Kuffour was an excellent, well-rounded central defender who was among the world’s finest in his position in the late 1990s and the beginning of the new century. At 5’10, he perhaps wasn’t the biggest, but he boasted power in abundance, and defended with intelligence and subtly, successfully muzzling some of the greatest strikers of his era.
Ahead of their Nations Cup celebrations on Sunday evening, with Egypt defeated 2-1 in Libreville, Cameroon ’s players changed into shirts wearing the number 17.
Considered as one of the greatest long distance runners of all time and the most accomplished runner in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships history, Kenenisa Bekele owns several world records and plethora of medals.
Goes by the moniker, “Baby Faced Destroyer,” Trunesh Dibaba is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete.
Kipchoge Hezekiah is a retired Kenyan track and field athlete and current chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee (KOC).