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Dorcas Adesokan
Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (born 5 July 1998) is a Nigerian badminton player. Career In 2014, she won bronze medals at the African Championships in the women's singles and mixed doubles event, and silver medal in the mixed team event. In June, she won Lagos International tournament in women's doubles events. In 2019, she competed at the African Games, won a mixed team gold, also two silver medals in the women's singles and doubles events. In 2021, she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Achievements African Games ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' African Championships ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' African Youth Games ''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 5 runners-up) ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogun State
Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ogun State borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo State and Osun State to the north, Ondo State to the east, and the Republic of Benin to the west. Abeokuta is both Ogun State's capital and most populous city; other important cities in the state include Ijebu Ode, the royal capital of the Ijebu Kingdom, and Sagamu, Nigeria's leading kola nut grower. Ogun state is covered predominantly by rain forest and has wooden savanna in the northwest . Ogun State had a total population of 3,751,140 residents as of 2006, making Ogun State the 16th most populated state in Nigeria In terms of landmass, Ogun State is the 24th largest State in Nigeria with land area of 16,762 kilometer square. Nicknamed the "Gateway to Nigeria", the state is notable for having a high concentration of industrial Estates and being a major manufacturing hub in Nigeria. Major factories in Ogun include the Dangote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton Confederation Of Africa
The Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA) (formerly known as Badminton Confederation of Africa) is the governing body of badminton in Africa. It is one of the 5 continental bodies under the flag of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). It now has 42 member countries and 1 associate member. History Badminton Confederation of Africa was formed on 31 August 1977 as African Badminton Federation during a meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The meeting was attended by delegates from seven national organisations from Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia. Member associations * Algeria * Benin * Botswana * Burkina Faso * Burundi * Cameroon * Central African Republic * Congo * Democratic Republic of Congo * Djibouti * Egypt * Equatorial Guinea * Eritrea * Eswatini * Ethiopia * Ghana * Guinea * Ivory Coast * Kenya * Lesotho * Libya * Madagascar * Malawi * Mauritania * Mauritius * Morocco * Mozambique * Namibia * Niger * Nigeria * Reunion (associate member) * Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hacène Harcha Arena
Harcha Hassan Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Algiers, Algeria. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 spectators. It hosts indoor sporting events such as Handball, Basketball, Volleyball and hosts the home matches of GS Pétroliers. It also hosted many international competitions. Competitions hosted Some of major senior competitions are below *Pan Arab Games **1 time ( 2004) *Mediterranean Games **1 time (1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...) *All-Africa Games **2 times ( 1978 & 2007) *African Handball Championship **4 times (Men's & Women's 1976, Men's & Women's 1989, Men's & Women's 2000 & Men's & Women's 2014) *FIBA Africa Championship **2 times ( Men's 1995 & Men's 2005) *African Volleyball Championship **1 time ( Men's 1993) *Vovinam World Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoni, Gauteng
Benoni is a town in Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Benoni was also the setting for the MTV-inspired movie ''Crazy Monkey: Straight Outta Benoni'', released internationally in 2005. People from Benoni *Urzila Carlson, New Zealand based comedian, from Benoni *R. Graham Cooks, chemist * Charlene, Princess of Monaco, (née Charlene Wittstock), swimmer, and consort of Prince Albert II of Monaco *Bryan Habana, former Springboks rugby player *Philip Holiday, IBF World Champion Boxer *Morris Kahn (born 1930), Israeli billionaire, founder and chairman of Aurec Group * Mildred Mangxola, singer and member of the Mahotella Queens * Frith van der Merwe, schoolteacher at Benoni High and the most prolific female runner in the history of the Comrades Marathon *Pops Mohamed, jazz musician *Genevieve Morton, top model *Grace Mugabe Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe (' Marufu; born 23 July 1965) is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur, politician and the widow of the late President Robert Mug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Gabriel
