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Russian pranksters record Bach on controversial subjects

  • Paris 2024

A recording of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, the victim of a prank call from someone claiming to be a senior official of the African Union Commission, has been posted online. 

Last year, before the last BRICS Games in South Africa, we made sure that they had no resonance in the



Michelle Tanner "proud" to be Vice Chair of the FISU Gender Equality Committee

  • FISU Section Pages

Trinity Sport confirmed the appointment of Tanner, who took up the role last month. She was previously Director of Sport and Physical Activity at Trinity College Dublin. She was a member of the FISU Gender Equality Working Group from 2020 to 2023 and is now the first Irish person to hold this position.

seven-member committee, which includes representatives from China, Costa Rica, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa


Kiplimo and Chebet win consecutive world cross country titles

  • Athletics

Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo and Kenya's Beatrice Chebet successfully defended their world cross country titles in Belgrade on Saturday, confirming the absolute dominance of the African continent at this event.

preparations in Medulin and Pula, Croatia, were "not sufficiently advanced".The top 13 women were born in Africa


Hong Kong to host WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024

  • Baseball and Softball

The Baseball Association of Hong Kong in China will host the 12-team tournament, the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced. The event will be held at the Central Harbourfront Event Space.

The continents with the most berths are the Americas and Asia with three each, followed by Africa and

Four countries are already classified for the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup, two from Africa, Tunisia, and

South Africa, and two from Europe, Lithuania and France.🇨🇺😮🖐️ What a play!


2027 Virtus Global Games to be held in Cairo

  • News

Virtus has announced that the prestigious seventh edition of the 2027 Global Games will be hosted in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. This marks a significant milestone as we prepare to welcome thousands of athletes from around the world to this international multi-sport event.

 Amal Mobadda, President of Virtus Egypt and Virtus Africa Region, underlined Egypt's commitment


GAMMA: African MMA Presidents meet at African Games

  • GAMMA

African national federation presidents and mixed martial arts representatives met at the recent 2023 African Games in Accra for a lunch meeting hosted by Global Mixed Martial Arts Association President Alexander Engelhardt and Director General Peter Stafford.

to find ways of working together so that we can make the best use of our resources to take sport in Africa


Outrage outside Paris over relocation of migrants

  • Paris 2024

Mayors from rural France and small towns are increasingly angry about the transfer of migrants from the capital to their communities, which they believe is linked to cleaning up the capital to present a different face for the Paris Olympics.

Paris has long been a magnet for asylum seekers and migrants, mostly from former colonies in Africa,


Rugby Africa launches women's leadership and management training programme

  • News

Rugby Africa, the continental governing body for rugby across Africa, is launching the Women's Leadership

is actively working to promote inclusivity and gender equality in rugby across Africa.

 Hebert Mensah is the President of Rugby Africa.

the driving force behind the growth and development of rugby in Africa.

WORLD RUGBY Maha Zaoui, Rugby Africa Women's Rugby Manager: "As Programme Director and Rugby Africa

 Rugby Africa is the governing body of rugby in Africa and one of the regional associations under


African Games: Oborududu wins Olympic wrestling spot, Elsayed fails

  • Wrestling

Algeria won five Olympic berths in Greco-Roman wrestling, Nigeria dominated in women's wrestling and Egypt took four in men's freestyle wrestling at the African & Oceania Olympic Games Qualifiers held in Alexandria, Egypt from 22-24 March.

kgFateh Benferdjallah (Algeria), Jayden Lawrence (Australia)97 kg categoryNicolaas De Lange (South Africa


Puerto Rico win the Americas U-15 Baseball World Cup qualifiers

  • Baseball and Softball

Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela secured their places at the 2024 WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup to be played in Barranquilla in August by finishing top of the standings in last weekend's qualifier in the Dominican Republic. Host Colombia also received a wildcard.

wbscamericasbeisbol (@beisbolamericas) March 22, 2024Qualification for the 2024 WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup:-Africa

(1): South Africa is ranked 34th.


African Games: Egypt claims last three titles, reaches an astonishing 102 golds

  • Ghana 2023

The 13th African Games in Accra has ended on a historical feat by Egypt winning a record-breaking of 102 gold medals to emerge as the top nation in the competition for the third time in a row and the fourth time in the last five editions of the continental Games.

Nigeria and South Africa completed the 'global podium' with 47 and 32 gold medals respectively.Since

The North Africans have also won four of the last five editions of the tournament, with only South Africa

Algeria has more than the rest with 47, while Egypt is tied with South Africa with 42.The athlete who


African Games close with a festive atmosphere

  • Ghana 2023

The Accra 2023 African Games in Ghana came to a successful close on Saturday. Egypt were the biggest winners with 191 medals, 102 of them gold, but Ghana's performance in the team sports was also very impressive.

South Africa secured third place with 106 medals, 32 of which were gold.The African Games Accra 2023

🏟️Rwanda 🇷🇼Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇹Senegal 🇸🇳Seychelles 🇸🇨Sierra Leone 🇸🇱Somalia 🇸🇴South Africa

tournament at the 13th African Games, winning the gold medal after a thrilling super-over win over South Africa

South Africa, the reigning world champions, did not take part in the event, leaving the field open for


FISU champion to stand out at the World Cross Country Championships

  • FISU Section Pages

South Africa dominated the Muscat 2024 FISU World University Championship Cross Country held in Oman

Leading the way for South Africa with two of those medals was the shining talent Karabo Mailula, who

Country Championships as the greatest achievement of her career, has now qualified to represent South Africa


Accra 2023: Egypt dominates in combat sports

  • Ghana 2023

Egypt's dominance at the 2023 African Games was also reflected in some of the combat sports, in an important part of its record breaking 100 gold medals in the whole biggest continental sporting event.

Senegal, Egypt, South Africa, Madagascar, Zambia and Guinea won one gold medal each.