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Isatu Fofanah
Born is Makeni Sierra Leone Isatu Sierra Fofanah is a 100 and 200 meters sprinter specialist who competes for Canada. She has made significant progress as a sprinter since taking up the sport of Track & Field in High School in Canada. Last year (2013) she broke the 60 meters record at the University of Northern Arizona with a time of 7.40 seconds. She has begun the 2014 campaign off in a great way with 7.42 seconds in the 60 meters, a new meet record at the Golden Bear Open meet in Canada. Look for Isatu to climb up into the upper echelon of women sprinting in the world in the near future
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Mamadu Mansaray
Born to a former national sprinter for Sierra Leone Abdul Mansaray, Defender and Goalie Mamadu Mansaray was recruited to the Hawks club after featuring in the U12 All Stars team from the city of Temecula, California USA two years ago.
He currently features as a defender but also doubles as goalie for the team. His sheer his size, strength, speed and ability to hit the ball on goal kicks earned him a move to the defensive side. He possesses tremendous skill and upside that will one day see him sporting the colors of Team USA at international competitions.
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Solomon Bogere
Light Welterweight Champion of Uganda Solomon Bogere whose record currently stands at 11 wins -1 loss and-2 draws with a total of 14 fights under his belt, has been compared to former African junior middleweight and middleweight champion; John Mugabi dubbed; The Beast”. Bogere is considered the best pound for pound fighter in East Africa currently. Said to be fearless this young champion is looking to make major international headlines in the boxing world and contend for a world title soon. Bogere has an extremely bright future and bodes well for the Boxing game in Africa.
African Sports Monthly takes a look at a cadre of rising young stars that will be superstars of years to come. In this edition we anoint six (6) athletes that have a very strong upside to each of them
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