Black Queens call up two new faces for Mauritius Olympic qualifier

The Black Queens have named two players from the Black Princesses in their squad for the second round of the African qualifiers for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Rabiatu Maltiti of Ampem Darkoa Ladies and Margaret Agyapomaa of Police Ladies have …

Olympic qualifiers: Björkegren names 24 for Mauritius tie

Four players miss Young Warriors trip to Mauritius

pexels photo 364308Four players couldn’t make the Zimbabwe trip to Mauritius, for the second leg of their U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and 2028 Olympic qualifier. Ndlovu Prince ….injured Meya Junior …..dropped out Corbin Mthunzi ….returned to his …

Black Queens name 24-woman squad for Mauritius Olympic Games qualifiers

Mukarama Abdulai has returned to the Black Queens squad after a two-year absence as Ghana prepare to face Mauritius in the second round of the 2028 Olympic Games qualifiers. The Ünye Kadun forward is among five players recalled by head coach Kim Lars …

UK-Mauritius Chagos sovereignty deal stalls amid fears of further delays

Pointe aux Sables, Mauritius – "At one funeral, we scattered sand from Chagos into an elder's tomb to honour his unfulfilled wish to breathe his last in his homeland," says Olivier Bancoult of the Chagos Refugees Group. For elderly …

Rodrigues island: ‘Like Mauritius ten years ago’

Name changes! They’ve happened all over Africa in the post-colonial era, including Mauritius. On Rodrigues island, a semi-autonomous island of Mauritius, lying 560 km to the east towards Australia, it has involved a Duncan Road changing to Rue Francois …

Mauritius becomes first country to reverse type 2 diabetes epidemic

New research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept 28 – Oct 2) and published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows that the small island nation of Mauritius is …

Mauritius Rights Body Calls for Marriage Equality

The National Human Rights Commission in Mauritius earlier this year urged the government to legally recognize same-sex marriages, stating that the refusal to recognize such unions is discriminatory and lacks justification under domestic law. The Commission …

Young Warriors beat Mauritius

Tadious Manyepo Zimpapers Sports Hub Zim U23 2-0 Mauritius U23 IT had been a while since the national Under-23 team played international football. The wait, perhaps too long, has, however, been worth it after the Young Warriors turned on the power to beat …

Owino earns Shujaa call-up for Mauritius Sevens

Davis Nyangige scoring a try in a past sevens championship/HANDOUT Menengai Oilers star Glacious Owino has earned a call-up to the Kenya Sevens squad for the Africa Sevens Cup Championship in Mauritius this weekend after an impressive National Sevens …