Cricket could make its debut in the African Games when it is hosted by Ghana in 2023, it has been reported.

for bilateral series and money-spinning national T20 tournaments.There are a total of 21 countries in Africa

most notable international performance was winning the Division Three of 2008 World Cricket League Africa

Region by defeating Swaziland in the final.Africa’s strongest team is South Africa, whose men are ranked

Eight teams are set to battle it out for the last two places in the women's water polo competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the final qualifier in Italy this week.

24), will book a place at Tokyo 2020.They will join United States, Spain, Canada, Australia, Russia, South

Africa, China and Japan in the women's water polo event at the Games.Italy will be hoping to use home

Debate has raged this week over the failure from footballers to adhere to the Premier League’s COVID-19 guidelines.

into quarantineSuch is the concern over the new COVID-19 variants, discovered in Britain, Brazil and South

Africa, that some believe it is not appropriate for elite sport to carry on at all as disruption to

Issa Hayatou has officially been named Confederation of African Football (CAF) Honorary President at a ceremony held in Yaounde in his native Cameroon.

1988.Hayatou’s tenure included the continent’s first hosting of the FIFA World Cup which was held in South

Africa in 2010.He was credited with helping the expansion of the African Nations Cup during his long

England cricketer Amy Jones has said the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be a "real light at the end of the tunnel" amid the coronavirus pandemic.

tournament.Australia are currently top of the rankings with England second.India are third, New Zealand are fourth, South

Africa are fifth and Pakistan sit seventh with these countries in pole position to qualify for the Games

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has confirmed its men's Olympic qualifying tournament will take place in Mexico in March.

qualified for Tokyo 2020 - hosts Japan, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, New Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South

Africa, Australia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Argentina and Brazil.Football matches at the Games are

This year's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Thailand have been postponed until March 2022 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

over the COVID-19 virus have grown in recent weeks following the discovery of new variants in Britain, South

Africa and Brazil.Turkmenistan played host to the most recent AIMAG in 2017 ©Getty Images"The decision

Athletics South Africa President Aleck Skhosana is confident world champion long jumper Luvo Manyonga

Jordan taekwondo athlete Farah Al Asa'ad is to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF).

The THF's Middle East and North Africa coordinator is part of an expedition to Africa's highest peak

life-changing role I play in my career," said Al Asa'ad.Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa

join him in this trip on behalf of the refugees and raise the THF flag on top of the highest summit in Africa

the few people to have completed the Explorers Grand Slam, meaning he has visited both the North and South

The European Shooting Confederation (ESC) has confirmed the postponement of an event offering qualification places for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic.

of two more transmissible coronavirus variants which were first detected in the United Kingdom and South

Africa."

The t’s have been crossed, the I’s have been dotted, and breakdancing - or breaking, to give it its official Olympic monicker - will make its debut at the Paris 2024 Games.

the United States, breaking’s elite b-boys and b-girls now also come from countries in Asia, Europe, South

America, and Africa."

South Africa's Olympic and World Championships silver medallist Luvo Manyonga is the latest high-profile

three anti-doping tests in a 12-month period.He is also a Commonwealth Games, world junior and All-Africa

control error, but the AIU has appealed this decision.In December, Manyonga's sister, according to South

and Irish Lions are continuing to review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the scheduled tour of South

Africa next July, with both regions hotspots for a new, faster-spreading strain of the virus.

The 501.V2 variant is thought to have originated in South Africa, while its presence in the United Kingdom

has led many nations to impose UK travel bans.Ireland, Britain and South Africa have all reported cases

 South Africa leads Africa in both cases and deaths, while the infection rate remains high in the

 South Africa have not played a match since winning the World Cup in 2019 ©Getty Images"However,

The Lions are due to complete an eight-match tour in South Africa from July 3 to August 7.

Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman has led welcomes for a change to the Australian national anthem which has been introduced today.

Indigenous Australians, described the lyric change as "small in nature but significant in purpose".New South

pic.twitter.com/u7QCS52nUa— Wallabies (@wallabies) December 6, 2020This followed the example of New Zealand and South

Africa, where anthems are also performed in indigenous languages.In 1988 at the Calgary Winter Olympics

Reigning US Open champion Sam Schröder is among four new additions to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Wheelchair Tennis Player Council.

at least two players of different genders and one from every international region - North America, South

America, Europe, Africa and Asia-Oceania.The aim of the Council is to "represent the interests of all