Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) President Ben Nunoo Mensah has applauded the appointment of Mustapha Ussif as the country’s Minister of Youth and Sports as preparations continue for the 2023 African Games.

Federations to get behind Ussif, who is also a member of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Ben Nunoo Mensah has pledged to leave a "huge" legacy if he defeats Richard Akpokavie to secure another four-year term as Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) President.

to hold the roles of vice-president and President of the Ghana Hockey Association and member of the Africa

Former FIFA employee Véron Mosengo-Omba has been named Confederation of African Football (CAF) general secretary, following the election of Patrice Motsepe as the organisation’s new President.

denied influencing the outcome of the election.The FIFA President, who travelled to several nations in Africa

Fewer than four in 10 European National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) had amended their rules in line with the new World Anti-Doping Code by the time it came into effect last January.

any other region.Asian NADOs were the next-worst at 48 per cent, followed by Oceania at 53 per cent, Africa

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya has received a significant financial boost in her bid to overturn World Athletics' rules to allow her to compete in her favoured events at this year’s Tokyo 2020 Games.

testosterone ruling, according to newspaper The South African.The funding pledge comes after Athletics South Africa

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has confirmed the cancellation of two tournaments in North America, and that this year's Asian Championships will not be held before the Olympic qualification window closes.

and Guatemala City is slated to stage Pan American Championships.An undetermined location in South Africa

South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe has been named as the new President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after standing unopposed at today’s General Assembly in Moroccan capital Rabat.

Africa needs collective wisdom, but also the exceptional talent and wisdom of every [National Federation

When we all work together, football in Africa will experience success and growth that it has not enjoyed

A South African weightlifter’s chance of realising a lifelong dream of competing at the Olympic Games could be thwarted by coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

Pretorius' travel agent is that flights to Madagascar are banned from 44 countries, six of them from Africa

there.When insidethegames sent messages to Khaled Mehalhel, President of the Weightlifting Federation of Africa

South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe is expected to be declared as the new President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as he looks set to stand unopposed at tomorrow’s General Assembly in Moroccan capital Rabat.

moral standards," said an unnamed President of a sub-Saharan African football federation in a report by Africa

2023 African Games, has promised his Government "will do all it takes to get it done to make Ghana and Africa

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has welcomed a call for the introduction of a Refugee Team at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar.

I kindly request that for the Youth Olympic Games in Africa, if we can please please have a Youth Olympic

Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) we will be impacting more than 10,000 youths from countries around East Africa

This is hope to the youth of Africa."

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto has suggested the number of times athletes are tested for coronavirus could be increased amid growing fears over the spread of more transmissible variants.

the testing frequency after the emergence of variants first identified in the United Kingdom, South Africa

World Rugby has today confirmed the postponement of the Rugby World Cup 2021 by 12 months.

alongside one qualifier each from Europe and Asia.Two-time winners England are due to meet France, South Africa

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) is set to build the Olympafrica Youth Centre in Ruai after receiving the backing of the Nairobi County Government.

We are very happy to extend our network to Nairobi because we have centres in 37 countries in Africa,

Chon Jong-won and Seo Chae-hyun have been allocated the remaining two quota places for the sport climbing contest at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

championships which allocated quota places were also able to take place for Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Africa