Football (CAF) after the national team was without five senior players for today's opening match of the Africa

Faso are set to face Cape Verde and Ethiopia in their other Group A matches.A qualifying game for the Africa

Performances by three athletes in 2021 have been officially recognised as the inaugural 50 kilometres world records by World Athletics.

Ethiopian Ketema Negasa's time of 2 hours 42min 7sec, set in Port Elizabeth in South Africa in May at

Namibian teenage sprinter Christine Mboma has been voted the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year for 2021, becoming the first woman to win the accolade after a successful Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

women's 200m final ©Getty Images"I feel great and really proud to be a Namibian," Mboma told BBC Sport Africa

Fiji Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) chief executive Lorraine Mar is hoping for "returns of investment", with its outlay on this year's Commonwealth Games and the Pacific Mini Games likely to be considerable.

With the Rugby World Cup Sevens due to take place in South Africa in September, and the delayed men's

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has increased the prize money for the upcoming Africa Cup

friendlies.Cameroon are set to host Burkina Faso at the Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé for the opening match of the Africa

Egypt's Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr of Australia have been shortlisted for The Best FIFA men's and women's player awards.

are on the women's shortlist.Salah is currently away with his national team Egypt preparing for the Africa

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has limited capacities at stadiums at the Africa Cup of Nations

have agreed an upper limit of between 60 per cent and 80 per cent for the capacity of stadiums in the Africa

International Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons has promised the organisation's full commitment in aiding the Ghanaian Government and the 2023 African Games Organising Committee to make Paralympic progress before the 2023 African Games, which the African country is due to host for the first time.

compete.Parsons has revealed his commitment to the Games, as well as the development of Para sport in Ghana and Africa

I'm here for the development of the Paralympic sports in Ghana and Africa," said Parsons as reported

growth of Paralympic sports on the continent, especially with Ghana having the opportunity to host the Africa

South Africa's appeal to FIFA over the conduct of a referee in their decisive defeat to Ghana in November - which knocked them out of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup - has been rejected on the grounds of not following adequate protest procedures.

, pivotally, the top spot in the group.Ghana had to win their last match in the group against South Africa

organisation.The SAFA said they were considering their option on whether they wanted to pursue their case.South Africa

A total of 51 surfers have been confirmed as part of the line-up for the 2022 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), featuring defending champions Gabriel Medina of Brazil and Hawaiian Olympic champion Carissa Moore.

medallist Japan's Amuro Tsuzuki has not made the cut.Women's silver medallist Bianca Buitendag of South Africa

The President of the Liberia National Teqball Federation (LNTF) Musa Shannon is looking to build on his organisation's achievements in 2021 by improving engagement this year, as the sport begins to grow in the Western African nation.

Speaking to Front Page Africa in Monrovia, Shannon thanked the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Liberia

ambitious goals for 2022 for the growth and development of teqball in Liberia," said Shannon to Front Page Africa

The LNTF was established in 2020 and was the 13th nation in Africa to launch an organisation, which was

When Joshua Cheptegei crossed the line first to win gold in the 5,000 metres at Tokyo 2020, he confirmed Uganda's best-ever Olympic performance.

total was also a record.Uganda finished 36th on the medal table and were the second best team from Africa

Ghanaian skeleton racer Akwasi Frimpong’s hopes of qualifying for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics appear to be all but over after testing positive for COVID-19.

fulfil my dreams, with all the time, energy, money and things I've sacrificed," Frimpong told BBC Sport Africa

Cairo has been awarded the 2022 African Youth Games, making Egypt the third country to be awarded the event following relocations from Lesotho and Ethiopia.

In a press release from the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), it was confirmed

Sudan's Ahmed Tarik Amiry is the new President of World Archery Africa after being elected for a three-year

set to hold the position until 2024, replacing Gabar who was the President since 2010.Word Archery Africa

We are one family in archery in Africa," said Amiry."

Charif of Morocco and Al Yousouf Bayjou from Mauritius were elected vice-presidents of World Archery Africa

Manning and Anwar are all on terms through to 2024 too.Charif is the representative for the north of Africa