African Sports Monthly Mar, 2015 | Page 27

The greatest story in sports performance, human endurance and a show of grit for 2015 was exhibited by Kenyan marathon runner Hyvon Ngetich at the annual Austin, Texas Marathon on Sunday February 15th. Leading the field of women at the race and with just a few more miles to go Ngetich’s body gave out to exhaustion but she was determined to finish her race and so she crawled all the way to the finish line egged on by race officials and fans. #TrueGrit On March 1, 2015 - Egypt claimed their sixth successive Women's U20 African Championship after beating Kenya 3-0 (2516, 25-12, 25-17) in the final match held at the Eastern Company Hall in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have finally agreed to a May 2nd 2015 Showdown in Las Vegas in a fight that is set to be the most NFL Defensive standout Ndamuhkong Suh formerly of the Detroit Lions is set to sign $114 million Contract with the Miami Dolphins with a guaranteed $60 million for 6 years. This makes Suh one of the top five highest paid players in the NFL. The USA’s Major League Soccer kicked off its landmark 20th season on Friday March 6th Nigeria and Mali finished as group winners at the CAF U -17 Championship 2015 played in Niger to secure their spots at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 where they will be joined by fellow semi-finalists Guinea and South Africa.