Today is the 80th birthday of Pelé, a fact which will make an entire generation feel a little older.

A pavement in her hometown of Wells in the South West of England is the precise distance of her winning

won an unprecedented 17 Lions caps but in 1974 he skippered them unbeaten through an entire tour of South

Africa."

The draw for the 2021 Rugby World Cup, the top competition in women's rugby, has been set for November 20 and is scheduled to take place in Auckland in host nation New Zealand.

as hosts while the other six were the next highest finishers at the 2017 edition in Ireland.Fiji and South

Africa also qualified from regional competitions, with Asian, European and repechage winners still to

comprised of New Zealand, England and Canada, with band two featuring France, Australia and the US.Wales, South

Africa and the European qualifier will be in band three, while the Asian qualifier, Fiji and the repechage

World Rowing has announced the dates of three of the five continental qualifiers for the 2021 World Rowing Indoor Championships (WRICH).

WRICH scheduled to be held virtually on February 27 and 28.St Andrews’ School for Girls in Gauteng in South

Africa has been selected to host the African Continental Qualifier on November 28.This will then be

The 2021 International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships has been cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic.

Australian city will now have to wait until 2023 to stage the annual event which sees competitors from Africa

Ottawa later this month.The 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships took place in Seoul in South

A video looking at life for surfers in the build-up to the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been released today by the International Surfing Association (ISA).

Olympic Surfing" features interviews with athletes Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia and Jordy Smith of South

Africa, who have both already qualified for Tokyo 2020, plus ISA President Fernando Aguerre.The video

International Rugby League (IRL) has unveiled a six-step process designed to increase the number of regional confederations to govern the sport.

response to what it called the "rapid development of participation and membership in the Middle East Africa

(MEA) region and the Americas, both north and south".A roadmap detailing the six steps confederations

A new campaign launched by Iranian human rights advocates and athletes has joined the calls to ban Iran from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, following the state execution of wrestler Navid Afkari.

In 1964, the IOC banned South Africa from the Olympic Games due to apartheid – FIFA also followed suit

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) are reportedly keen to offer Sergio Ramos a place in the country’s football team for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo 

in his career.Ramos was a member of the Spanish team which triumphed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South

Africa, as well as winning the European Championships in 2008 and 2012.

Japan's Yui Kamiji had a perfect day as she wrapped up the women's wheelchair singles title at the French Open in straight sets against her compatriot Momoko Ohtani.

Groot and Van Koot, who got over their earlier singles defeats to beat Ohtani and Kgothatso Montjane of South

Africa 6-3, 6-4.Meanwhile in the men's wheelchair doubles final, Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid

Pace bowling legend Courtney Walsh has been named as the new head coach of the West Indies women's cricket team.

a year due to the COVID-19 crisis.In the same year the Women's T20 World Cup is due to be played in South

Africa."

Ironic isn’t it that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who has been so absurdly negative about the coronavirus has now tested positive and is infected like hundreds of thousands of other Americans with the disease.

Africa, now itself stands accused of institutional racism.Yes cricket, lovely cricket, is deeply embroiled

Africa in a Test series.

Africa fought a bitter battle against becoming the pariahs of world sport, particularly when their beloved

rugby was dragged into the conflict.However it took many years before South Africa were finally expelled

Africa when he said that cricket faces oblivion if the sport does not become more racially diverse and

The World Taekwondo Council has announced the postponement of two events - the Cancun 2020 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and the Wuxi 2020 World Taekwondo Grand Slam.

World Taekwondo Hall of Fame in recognition of his contribution to the development of taekwondo in Africa

and around the world.Fouly headed World Taekwondo Africa from 2004 until his passing aged 70.Olympian

scheduled General Assembly in October 2021, while Issaka Ide will serve as Acting President of Taekwondo Africa

Lee gave a presentation on plans to relocate the World Taekwondo headquarters from Seoul to fellow South

Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa has warned he may sanction Cricket South Africa (CSA) unless the embattled

organisation complies with demands from the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

many instances of maladministration and malpractice" at the under-fire governing body.According to South

claimed it has not made any progress with the CSA since it made its demands earlier this month.Cricket South

Africa being sanctioned could restrict the national team's ability to play international matches ©Getty

The International Esports Federation (IESF) has announced dates for its regional qualifiers, which will determine the field for the World Championship in Eilat in Israel.

eFootball PES 2020 and fighting arcade game Tekken.The regions where qualifiers will be are Europe, South

Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East North Africa and Central Asia, South America, North America

, Central America and Southern Africa.

Former footballer Landon Donovan once enjoyed a brief stint in the Premier League, playing for Everton on short loan spells in both 2010 and 2012.

Donovan was part of the US team which squeezed out a 1-1 draw from England at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South

Africa, something which was viewed with embarrassment and dismay back home.From the fickle perspective