Netball gets place at All Africa games
NETBALL has been drafted into the All Africa Games, with eight teams set to feature in the 2007 edition in Algiers, Algeria.
By Reuben Olita
in Nairobi
Today's semi-finals
Women
NIC v URA
JKU v Prisons
Men
Police v Msambweni
NCC v Dynamic
NETBALL has been drafted into the All Africa Games, with eight teams set to feature in the 2007 edition in Algiers, Algeria.
The news was communicated to an East Africa Netball Association council meeting in Nairobi on Wednesday by Confederation of African Netball Association (CANA) secretary-general Sharifa Khamis Salim of Zanzibar.
Salim, also the EANA chairperson, said the decision to allow netball as a medal sport at the games was made at a meeting of African sports ministers November 27-29 in Algeria.
* DEFENDING champions National Insurance Corporation will battle foes Uganda Revenue Authority in the semi-final of the East Africa netball club championships at Railway club in Nairobi.
Prisons take on JKU in the other semifinal.
in Nairobi
Today's semi-finals
Women
NIC v URA
JKU v Prisons
Men
Police v Msambweni
NCC v Dynamic
NETBALL has been drafted into the All Africa Games, with eight teams set to feature in the 2007 edition in Algiers, Algeria.
The news was communicated to an East Africa Netball Association council meeting in Nairobi on Wednesday by Confederation of African Netball Association (CANA) secretary-general Sharifa Khamis Salim of Zanzibar.
Salim, also the EANA chairperson, said the decision to allow netball as a medal sport at the games was made at a meeting of African sports ministers November 27-29 in Algeria.
* DEFENDING champions National Insurance Corporation will battle foes Uganda Revenue Authority in the semi-final of the East Africa netball club championships at Railway club in Nairobi.
Prisons take on JKU in the other semifinal.