By John Agok South Sudanese athlete has assured the people that he is headed for future opportunities despite recent performances from Olympics games in Japan. Abraham Geum told the journalists during the press conference that, he was optimistic for the next Paris 2025 Olympics games given the comparison of the two Olympics performances. “I am […]
By John Agok Yei Local Football Association’s President is threatening to resign if the General Assembly does not remove three members of the executive accused of misconduct and lack of cooperationby him. Earlier this month, Justin Lokonga, wrote to General Assembly in order to eliminate three officials but the body never acted. A document seen by Juba Echo claimed that the Association’s Vice President, Secretary General and Finance Secretary were not cooperative in […]
By Onen Walter Solomon, Juba A Health official at the South Sudan’s Ministry of Health said the nine members of the delegation of the South Sudan national football team who tested positive for SARS-COV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, in Doha did not get tested from a government laboratory prior to departure to Qatar. The team […]
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Juba The South Sudan’s national team has been knocked out of the Arab 2021 cup qualifiers and a win declared to Jordan following confirmation of coronavirus cases among the country’s delegation in Doha, Qatar. The Bright Stars were headed to final qualifiers against Jordan scheduled for June 21, before some of […]
By John Agok The National Olympic Committee in collaboration with International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to celebrate International Olympic Day in Juba on June 23, in Juba. The event expected to start at 3pm on Wednesday will be graced by Vice President for Gender, Youth and Sports cluster as she also announces 30 days […]
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Juba At least eight (8) South Sudanese players and a technical staff have tested positive of coronavirus in Doha, Qatar ahead of their qualifiers game on June 21, the South Sudan Football Association has confirmed. The Bright Stars flew Juba City on Friday to Qatar for final qualifiers match against Jordan in the preliminary matches before the Arab 2021 Cupcompetition in November. […]
By John Agok South Sudan Football team, the Bright Star has on Friday traveled to Qatar via Egypt ahead of a final qualifiers match against Jordan on June 21 in the preliminary matches before the actual tournament in November. The Bright Star scheduled to play Jordanian national team in a FIFA Arab Cup qualifiers next week […]
By John Agok The South Sudanese athletes and their coach are promising better performance during the forth coming Olympics and Paralympics games in Tokyo, Japan this July. Speaking during Zoom teleconference on Wednesday from Japan, the athletes expressed hopes and assurance to perform well in the tournament. “We are tackling other medic supplements that might […]
By Awan AchiekAt least five police officers have been reportedly wounded on Monday morning by armed youth in Rumbek East, Lakes State.The law enforcement agents were shot while trying to prevent the youth from carrying out revenge attacks, according to a State Police spokesman.“The police were trying to stop them from attacking another section of […]
By John Agok The South Sudan National Olympics Committee has commended the performance of the South Sudanese athletes in Maebashi City, northwest of Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics games scheduled for 23rd July to August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. While addressing the news conference in Juba on athletes progress in Japan, […]