is forbidden for the country to create a womens soccer team, deeming it an immoral act. Yoanis Linares Reyes of Cuba’s (...)

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• Sudanese women play first competitive soccer

  Friday 24 February 2006
  Feb 23, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — After five years of playing her first love soccer behind closed doors in Sudan where Islamic laws restricted female sports, Sara Edward is finally playing a match against other women in public. Dressed in (...)

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• South Sudan’s first Olympic athlete captures imagination of London 2012

  Tuesday 14 August 2012
  By Tom Law August 13, 2012 (LONDON) - Guor Marial, South Sudan’s first Olympian, has not just inspired a generation, the theme of the London 2012 Games, but has become an inspiration for a whole nation as well as stateless people (...)

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• S. Sudan defeats Equatorial Guinea in first continental game

  Sunday 6 September 2015
  September 5, 2015 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese national football team defeated Equatorial Guinea by a single goal in its first ever competitive match played Saturday. South Sudan national football team during a past tournament [©AFP] (...)

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