Modou Gueye Seck, vice-president of the Senegalese Teqball Federation (STF), has claimed the sport can be used to hoover up football talent who cannot break through.

As in most of Africa, football is the most popular sport in Senegal, with the nation producing some of

Cricket Australia has contacted former Test opener Cameron Bancroft inviting him to provide new information regarding the ball-tampering scandal.

sanctioned for their involvement in the scandal, which erupted during the third Test match against South Africa

The final places for the rowing event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were secured following a dramatic day on the water in Lucerne.

South Africa and Canada took the two qualification places on offer in the men’s four, while ROC and Canada

The British and Irish Lions' tour to South Africa is set to be played behind closed doors, with matches

third.Four fixtures are then set to be held in Cape Town, including the opener between the Lions and South Africa

financial implications" of playing in empty stadiums.Those pleas appear to have fallen on deaf ears.South Africa

Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux.The British and Irish Lions face playing all their matches in South Africa

The British and Irish Lions have toured South Africa on 13 previous occasions, with the first coming

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed the postponed African qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup are now set to be held between September and March, following its latest meeting today at Kigali in Rwanda.

the host of the 2020-2021 Confederation Cup final.Egypt was also named the hosts of the 2023 Under-20 Africa

of Nations, while Algeria is set to hold the under-17 edition in the same year.The 2022 Beach Soccer Africa

commitment to reform in light of the report.The Committee looked at the state of football infrastructure in Africa

Alyssa Healy and Babar Azam have been named the International Cricket Council (ICC) Players of the Month for April.

award.Pakistan talisman Azam was given the men's award for excelling in white-ball series versus South Africa

and Zimbabwe.A 59-ball 122 in a Twenty20 against South Africa was Azam's standout performance in April

More than 130 athletes from 37 countries are taking part in the three-day Paracanoe World Cup that got underway at Szeged in Hungary today, doubling as the final Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualifier.

their Games debut, five years after paracanoe made its first appearance in Rio in 2016.Athletes from Africa

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has committed to planting an "Olympic Forest" to offset more than 100 per cent of its "unavoidable" carbon emissions.

Nations-backed Great Green Wall initiative to restore degraded landscapes across the Sahel region in Africa

It will contribute to the UN-backed Great Green Wall project in Africa and compensate more than the IOC

has released her manifesto for the Presidency of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Her promises include improving communication to guarantee transparency across Africa and collaborate

The Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA) has been accused of ignoring athlete safety after it moved

to arrange flights, especially because it’s not always possible to fly direct to Nairobi from within Africa

I have been contacted by other athletes from around Africa and we think the African federation should

Roger Federer is auctioning memorabilia from his record-breaking career, which includes winning 20 Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal.

support The Roger Federer Foundation to help us continue to deliver educational resources to children in Africa

sporting legend," Bertold Mueller, managing director, Christie’s Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa

International Rugby League (IRL) has published is 2020 Annual Report, which an official release says evidences maintained progress despite an almost entire loss of the playing programme.

progress despite the COVID-19 pandemic, says International Rugby League ©Getty ImagesThe Middle East and Africa

Nepalese cricketer Kushal Bhurtel is among the nominees for the men’s International Cricket Council (ICC) Player of the Month award for April.

Kohli’s long reign at the top of the charts.His match-winning 82-ball 94 in the third ODI against South Africa

produced a stellar showing during the month, scoring two centuries in the ODI series victory over South Africa

World Para Powerlifting and the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) athlete education programme Proud Paralympian are collaborating on a series of free webinars for athletes' off-the-field development.

Paralympian and World Para Powerlifting webinars will be from nine National Paralympic Committees in Africa

The "unprofessional" Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has been severely criticised by China for putting athletes’ health at risk and forcing National Federations to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars unnecessarily.

though nobody can travel there.Khaled Mehalhel, the Libyan President of the Weightlifting Federation of Africa

Tunisian federation is hoping that a trimmed-down competition can be held at another venue in north Africa