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News Somalia » Sports: Somalia suspends athletics chief after video of slow runner goes viral, amid accusations of nepotism

News channel or source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somalia-slow-runner-nasra-abukar-athletics-accusations-nepotism/

Published on: Thursday 03 August 2023

The chairwoman of Somalia's national athletics federation has been suspended amid accusations of nepotism after a seemingly untrained female sprinter represented the African country at the World ...

News Somalia » Sports: 2 top Somalia sports officials die in bomb blast

News channel or source: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/olympics/2-top-somalia-sports-officials-die-in-bomb-blast

Published on: Monday 09 April 2012

The president of Somalia's Olympic committee and the head of the national soccer federation were killed in a bomb blast Wednesday that the IOC called an ''act of barbarism.'' Somali Olympic Committee ...

News Somalia » Sports: Somalia vs Algeria: Are the Fennecs on an easy mission?

News channel or source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/somalia-vs-algeria-fennecs-easy-081500909.html

Published on: Wednesday 08 October 2025

Algeria takes on Somalia this Thursday in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, a match that seems heavily tilted in favor of the Fennecs. Sitting atop Group G with 19 points, the Fennecs are looking to ...

News Somalia » Sports: Gambia open 2027 AFCON qualifier account against Somalia in September

News channel or source: https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/sports/gambia-open-2027-afcon-qualifier-account-against-somalia-in-september

Published on: Tuesday 02 June 2026

The Gambia will also play away to Ivory Coast in their third qualifier match in October 2026 in Abidjan. The Scorpions will host Ivory Coast in their fourth qualifier match in the same month in Banjul ...

News Somalia » Sports: Somalia: Youth and Sports Minister elected as MP in a re-contest parliamentary ballot

News channel or source: https://garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia-youth-and-sports-minister-elected-as-mp-in-a-re-contest-parliamentary-ballot

Published on: Sunday 02 April 2017

MOGADISHU, Somalia-The outgoing Federal Minister for Youth and Sports Mohamed Abdullahi Nuuh was elected as a member of the Lower House chamber of the Federal Parliament in a re-run election in ...

News Somalia » Sports: Somalia football slowly becomes a women's game

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/football/somalia-football-slowly-becomes-a-women-s-game/vi-AA1Zt3uM

Published on: Wednesday 25 March 2026

Football players warm up during the reopening of the stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Trump is already plotting another military operation Dietitians say you shouldn't take these ...

News Somalia » Sports: Somalia: Outgoing Sports Minister elected lawmaker despite ban

News channel or source: https://www.garoweonline.com/index.php/en/news/somalia/somalia-outgoing-sports-minister-elected-lawmaker-despite-ban

Published on: Wednesday 12 October 2016

JOWHAR, Somalia- The outgoing Somali Sports and Youth Minister, Mohamed Aduallah Hassan Nuh, was elected as MP in the ongoing Lower House elections in Jowhar town, despite recent ban from the Federal ...

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