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Cape to Cairo: South Africa’s Flag Football Journey to the Olympics

45 min · 23. maj 2025
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In this special episode of the Africa Sports Report Podcast, host Leslie Koroma sits down with NFL veteran Dieter J. Eiselen and Coach Anthony Shelton, the visionary leaders behind South Africa’s national flag football team. With the team preparing to make history at the IFAF Africa Continental Flag Football Championship in Cairo on June 21–22, 2025, this conversation explores the passion, purpose, and perseverance fueling the "Cape to Cairo" campaign — a bold quest for Olympic qualification for the LA 2028 Games.

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