A FIFA taskforce has recommended extending the age limit for the men’s football tournament at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to 24.

Federation Australia (FFA) had both called for the age limit to be extended.A total of 11 players from the South

Hosts Japan will participate in the men’s Olympic tournament, along with Australia and South Korea.France

, Germany, Spain, Romania, New Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina and

Jean-Claude Ganga, considered the "great architect" of the creation of the African Games, has died at the age of 86.

arena in the late 1950s.The first-ever Mediterranean Games took place in Egypt in 1951, football's Africa

African nations of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal to protest against the Apartheid system in South

Africa.

came after the IOC refused to ban New Zealand after the country's national rugby union team had toured South

Africa earlier in 1976 in defiance of the United Nations' calls for a sporting embargo.

The British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa in July 2021 will not be rescheduled despite it clashing

July 23.That comes a day before the first of three tests on consecutive weekends between the Lions and South

Africa, the reigning world champions."

Africa and Tokyo, so fans should not miss out on any action."

Olympic events ©Getty ImagesAs reported by Reuters, the clash in dates will reduce the options for South

The Lions squad sees players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales join forces.They tour South Africa

Monaco is set to host the 2020 edition of the World Squash Federation (WSF) Annual General Meeting (AGM).

 Last year's Annual General Meeting took place in Cape Town in South Africa ©WSF "We are thrilled

 Last year's AGM took place in the South African city of Cape Town.  

The Eswatini Tertiary Institutions Sports Association (ETISA) is looking to provide more sporting activities with better facilities for its members in the near future.

athletics on their list of sports.Eswatini, which was formerly known as Swaziland, is located in the south

of Africa.It is bordered by South Africa and Mozambique.

John Noakes of The Netherlands has been given the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) Brad Parks Award for 2020 due to his significant contribution to wheelchair tennis internationally.

tennis but Noakes also played a significant role in the development and introduction of the sport in South

Africa, which was one of the first countries to be supported by the Wheelchair Tennis Development Fund.An

The African Athletics Championships, set to take place in Algiers in Algeria, has been postponed until 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

so far the least affected continent with just over 4,000 confirmed cases of which a quarter are in South

Africa.Hosts Algeria are the third most affected nation in Africa behind South Africa and Egypt with

The Korea Football Association (KFA) has joined calls for the age limit for the men’s football tournament to be adjusted following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

earlier this year, where they overcame Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the final.A total of 11 players from the South

team would be ineligible for the event next year, should the age limit not be extended.Australia and South

Hosts Japan will participate in the Olympic tournament, along with Australia and South Korea.France,

Germany, Spain, Romania, New Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Brazil

G20 leaders have commended Japan’s determination to host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a “symbol of human resilience” following the postponement of the event until 2021.

the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South

Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The Mexican cities of Ciudad Obregon and Los Mochis have been named as the hosts for the World Baseball Softball Confederation's upcoming men's Under-23 Baseball World Cup.

Chinese Taipei were the top three teams at last year's Asian Baseball Championship, with fourth-placed South

Korea given a wild-card spot at the Under-23 World Cup.South Africa, New Zealand, Germany and the Czech

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed the postponement of all qualification events due to take place before June 30, subject to a further review.

were both due to take place in June, will be postponed.A sub-regional African qualification event in South

Africa, scheduled from April 27 to May 3, has been impacted.ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League Two competitions

Numerous National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have come out in support of the decision to postpone Tokyo 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Olympic Committees, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

confident of their judgement and will continue to follow their advice", Blick added.Meanwhile, acting South

Fok Kai-kong, the vice-president of the Hong Kong Sports Federation and Olympic Committee, told the South

Japanese fans.His Olympic result inspired him to win back-to-back world silver medals in 1985 and 1987 in South

Bridgestone South Africa have announced that double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya will feature

from poverty to becoming the first black man to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games for South

their dreams and overcome any obstacles they face on life's journey," said Jacques Fourie, Bridgestone South

The International Swimming League (ISL) pledged to rearrange their season if the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are postponed. 

champions Katinka Hosszú of Hungary, Sarah Sjöström of Sweden, Adam Peaty of Britain and Chad le Clos of South

Africa.