Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud has been appointed vice-president and a Board member of the Global Esports Federation (GEF).

representation among the GEF leadership close to 40 per cent.The GEF Board consists of representatives from Africa

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to start on Tuesday (December 7), can go ahead as planned regardless of COVID-19-related travel restrictions announced by the Health Ministry of host nation Uzbekistan yesterday.

challenging," said Ashley Metcalfe, chief executive of British Weight Lifting.Three African nations – South Africa

China had already withdrawn.Ten nations were banned outright from flying into Uzbekistan - nine from Africa

South Africa have been forced to withdraw from the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under

The team cannot travel to Peru because of new curtailments on movement for people from South Africa.

 South Africa is where the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered and it has become the dominant

South Africa are aiming for their fourth successive HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series triumph as the season

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to start on Tuesday (December 7) in Uzbekistan, can go ahead as planned.

withdrawn, the statement said.Ten nations have been banned outright from flying into Uzbekistan – nine from Africa

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to start on Tuesday (December 7), look sure to be cancelled because of coronavrius-related travel restrictions imposed today by the host nation, Uzbekistan.

coincide with the World Championships.Today’s news means that the British nations, Australia, South Africa

No one should be surprised to learn that Lord Sebastian Coe is vehemently opposed to boycotts. He made this abundantly clear yet again in a recent interview with the Today Programme when asked whether the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing should be shunned because of China's wretched record on human rights, culminating in the ongoing mystery over the welfare of its leading female tennis player, Peng Shuai.

There is little doubt that establishing South Africa as a sporting pariah helped expedite the abolition

Birmingham 2022 chief executive Ian Reid has reiterated his determination to hold next year’s Commonwealth Games at full capacity here in the English city, despite admitting that the new COVID-19 mutation is a cause for "concern".

The emergence of the Omicron variant first detected in Southern Africa has caused global alarm with the

Emergence of the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, has forced the postponement of the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Pretoria, it has been announced.

The variant was first identified in South Africa earlier this month, so it is no surprise that the Championships

before it was postponed ©TwitterThe first batch of the wrestlers had been expected to leave for South Africa

South Africa's disgraced Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius has been moved to a jail closer to the parents of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he murdered in 2013, in preparation for a meeting with them that could secure his release from prison.

The meeting is customary in South Africa and is known as "restorative justice".It is seen as an important

Saint Kitts and Nevis is hoping that the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the perfect showcase for the country's young athletes.

 "You have all the big stars from Africa and Europe.

Defending champions India reached the quarter-finals of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar, after finishing in second place in their pool.

edition in 2016, started Pool A as favourites and finished top on goal difference.Belgium defeated South Africa

Malaysia won 2-1 and 4-3 against Chile and South Africa respectively, meaning they had to settle for

Travel chaos caused by a new COVID-19 variant has left teams struggling to return home from Zimbabwe after the final qualifier for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Cricket World Cup was cancelled.

suspended travel from Zimbabwe as well as Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa

Secretary general of Panam Sports, Ivar Sisniega, has questioned whether some of modern pentathlon's athletes know what is best for the sport amid criticism received for dropping riding from the programme.

One country in Africa can do that, Egypt, they do it every year and nobody else does."

Infrastructure-wise and cost-wise it has to be simple so that you can do it in any country in Africa,

The outbreak of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 in South Africa could present the first significant

The Baton is due to arrive in South Africa next week after visits to Botswana and the Island of St Helena.Birmingham

2022 have not yet made any decision on the Relay in South Africa but Lisa Hampton, head of the Queen

arrived for matches in the United Rugby Championship, while the scheduled Indian cricket tour to South Africa