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  We are all aware that exercise generally has many benefits, such as improving physical fitness and strength. But what do we know about the effects of specific types of exercise? Researchers have already shown that jogging can increase life expectancy, for example, while yoga makes us happy. However, there is one activity that goes beyond enhancing physical and mental ...

Crystal Palace 3-0 Arsenal By Victor Enyeting Cabaye has scored his first Premier League goal at Selhurst Park since December 2015 Crystal Palace continued their recent revival to boost their Premier League survival hopes and leave Arsenal struggling to maintain their run of top-four finishes under Arsene Wenger. Palace led through Andros Townsend’s close-range finish, doubling their lead when Yohan ...

Nigeria’s Super Eagles Places 50th in FIFA World Rankings FIFA rankings now has the Super Eagles ranked 50th in the world, while sharing joint seventh place with Burkina Faso in the Africa rankings, behind Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria and DR Congo. Nigeria’s senior soccer team – The Super Eagles Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifiers wins over Zambia and ...

[Daily News] The Inter-community volleyball tournament continued on Friday evening at Nyamshala Hindu Union (Akhara) ground in Dar es Salaam, with several teams booking their place into the quarter final stage. Organised by Shree Vanza Gnati Mandal, the tournament started on June 6, this year, with a total of 11 Dar es Salaam based teams competing.

[Daily News] Zanzibar's Urban West team dominated in javelin and 200metres at the National Open Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

[Daily News] Kwimba -Sports teachers have been encouraged to attend regular courses as a way to help propel sports development in the country.

[Daily News] Young Africans picked their new leaders yesterday, who will lead the club for the next four years and unconfirmed reports said that Chairman Yusuf Manji had retained his post with a sweeping victory.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE batting coach Lance Klusener has called for patience from the fans as the Chevrons plunge into a second ODI contest against India at Harare Sports Club today. The South African said he was confident of playing a part in transforming the team. "There's no doubting the talent there. We might just have to feel our way into the next week or so but I am sure we will settle in as soon as we can," he said.

[Nyasa Times] Azam Tigers coach Gerald Phiri enjoyed vocal support from ganyu fans as his side beat Kamuzu Barracks 1-0 in the TNM Super League on Saturday at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre.

[Capital FM] China -Kenya's Robert Kwambai and Ethiopia's Tsehay Desalegn claimed the men's and women's titles respectively at the 2016 Lanzhou International Marathon on Saturday.