Ashley Jackson, regarded as the outstanding British player of his generation, has opted to "step away" from from the country's senior programme ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for a mixture of personal reasons and injuries.

Tokyo 2020 and have been drawn in Group B alongside Belgium, The Netherlands, Canada, Germany and South Africa

World number one Dustin Johnson will look to win a second World Golf Championship (WGC) Dell Technologies Match Play title when group play begins tomorrow at Austin Country Club in Texas.

Bubba Watson feature in Group Seven, with Joaquin Niemann of Chile and Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa

October 7, 2021.The Baton is now part way through its 294-day-long journey, travelling through Europe, Africa

opening destination was Cyprus on October 12, followed by Malta.On October 16, the Baton arrived in Africa

Chad have been disqualified from the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after the country’s Government

Chad have been disqualified from the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers ©Getty ImagesChad could be banned

Sports of Chad, CAF has decided to disqualify the Chad national team from the qualifiers for the Total Africa

leadership of Patrice Motsepe who was elected President on March 12.Mali, who had already qualified for the Africa

Nations, lead Group A on 13 points, while Namibia sit just two points behind second-placed Guinea.The Africa

Morocco and Senegal look set to compete in canoe slalom at this year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after clinching quota spots at the African qualifiers.

African Olympic qualifier is being staged in Spain at a time when travel to the country from South Africa

France scored a dramatic try with the clock on red in Paris last night to deny Wales the Grand Slam and keep the Six Nations Championship alive until the very last act on Friday (March 26).

began in the early 1880s ©Getty ImagesRugby was also gaining in popularity in New Zealand and South Africa

This featured teams from New Zealand, Britain, Australia, South Africa and Canada.It was the nearest

States in the last Olympic tournament played using the 15-a-side format.When New Zealand lost to South Africa

the idea of such a tournament was suggested.Rugby was growing in popularity in New Zealand and South Africa

La Seu in Spain is set to stage the African canoe slalom qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this weekend.

African Olympic qualifier is being staged in Spain at a time when travel to the country from South Africa

Women’s world number one Nour El Sherbini of Egypt said she was glad to finally win the CIB Professional Squash Association (PSA) Black Ball Squash Open following two previous runner-up finishes at the tournament.

Hamouda, President of the Squash Federation of Africa and a member of the World Squash Federation’s Executive

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has postponed three regional qualification events on the path to the 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.

The governing body has postponed the Asia A qualifier due to COVID-19, as well as the Sub Regional Africa

their respective countries were cited as another contributing factor.The ICC said the sub-regional Africa

A and B qualification events were due to take place in South Africa in April.The events have now been

the dates for the Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Qualifier to ease calendar congestion and

The rescheduled ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Division 2 qualifier is now due to be held from

Olympic Committee President Habu Gumel has pledged to help the development of teqball "move faster" in Africa

We want to make the game to move faster and be recognised in Africa, we want to ensure that in Africa

of both the Nigeria Olympic Committee and Nigeria Teqball Federation, wants to develop the game in Africa

Twelve cities from around the globe have expressed interest in hosting the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships in 2023, the World Athletics Council confirmed today.

the ten that were originally scheduled).This year’s calendar includes 15 Gold meetings, with two in Africa

Eight teams are set to battle it out for the final two places in the men's football tournament at Tokyo 2020 at the delayed Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football Olympic qualifier in Mexico.

for Tokyo 2020 - hosts Japan, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, New Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa

Ismail Bhamjee, a founding Board member of the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC), former leader of the organisation and an ex-FIFA Executive Committee member, has died.

Bhamjee went on to be President from 1988 to 2000.When Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Football Association from 1991 to 1995 and then 1997 to 2000, Bhamjee also led the Council of Southern Africa

The African Weightlifting Championships have been postponed again less than three weeks before they were due to start, adding further confusion to the qualifying programme for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Weightlifting Federation of Africa.One of those who could not make the April dates was Mona Pretorius of South Africa

World Rugby interim chief executive Alan Gilpin has described the launched of WXV - a new women’s international competition - as a "landmark" moment for the sport and believes it will be the "catalyst" to growing the women’s game.

third tier WXV 3 competition will include two teams from Europe, one from Asia and the winner of an Africa