Author: Joan Igbava
Jade Lally has been representing Great Britain since 2006 and made her Olympic debut 10 years later in Rio. With the Tokyo 2020 countdown well underway, a baby was not on the agenda.
This weekend will mark a hugely significant moment for the history-making 27-year-old from Jeddah, in the F4 British Championship as Saudi Arabia’s first female racing driver Reema Juffali will make her debut. She made her competitive racing debut in October 2018, just months after Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on female drivers. Saudi Arabia issued driving licences to women for the first time in decades in June 2018, as it lifted its ban. Within five months, Juffali was competing in two-seater racing and has now progressed to single-seater racing. Thought of racing for Juffali came about three…
Kieran Egan, 23, who turned his back on football hooliganism was once also homeless, but he got back on track after signing up to The Prince’s Trust Team Programme; a personal development course for young people.
Born in Oklahoma to Nigerian parents, in her four years at Edmond North High School, she scored over 90 goals for the school team, she also played college soccer at Oklahoma State University while studying for an Accounting degree which she bagged about five months ago, she has continued scoring goals on and off the pitch including a hattrick in Friday’s Super Falcons friendly 6-1 win against Icelandic UMF Selfoss.
Five years ago, Nigerian-born Efe Obada had not even played American football, He was taken on by the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Atlanta Falcons before his breakthrough with the Carolina Panthers.
In 2004, JJ Roble’s and her family fled Somalia and ended up living in the shadow of Wembley Stadium. She’s now the first black, female, Muslim, hijab-wearing referee in the UK.
Raheem Sterling has been on the news for good reasons of late, standing up for fellow footballers who suffered racist abuse, speaking up against racism, and he plans to take his humanitarian nature another step further.
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook became only the second player after NBA great Wilt Chamberlain to score a ’20-20-20′ triple-double and dedicated it to murdered rapper Nipsey Hussle.
Mino Raiola, the agent of Moise Kean, has expressed his support to the Juventus forward after he was subjected to racial abuse from Cagliari’s ultras on Tuesday night.
Super Eagles and Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze highly compared to Arjen Robben has continued to impress with Villareal, and currently the side’s most valuable asset, something he proved again as he got a goal and bagged an assist as his team got a 4-4 result against La Liga champions Barcelona at home on Tuesday, 2nd April 2019.
