One of Nigeria's biggest evangelical churches was on to a winner when it set up a football club -- backed by millions of dollars and the power of prayer.

Just over a decade later, Mountain Top FC or MFM FC are now in the Nigerian Professional Football League and among the best sides in the country.
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Sebastien Migne picked his first win as Kenya’s coach after the side beat Equatorial Guinea 1-0 in a friendly match played in Machakos on Monday evening. Piston Mutamba scored the lone goal in the 73rd minute as Stars recovered from Friday’s 1-0 loss to Swaziland.
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Migne was elated with the result at the full time whistle but notes that there is more work to be done.

Kenya is automatically qualified to the Sevens World Cup to be held in 2018 in San Francisco (USA)
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NAIROBI, Kenya, May 28, 2018/ -- The Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens tournament which was held in Gaborone, Botswana saw the ladies defeat the next door neighbours Uganda Cranes 29-7 in the #AfricaWomens7s final.

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On Monday May 28th, UN Environment and the IAAF have announced a new partnership to address the issue of air quality which is leading to 7 million deaths across the world. The partnership will be supported by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) who will be working to create an air quality monitoring network that will eventually link almost 1,000 athletics tracks around the world.
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The five-year partnership was announced coinciding with the conclusion of the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Nearly 91% of the world’s population breathes air that does not meet World Health Organization air quality guideline levels.

15 Harambee Stars players have on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, jetted out to India ahead of the 2018 Hero Intercontinental Cup, with six more players set to travel on Thursday, May 31, 2018.
 
This follows Stars’ build up friendly matches against Swaziland and Equatorial Guinea, aimed at getting the team in shape for the four nation tournament.
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Coach Sébastien Migné has included Buildcon FC (Zambia) duo of Cliffton Miheso and John Mark Makwatta in the team.

​Gamtel were crowned champions of the Gambia Football Federation 2017/18 Division One after a 2-1 victory away to Brikama United on the final day of season (22 May 2018).
 
The Telco side who had a five-point lead at top of log clinched their second title in three years after closest challengers Real de Banjul lost 1-0 to Gambia Ports Authority with two matches left.

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Deep in Egypt's Nile Delta region, the children of Nagrig village have a clear goal in life: they want to become football stars like Mohamed Salah, England's top scorer and Africa's top player.

Salah, who hails from their village, has been a Premier League sensation since joining Liverpool -- setting a new Premier League score in a 38-game campaign with 32 goals.

​Vipers claimed their third Uganda Premier League title after a comfortable 4-1 win over Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) at St. Mary’s Stadium Kitende Wakiso on the last day last Friday (25 May 2018).
 
The Venoms came from a goal down to beat ten-man UPDF to cruise to their first league triumph since 2015.

​Botswana and Mauritius pulled off upset results at the start of Group B action at the COSAFA Cup at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Monday to hand the competition an early shake up.
Botswana might have won by an even handier margin against three-time winners Angola had they used their counter-attacking opportunities to better effect in a convincing performance.
Mauritius looked well organised and disciplined as they hung onto a 1-0 win over Malawi.

​CAF President Ahmad Ahmad  was among  throng of dignitaries  that witnessed Monday’s  international friendly match  between Nigeria and visiting Democratic Republic of Congo at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium ,Port Harcourt in South-South  geographical zone of Nigeria. 

Before attending the match at the stadium named after Adokiye Amiesimaka-a member of Nigeria’s 1980 Africa Cup of Nations-winning side-the CAF President turned the sod to perform the foundation laying ceremony of a soccer academy being sited in Port Harcourt by Spanish giants, Real Madrid. 

Hosts Spain showed great form this weekend in Madrid, as the Spanish capital was hosting the sixth leg of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2018.
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The home nation captured all gold medals at stake intheteam events: Team Technical 88.1682, Team Free 91.8332 and Free Combination 90.8332, as well as the Duet and Mixed Duet events. 

​NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today the launch of 360 Portals, a new augmented reality (AR) experience available in the NBA AR app that allows fans to live within memorable, behind-the-scenes moments from the 2018 NBA Playoffs and Finals.  The NBA AR app, which launched for iPhone in October 2017, is now also available for free on Android devices.

​A six-day tournament gathering the world's best women's water polo teams will kick-off on Monday May 20 in Kunshan (CHN), during which eight teams previously qualified at the FINA Women's Water Polo World League Intercontinental Tournament and at the European preliminaries will battle it out for the World League title.

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NEW YORK – Alyssa Thomas of the Connecticut Sun and Chelsea Gray of the Los Angeles Sparks today were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played May 18-27.

NEW YORK – Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has been unanimously selected to the 2017-18 All-NBA First Team, giving him an NBA-record 12 First Team honors in his 15-year career.  James has passed Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone, who both finished with 11 First Team selections.

Houston Rockets guard James Harden also received All-NBA First Team votes on all 100 ballots, joining James as a unanimous selection.  Harden, who led the NBA in scoring average (30.4 ppg) and three-pointers made (265) for the league-best Rockets, was unanimously voted to the First Team for the second season in a row.

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LUANDA (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers) - The Angolan Basketball Federation on Thursday announced a 12-man provisional squad for next month's FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers action.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (FIBA Europe General Assembly) - The forty six European member federations of FIBA that gathered in Nicosia, Cyprus on Saturday for the annual FIBA Europe General Assembly adopted a declaration emphasising the fundamental role of national team basketball and the national championships as part of the European sports pyramid and condemning all recent actions of Euroleague Commecial Assets (ECA).
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With reference to the current situation of the Saudi referee Mr. Fahad AL MIRDASI, the FIFA Referees Committee has considered that the conditions to be selected for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ are not satisfied anymore and therefore has decided that the selection of Mr. Fahad AL MIRDASI is withdrawn with immediate effect.

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As part of its commitment to drive global football development and further strengthen and enhance ties with confederations and member associations, FIFA has announced the official opening of a new Regional Development Office today in the Caribbean to help support football development activities across the region.
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Located in Christ Church, Barbados, the new FIFA Regional Development Office for the Caribbean will play a central role in the implementation and coordination of a range of football development projects to be delivered through the FIFA Forward Programme as well as ensuring a permanent FIFA presence in the Caribbean to support member association’s across the region.

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Today, FIFA launched a complaints mechanism for human rights defenders and media representatives who consider their rights to have been violated while performing work related to FIFA’s activities (see here). The mechanism is complemented by a detailed statement, specifying the commitment outlined in paragraph 11 of FIFA’s Human Rights Policy to respect and help protect the rights of human rights defenders and media representatives.
Both the complaints mechanism and the statement are the result of a nearly one-year process and comprise input from a range of stakeholders and expert organisations, including from FIFA’s Human Rights Advisory Board.

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COGNAC (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers) - As one of the two teams - along with the Democratic Republic of Congo - that lost all three of their games in the first-leg of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 African Qualifiers, Guinea remain upbeat about their chances in the competition. 

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Injury news is a feature of the lead-up to every FIFA World Cup™. In the countdown to Russia 2018, Brazil's Dani Alves, France's Laurent Koscielny and England's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have been the topic of conversation, with all three missing out on the competition after suffering untimely setbacks.

Southern Africa’s national teams converge on Polokwane in the north of South Africa for the next fortnight to decide the identity of this year’s southern African championship as 14 countries battle it out for the COSAFA Cup.
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The regional championship has long been regarded as the biggest event of its kind in world football and is again expected to be a tightly contested affair.

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The most celebrated players in the world of football will be joined in Russia by some of the biggest stars of today’s international music scene. As part of another exciting collaboration between FIFA and Sony Music, Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi will perform 'Live It Up', the Official Song of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ produced by DJ and songwriter Diplo.

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The University of Pretoria Rugby Sevens team turned out to be real champions during the Centrale Sevens in Paris when they beat Wales in the semifinal and then went on to win the tournament.