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Montague and Mexico double winners at IMMAF Amateur MMA Awards

  • Mixed Martial Arts

New Zealand's Michelle Montague was a big winner at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Amateur MMA Awards.

for Best IMMAF Educator was given to Colombia, Best National Federation for MMA Coaching was won by South

Africa and Wales collected the Best IMMAF Mobile Application User honour.The Mexican national body also


Philip Barker: The IOC Executive Board at 100

  • Inside the Blogs

Earlier this week, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach made the dramatic announcement of sanctions against those who run Olympic sport in Belarus.

some problems needed closer study.He set up an IOC Commission led by Lord Killanin to examine sport in South

Africa in the apartheid era.

Although it didn’t happen immediately, South Africa were expelled from the Olympic Movement in 1970 and


Interim CAF President to oversee General Assembly in Egypt

  • Football

Interim Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Constant Omari will oversee the organisation's latest General Assembly tomorrow, which will include updates on next year's elective Congress and upcoming tournaments.

next year.Ahmed Yahya, President of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and South

preparations for the African Nations Championship in Cameroon, which was moved from 2020 to 2021, and the 2023 Africa


Alexander named first vice-president of World Triathlon

  • Triathlon

World Triathlon has appointed South Africa's Debbie Alexander as the first vice-president of the governing

the Board, which Alexander herself has served for eight years.She is also the President of Triathlon South

Africa, vice-president of Triathlon Africa and a member of the International Paralympic Committee Governing


Full England cricket party to return from South Africa after duo test negative for coronavirus

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has said two members of its travelling party in South Africa

Africa in Paarl being called off.The match had already been postponed previously due to a member of

Africa tomorrow (December 10).Their party will include the two individuals who recorded the unconfirmed

Africa, the England and Wales Cricket Board can confirm that, following further testing and analysis

The ECB and Cricket South Africa say they will work together to determine when the three-match Series

Africa 3-0 in a Twenty20 series before coronavirus impacted the one-day matches.The ECB have also confirmed


Venezuelan Teqball Federation holds presentation of sport in Carabobo

  • Teqball

The Venezuelan Teqball Federation (FVTEQ) held a presentation of the sport to the main clubs in Carabobo.

nbsp;National Teqball Federations in Iraq, Papua New Guinea, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Uruguay, Ukraine, South

Africa, Thailand and South Korea were also granted membership by the FITEQ.


Crozier expresses high hopes for Netball Scotland after being named chair

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Newly-appointed Netball Scotland chair Ed Crozier has spoken of the country’s "huge ambitions" for the sport as he aims to achieve "our best-ever results" at the 2023 Netball World Cup.

the world rankings with a real focus on achieving our best ever results at the Netball World Cup in South

Africa 2023, and developing our Superleague franchise, the Strathclyde Sirens, into a fully professional


Top players of the decade revealed at virtual World Rugby Awards

  • Rugby Sevens

World Rugby revealed its top players of the decade in both the sevens and 15-a-side codes as part of a virtual awards ceremony held this evening.

featuring alongside Owen Franks, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Dan Carter, Ma’a Nonu and Ben Smith.South Africa

flanker Maxime Mbandà, former Wales centre Jamie Roberts, Canada sevens star Pamphinette Buisa and South


Tunisia approved to host 2023 African Beach Games at ANOCA General Assembly

  • ANOCA

Beach Games in 2023 after being approved as host at the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

sports and identify ways to leverage your influence and resources to engage and empower the youth of Africa

because of National Olympic Committee (NOC) objections.A working group established by Berraf and led by South


South Africa and England series in doubt after first game abandoned due to positive COVID-19 tests

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The one-day international series between South Africa and England has been thrown into doubt after the

members of the England touring party have since returned "unconfirmed positive tests" for COVID-19.South

Africa and England were due to clash in the first match of the series in Paarl before news of the positive

from the hotel staff emerged.It had already been postponed from Friday (December 4) after an unnamed South

in after the amount of time and energy that has been put in place to host a successful tour," said South

Africa director of cricket Graeme Smith.England director of men's cricket Ashley Giles said "the welfare


Indian javelin throwers start training camp for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

  • Tokyo 2020

India's top javelin throwers, including the qualified Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh, have started a month-long training camp in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesChopra and Shivpal have already qualified for the Games after competing in South

Africa in January.The Athletics Federation of India has stated that it has procedures in place to safeguard



Michael Pavitt: Balancing act ahead as Ramos and Salah tipped to become overage Olympic football stars

  • Inside the Blogs

FIFA President Gianni Infantino was just quizzed on current concerns related to the intense schedule facing players, amid a backlog of fixtures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The problem is that the AFCON [Africa Cup of Nations] will be played a few months after the Olympics,

Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, with the previous two Olympic tournaments having prohibited European and South

Fellow South Americans Uruguay opted for their dangerous striker pairing of Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez

suffered defeat in the Sydney 2000 Olympic final to Cameroon, but claimed World Cup glory 10 years on in South


Al-Musallam's bid for FINA Presidency receives glowing support from Ramsamy

  • Swimming

African Swimming Confederation (CANA) President and honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sam Ramsamy claims Husain Al-Musallam can take the International Swimming Federation (FINA) to "greater heights" if he is elected President.

 The South African is also second vice-president of FINA.Al-Musallam is the director general of

campaign for this important role, I feel humbled to be able to count on the support of my friends in Africa


FIH approves quota allocations for 2022 and 2023 Hockey World Cups

  • Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has approved the allocation of quota places for the Women’s and Men’s World Cups, which will take place in 2022 and 2023, respectively.

in Chile determining the qualifiers.The 2021 Oceania Cup will qualify two nations, while next year’s Africa

Oceania Cup and Pan American Cup in 2021 and 2022 respectively.One team will qualify from the 2021 Africa

Championships.The FIH has also approved the match schedule for the 2021 FIH Women’s Junior World Cup in South

Africa, as well as amendments to the FIH Statutes concerning gender-neutral terms.These statute changes