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Swimmer Corbett claims second gold with 100m breaststroke triumph at African Games

  • Morocco 2019

Kaylene Corbett secured a second gold medal in two days as she raced to victory in the women's 100 metres breaststroke final at the 2019 African Games in Rabat.

African record in winning the 50m breaststroke and she followed up by leading home Christin Mundell for a South

African one-two at Mohammed V Sports Complex.The South African clocked 1min 09.75sec to top the podium

10.67.Sarah Soliman of Egypt took bronze in 1:13.36.Alaric Basson and Samantha Randle continued the South

African dominance in the pool as they added individual titles to the country's haul.South Africa also


IAAF treasurer says Semenya "biologically a man"

  • Athletics

treasurer José María Odriozola has weighed into the Caster Semenya row by reportedly describing the South

permission to compete pending an appeal but this was overturned by the Swiss Supreme Court last month.The South

 insidethegames has asked the IAAF and Athletics South Africa for a response.


SAHA urge SASCOC to "do the right thing" by sending hockey teams to Tokyo 2020

  • Hockey

South African Hockey Association (SAHA) chief executive Marissa Langeni wants the country's National

hockey tournaments remains in doubt because of controversial selection criteria established by the South

African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).Both South African teams secured a spot

Africa finished second at a men's FIH Hockey Series final event, while the women's side was fourth.And

The opportunity to attend an Olympic Games is massive for South African hockey on the world stage."

Africa."


FIFA appoint Normalisation Committee for Egyptian Football Association

  • Football

FIFA has appointed a Normalisation Committee for the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) following the recent resignation of President Hany Abou Rida and its entire board.

Rida and the EFA board quit in the immediate aftermath of Egypt's exit from this year's Africa Cup of

Nations, which the country hosted.They resigned en masse after a shock 1-0 defeat by South Africa in

Zahran and Ahmed Abdallah Rady.Fadl Zahran was chief executive of the Organising Committee for the 2019 Africa

Cup of Nations.South Africa knocked Egypt out off the Africa Cup of Nations in the last 16 ©Getty Images"While

misusing his image in Egypt, while the reinstatement of Amr Warda to the squad on the eve of the 2019 Africa


Keep and De Lange win cycling titles at African Games

  • Morocco 2019

Tiffany Keep and Tristan De Lange won cross-country gold as the cycling competition got underway at the African Games in Casablanca.

went to Rwandan pair Patrick Akumuntu Kavalo and Oliver Ntagengwa, 18-21, 21-16, 15-11 winners against South

Africans Grant Goldschmidt and Leo Williams.On the first night of swimming finals, South Africa dominated

with victory in both the men's and women's 4x100m freestyle relay races.The gold rush continued for South

Africa as Kaylene Corbett set an African record to win the women's 50m breaststroke title in 32.20.Compatriot

Africa on the night with a 27.41 swim to glory in the men's 50m breaststroke final.Soukaina Sahib of



Battle for Tokyo 2020 slots in table tennis team events set to begin at African Games

  • Morocco 2019

Africa's table tennis teams will begin their quest to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tomorrow, at the 12th African Games in Morocco's capital, Rabat.

Angola in Group C; Algeria, Senegal and Ethiopia in Group D; Togo, Ghana and Djibouti in Group E; and South

Africa, Tunisia and Morocco in Group F.Group B in the women's draw is made up of Nigeria, Uganda and

comprises Algeria, Mauritius and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while Group D features Tunisia, South

Africa and Ethiopia.Two teams from each group will advance to the next stage.The top seven teams will

also secure qualification for the 2020 World Team Championships in Busan, South Korea, from March 22


Belgian Football Association cools talk on 2023 Women's World Cup bid despite FIFA claiming expression of interest

  • Football

The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is not looking to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, despite world football's governing body claiming the country had become the 10th member association to express interest in staging the event.

