South Africa's men's assistant rugby sevens coach Renfred Dazel has claimed the upheaval caused to their Olympic preparations after their arrival in Tokyo is just a "small distraction".

South Africa head coach Neil Powell has tested positive for COVID-19 ©Getty ImagesDazel said the players

11,000 infections yesterday.The crisis has also impacted the British and Irish Lions rugby tour to South Africa

Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) coach Parfait Hakizimana has been included as a representative of his sport in the first-ever Refugee Paralympic Team.

is in hospital after suffering "serious lung damage" from COVID-19 during the team’s tour of South Africa

Press that Maisashvili had not been vaccinated against COVID-19.Georgia had travelled to South Africa

Saturday (July 24).Five Georgian players also tested positive for COVID-19 during the tour in South Africa

, but were due to return home today ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa is suffering a deadly third wave of COVID

South African footballers Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi have become the first athletes to test positive for COVID-19 at the Olympic Village for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here.

Olympic campaign against Japan at Tokyo Stadium on Thursday (July 22), has also tested positive.The South Africa

the team to be able to play their first game later this week.Tokyo 2020 is coordinating with South Africa

Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has helped to launch a new website dedicated to the continent of Africa

websites for the continents of the Americas, Europe and Oceania.The website features news from around Africa

and softball world rankings and information about the organisation’s priorities for development.WBSC Africa

The new WBSC website for Africa can be viewed here.

Indies have been drawn in the same group as current world number one side England, Australia and South Africa

South African National Boxing Organisation (SANABO) President Siyabulela Mkhwalo has admitted that having no fighters at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here is an "embarrassment". 

Paris was cancelled, meaning the best ranked boxers per region received Tokyo 2020 berths and South Africa

missed out on the Olympic Games," said Mkhwalo to Sunday World.Siphiwe Lusizi, right, boxes for South Africa

South Africa has won six gold medals in boxing in its Olympic history.Their last successes were George

England’s netball team are set to begin preparations for their Commonwealth Games title defence in a new multi-million-pound training base in Jersey.

also hosted the British and Irish Lions rugby team before they left for their current tour of South Africa

World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont has announced he wants the sport to be the "most progressive" for player welfare with the organisation releasing a six-point plan to achieve the aim.

the bench of British & Irish Lions hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie for their opening tour match in South Africa

Alexis Schaefer, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) commercial and marketing director, is to leave the organisation after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

cumulative TV audience of 4.25 billion people in more than 160 countries, including free-to-air coverage in Africa

Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid claimed another men's wheelchair tennis doubles title at Wimbledon with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Tom Egberink of The Netherlands and Belgium's Joachim Gerard.

and Japan's Yui Kamiji added another win in the women's doubles, beating Kgothatso Montjane of South Africa

Mustapha Berraf, President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), has chaired

session with its Minister, Sihem Ayedi.The meeting focused on the sporting and Olympic Movement in Africa

Charlotte Scholtz has been appointed as the technical delegate for the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, it has been announced.

Cup 2023 (NWC2023) will be a magnificent opportunity for growth and development for myself and South Africa

University Sports) netball tournament and University of South Africa netball tournament," Briegal said.The

Cape Town will be the 16th time the event has been staged and the first time it will have been held in Africa

looks forward to working closely with Charlotte, the NWC2023 Organising Committee, and Netball South Africa

due to take place at the International Convention Centre in the second-most populous city in South Africa

Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes earned her second victory in this year’s Giro Donne as she proved herself unmatchable once again in the sprint to take stage eight - but her compatriot Anna van der Breggen still firmly holds the Maglia Rosa as overall leader.

classification with two SD Worx team mates in second and third place.Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio of South Africa

Spanish city Valencia has been named as the host of the inaugural Hockey Women’s Nations Cup in 2022.

five Continental Federations.Hosts Spain, Canada, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea and South Africa