The Morning Call
This week, Juliet looks at the new football season which kick-starts in Europe this weekend with focus on African players plying their trade in the various leagues.
We continue our coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics and Day Seven means the start of the athletics as Africa will begin her track and field journey today.
Usain Bolt is also going to dominate the talking points as he goes for 100m, 200m and 4×100m relay Gold at Rio 2016 after sweeping the titles in 2008 and 2012.
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