Grace Gabriel Ofodile (born 25 June 1988) is a Nigerian badminton player. She won the women's singles title at the 2012 and 2013 African Championships. Gabriel also won the women's singles silver medal at the 2011 and 2015 African Games. Career She won the silver medal in the women's singles at the 2011 All-Africa Games. She became the runner-up in the women's singles event at the 2014 African Badminton Championships. She won second place at the 2015 All Africa Games. In September 2013, it was reported that she was one of the 14 players selected for the Road to Rio Program, a program that aimed to help African badminton players to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games. She studied at Fontys University of Applied Sciences and lives in the Netherlands. Achievements All-Africa Games ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' African Championships ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 11 runners-up) '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaborone, Botswana
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Gaborone is situated between Kgale Hill and Oodi Hill, near the confluence of the Notwane River and Segoditshane River in the south-eastern corner of Botswana, from the South African border. The city is served by the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. It is an administrative district in its own right, but is the capital of the surrounding South-East District. Locals often refer to the city as ''GC or Motse-Mshate''. The city of Gaborone is named after Chief Gaborone of the Tlokwa tribe, who once controlled land nearby. Because it had no tribal affiliation and was close to fresh water, the city was planned to be the capital in the mid-1960s when the Bechuanaland Protectorate became an independent nation. The centre of the city is a long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobatse Stadium
Lobatse Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lobatse, Botswana. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Extension Gunners Extension Gunners FC is a football club based in Lobatse, Botswana. The team plays in the Botswana Premier League. They play at the Lobatse Sports Complex. History The club was founded in 1962 in the town of Lobatse as the Lobatse CS Gunners. It .... The stadium holds 20,000 people. There was a progressive construction of stadium in Lobatse which was expected to be done by end of 2010. External linksVenue information Football venues in Botswana Badminton venues Badminton in Botswana {{Botswana-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadia Hosny
Hadia Mohamed Hosny Elsaid Mohamed Tawfik El Said (born 30 July 1988) is an Egyptian badminton player playing in the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics. She won the women's singles title at the 2010 African Championships, and emerged as the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2019 African Games. Personal life She is currently working as a teaching assistant at the faculty of pharmacy of the British University in Egypt. She received a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from Ain Shams University in 2010 and an MSc degree in Medical biosciences from the University of Bath in 2012. Since 2015, she is attending as PhD student at the Pharmacology department of the Cairo University. Career She started playing badminton in 2000. Her squash coach Tamer Raafet at school was in Egypt national badminton team, and she had just quit gymnastics for an injury the year before and it was hard to get back, then she decide to try badminton. In September 2013, it was reported that she was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doha Hany
Doha Hany Mostafa (born 10 September 1997) is an Egyptian badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged five, and joined the national team in 2013. She won the bronze medal at the Badminton at the 2014 African Youth Games, 2014 African Youth Games, and represented her country at the Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the Badminton at the 2019 African Games, 2019 African Games. Hany featured in Egypt team that for the first time won the 2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, All Africa Women's Team Championships in 2020, also claimed two title in the 2020 African Badminton Championships, individual competition by winning the women's and mixed doubles event. She competed at the Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics in three different events; women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Achievements African Games ''Women's single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh
Uchechukwu Deborah ukeh (born 12 November 1996) is a Nigerian badminton player. In 2014, she competed at the African Youth Games The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years to complement the current Africa Games. The first games was hosted by Rabat, Morocco. This international sportive event has been created by Lassana Palenfo, cu ..., and won two gold medals in the girls' doubles and mixed team event. In 2016, she was the women's singles runner-up at the Ivory Coast International, and won the mixed doubles title partnered with Gideon Babalola. In 2017, she and Babalola reach the final round at the Ivory Coast International, but finished in second place. Ukeh also the runner-up at the Benin International tournament in the women's singles and doubles event. In the national event, Ukeh who represented Edo State was the women's singles and doubles runner-up at the Katsina Golden Star Badminton Championships. Achievements African Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
