African Sports Monthly February 2013 Issue | Page 23

“Ephraim
Matsilela
'Jomo'
Sono, the
Black
Prince of
South African soccer,
was honored at the Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards with the coveted Johnnie
Walker Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first man from the world of soccer to win the prize.

His Royal
Highness Michael Jeffrey
Jordan the
Greatest Basketball Player
of all time
turned 50
years old .
Happy Birthday Michael
Jordan

Sudan born British basketball star
Luol Deng of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls
was an All Star again at the 2013
NBA All Star festivities in Houston
Texas ….

On February 18th 2013 Serena Williams
reclaimed the WTA World No.1 ranking
even after falling to fellow African America Sloane Stephen at the Australian
Open earlier in the year

Algeria
were
confirmed
as the
African
team
that will
represent the continent at in the 2013
FIVB World Grand Prix. By the CAVB

World Marathon
Majors (WMM)
members Tokyo, Boston,
London, Berlin,
Chicago and
New York have collectively revised their elite
athlete contracts to include stricter antidoping penalties.
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