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and a joint effort

from North and South Korea, are currently in the bidding process.It follows the unanimous decision by


British Shooting to explore hosting Commonwealth Championships in 2022 following Birmingham exclusion

  • Birmingham 2022

British Shooting claim they will look to "gauge the appetite" for hosting a Commonwealth Shooting Championships around the time of Birmingham 2022 following the sport's exclusion from the event, which they hope could pave the way for a return to the main medal programme in the future.

city hosting the Commonwealth Games.The 2022 Commonwealth Games, awarded to Birmingham after Durban in South

Africa was stripped of hosting rights after a failure to meet a series of financial deadlines, is due


South Africans secure Tokyo 2020 berths at FIH African Olympic Qualifiers

  • Hockey

South Africa's men and women's booked their places at Tokyo 2020 with final-day victories at the International

Nicholas Spooner turned the game on its head.Ashraf Said reduced the deficit in the dying moments but South

Africa held out for a table-topping victory and their place in Tokyo.Elikem Akaba scored twice as Ghana

0 victory against Ghana, who had trailed them in the group by two points.Attacking from the outset, South

Africa forged a 3-0 half-time lead, Lilian Du Plessis scoring either side of a Robyn Johnson strike.Du

second half with Sylvia van Jaarsveldt and Lisa-Marie Deetiefs completing a fourth successive win as South


WADA name independent observer and athlete outreach teams for African Games

  • Morocco 2019

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have announced their independent observer (IO) and athlete outreach (AO) teams for the upcoming African Games in Morocco.

 Elske Schabort of the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport and Issoufou Aliou of the African

rest of the team.They will provide daily feedback to the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

anti-doping in an informal and fun environment.The team, staffed by anti-doping experts from across Africa


South Africa beat Kenya to qualify for 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

South Africa qualified for the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup after a crushing 39-0 victory over Kenya

Both South Africa and Kenya had won their opening two games against Uganda and Madagascar, meaning the

final match of the four-team Rugby Africa Women's Cup was a winner takes all clash for a World Cup place.The

South African side were dominant throughout, running in seven tries without reply.Centre Zintle Mpupha

Gwala and Snenhlanhla Shozi also crossed the line in a dominant performance from the host nation.South Africa

tournament in New Zealand.Kenya's World Cup dreams are not yet over as they will face the winner of the South


Egypt secure fourth win at FIH African Olympic Qualifier

  • Hockey

Egypt will take on hosts South Africa tomorrow in their bid to secure a spot at Tokyo 2020 after they

Ernest Opoku gave Ghana a shock lead but they fought back to win 3-1 at Stellenbosch University in the South

Ibrahim got on the scoresheet as Egypt maintained their perfect start.Austin Smith scored a brace as South

Africa won 4-0 against Kenya to join Egypt at the top of the table on 12 points.The sides meet in the

final group matches tomorrow, with just the winners securing a ticket to the Olympic Games.South Africa

sides were already out of contention for Olympic qualification.In the women's qualifying tournament, South


Zimbabwe net first wins at FIH African Olympic Qualifier

  • Hockey

Olympic qualifiers with both the men's and women's teams securing their first wins in Stellenbosch in South

Africa.

El-Neggar scored twice to complete the rout.Joining them at the top of the table on nine points are South

Africa, who cruised to a 9-1 win against Ghana.Austin Smith grabbed four goals as the hosts moved to


Alan Hubbard: How the Saudis are boxing clever to win friends and influence sport

  • Inside the Blogs

Nelson Mandela was bang on the button when he declared: "Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope, where there was once only despair. It is more powerful than Governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination."

That was in 1990 when he was released from his long incarceration to lead South Africa out of its abominable

Thus the sports boycotts began.I had visited South Africa during its apartheid days and found it a distinctly

South Africa has become accepted back into global society - and international sport.Mandela recognised

South Africa was banned from the Olympics from 1964 to 1992 and suspended by different International

The sport of change in attitude and culture which happened under Mandela in South Africa?