Sonny Side of Sports - VOA Africa

Tuesday's show is topped by part two of Prince Nesta's interview with Ferdinand Omanyala, "Africa's Fastest Man."

The Kenyan sprinter earned that title on September 18th when he clocked an African100m record of 9.77 seconds at the Kip Keino Classic meet in Nairobi.

Omanyala will talk about the meet, as well as the support he received from Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta.

So catch up with Africa's Fastest Man and lots more sports news on Tuesday's Sonny Side of Sports!

Kenya's world record holder and two-time Olympic marathon champion, Eliud Kipchoge, is one of the nominees for the 2021 Male World Athlete of the Year award.

The 37-year-old Kipchoge has won the award twice previously, in 2018 and 2019. World Athletics will announce this year's winner on December 1.

On Monday's show, VOA's Gwen Outen has a feature on Kipchoge, who has been described as, "The Monarch of the Marathon."

Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala earned the title of "Africa's Fastest Man" when he clocked 9.77 seconds for 100m at the Kip Keino Classic meet in Nairobi.

On Friday's show, the 25-year-old Omanyala chats with Prince Nesta in a wide-ranging interview about his career, this year's Tokyo Olympics, family, education, and much more.

Let's give a Sonny Side of Sports salute to Algerian football star Islam Slimani, who has scored six goals in Africa's World Cup qualifying campaign, tops among all players.

Slimani is shown in the photo lifting the Africa Cup of Nations trophy in 2019. He and reigning African champion Algeria will play Djibouti Friday in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match.This is a busy period in African World Cup qualifying, with 20 matches scheduled over Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sonny will have an update on Thursday's show, plus lots more sports news.

The 2nd edition of the International Table Tennis Federation Africa Western Region Championships recently ended in Lagos, Nigeria.

In the women's singles final, Fatimo Bello successfully defended her title by beating fellow Nigerian Aminat Fashola.

On Wednesday's show, the Deputy President of the Africa Table Tennis Federation, Wahid Oshodi, will talk about the tournament, which featured men's and women's players from Ghana, Benin, Togo, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and host country Nigeria.

U.S. President Joe Biden has welcomed the National Basketball Association champion Milwaukee Bucks to the White House.

The Bucks won their first NBA title in 50 years this past July. Sonny will have a report on Tuesday's show. Also on the program, "Iron Mike" Mbonye talks with Milutin "Micho" Sredojevic, the head coach of Uganda's national men's football team. Uganda has what Coach Micho describes as crucial World Cup qualifying matches coming up against Kenya and Mali.

Albert Korir and Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir completed a Kenyan sweep of the men's and women's titles in Sunday's 50th running of the New York City Marathon.

Korir clocked 2:08:22, while Jepchirchir posted 2:22:39. We'll hear from both athletes in a post-race report from VOA's Tina Trinh in New York.

Also on Monday's show, VOA's Gwen Outen will have a report on Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic winning the Paris Masters title.

Some of Africa's top distance runners will test their speed and endurance in Sunday's New York City Marathon.

It's the 50th anniversary of the big race, and VOA's Gwen Outen will have a preview on the show.The women's field is led by Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir, who will try to become the first Olympic champion to win the race.

More than 30,000 runners are expected to line up in New York on Sunday. In this 2016 photo, runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

On Thursday's show, African football analyst Emmanuel Okara breaks down Nigeria's 24-man roster for upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Liberia and Cape Verde.

Meanwhile, with 66 days to the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in Cameroon, there are major health concerns in the country - a cholera outbreak this week has claimed the lives of 13 people. Moki Edwin Kinzeka will have a story.

Also on the program, Henry Wilkins will have a report on the 10-day Tour du Faso cycling race in Burkina Faso.

VOA's Sonny Young brings you the latest sports news and trends as well as questions and comments from sports fans around Africa and the world.