accused English Premier League club Watford of blocking forward Ismaïla Sarr from playing at the upcoming Africa

Manchester United and has not been fit to play for Watford since," Watford said.Algeria are the defending Africa

Africa, its football and its footballers deserve the same respect as that accorded to other continents

second time Watford have been at the centre of a row over the release of a player for the postponed Africa

New International Federation of American Football (IFAF) President Pierre Trochet has argued a busy calendar of events in the next two years is an opportunity to "showcase what we are capable of" as the organisation pursues inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

achieved ©Getty Images"COVID hit all of our members, speaking for Europe, speaking for Asia, speaking for Africa

We are looking forward to having some competition in Asia, in Africa, in South America, of course in

The end of another year means it is time to crown the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Top Tweeter of 2021 - and for the first time since 2018, there is a new champion.

and 18 women.Europe leads the way in quantity as well as followers with 15 members in the new top 40; Africa

The nomination window for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Players' Commission has been extended by almost a month.

will be elected onto the panel.There should also be two members from each of the IWBF's four zones - Africa

On this day in 1879, Australian fast bowler Fred Spofforth dismissed three English batsmen with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to complete Test cricket's first "hat-trick".

Jimmy Matthews had done even better than that by taking two hat-tricks in the same match against South Africa

Egyptian Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy has revealed the country plans to bid for the 2036 Olympics and will seek to become the first African nation to stage the Games.

Olympics.Sobhy said he had held a recent meeting with Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

and Ukraine have all expressed an interest in bidding for the 2036 Olympic Games.Cape Town in South Africa

Sports Press Association in November, Bach spoke of the importance of the Olympics being staged in Africa

At the beginning of my term [in 2013], I had a dream that the Olympic games would be hosted in Africa

It is really important to see the games in Africa, but the ball at the moment is in the court of the

President of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov says he is optimistic about the sport of sambo featuring on the Olympic programme in the future.

2022 - Dominican Republic in the Americas on dates to be confirmed in May, Casablanca in Morocco in Africa

Queen Elizabeth II has claimed the Baton for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is providing a "beacon of hope" as it makes it journey around the world.

Commonwealth.The Baton is visiting all 72 Commonwealth countries and territories, taking in Europe, Africa

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed "Desmond Tutu was a firm believer in the Olympic values" as tributes pour in for the clergyman and civil rights activist who has died aged 90.

Tutu was a leading anti-apartheid figure in South Africa, which led to global fame and being awarded

Archbishop of Cape Town in 1986, which is the most important position in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa

the 2004 Games.An Olympics in Cape Town could "bring prosperity to our country and all the people of Africa

;"It was his fervent wish that he could see the Olympic Games being celebrated in his beloved South Africa

Mehrez Boussayène has been re-elected Tunisian National Olympic Committee (CNOT) President for a third successive term.

to two, with the other candidate being Lotfi Guerfel.Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

England's Ben Gollings will become the head coach of rugby sevens double-Olympic champions Fiji, it has been announced.

 The Rugby Sevens World Cup in South Africa is also scheduled to take place next year and will be

The World Leagues Forum (WLF) has refused to release players for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) until

The opening match and final of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations is set to take place in Yaoundé's Olembe

By this time next year, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be over, the first to be held in the Northern hemisphere winter. 

and 1958 winners Brazil qualified automatically, but there was no guaranteed representation for Africa

Details of five additional competitions for weightlifters hoping to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been finalised.

The CWF is indebted to the IWF executive and staff," said Coffa.South Africa, the home nations and other

teams from Oceania and Africa were unable to travel to Uzbekistan, which is why the extra events were

A design called "The Cathedral" has been selected to replace the existing San Siro stadium in Milan - the planned venue for the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

stadiums in the world," said Christopher Lee, the managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa