Association (NBA) have named their vice-president Amadou Gallo Fall as President of the new Basketball Africa

International Basketball Federation (FIBA), and is due to launch in 2020 with 12 basketball teams from across Africa

competing against each other.Fall, who has also been serving as the NBA's managing director for Africa

operating officer Mark Tatum said: "Amadou’s efforts to grow basketball and the NBA’s business across Africa

have been extraordinary, and he is an ideal choice to lead the Basketball Africa League."

later and has worked on growing the game on the continent ever since.The NBA has held three games in South

Argentina and France both claimed their second wins today to advance to the round of 16 at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Poland.

and captain Patricio Pérez converted Ezequiel Barco’s 84th-minute free-kick from the left to give the South

two games and a good chance of advancing to the knockout stages.Also winning today in Group F were South

Korea with Kim Hyun-woo's second-half header the difference in a 1-0 victory over South Africa at Tychy

Stadium.They join Portugal on three points with the last round of matches on Friday (May 31) pitting South

Africa against Portugal and South Korea against Argentina.The tournament continues tomorrow.

Hosts England thrashed Afghanistan by nine wickets in their final warm-up match before the start of the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup.

perfect end to their warm-up campaign as they prepare to open the tournament on the same ground against South

Africa on Thursday (May 30).In the other game played today, Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets

Jamiu Kofi Salami has quit as head coach of Ghana, citing personal reasons.

Ghana hosted the first of the West African Baseball pre-qualifiers for the Baseball Africa Cup in Accra

 South Africa will compete in the WBSC Baseball Europe-Africa qualifying event for the Tokyo 2020

Burkina Faso and were eliminated from the tournament when they lost the rubber match 7-6 to Nigeria.South Africa

make its Olympic return in Tokyo, with the sport last appearing at the Beijing Games in 2008, where South

Australia beat defending champions Great Britain today to set up a final with the United States at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Women's Under-25 World Championships in Thailand.

tomorrow's fifth-place play-off.Germany overcame Thailand 52-14, while Turkey claimed a 48-25 win over South

Africa.Thailand and South Africa will contest the seventh-place play-off.That will be held just prior

Arnold Schwarzenegger made headlines around the world when he was kicked in the back on a visit to South

Africa a couple of weeks ago.

dismissed the attack and carried out his duties over the next couple of days at the Arnold Classic Africa

would have been justified in staying at home in New Zealand rather than accepting his invitation to South

Africa, so appalling was the discrimination he suffered in the land of his birth when his sporting career

began in the 1950s.But he has been “home” before, having also been honoured at a South African sporting

Africa, counted for nothing in an apartheid regime.

Two International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup warm-up matches which had been due to take place today were called off due to rain.

South Africa reached 55-0 against West Indies at Bristol County Ground before play was stopped.The teams

returned to the pitch twice, with South Africa managing to reach 95.But persistent rain eventually caused

the match to be abandoned.South Africa managed to reach 95 runs before their match against West Indies

 The World Cup is set to start on May 30, with South Africa meeting hosts England in the opener

New Zealand caused an upset against India after defeating them by six wickets in a warm-up game for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup starting next week in England and Wales.

 The World Cup begins on Thursday (May 30), with the hosts playing South Africa in the opening fixture

United States defeated Australia 56-31 to win Pool B at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Women's Under-25 World Championships in Thailand.

defending champions Britain finished top as they made it three wins from as many games.They hammered South

Africa, who finished third in the group, 80-12.Japan came second after subjecting hosts Thailand to

the last eight.Britain will play Turkey with the US taking on Thailand.Germany will meet Japan while South

Africa will lock horns with Australia.

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has added the country's national governing bodies for archery, cricket, shooting and volleyball as associate members, they have announced.

star-studded Australian men’s team captained by Steve Waugh won the silver medal, losing the final to South

Africa.

South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 87 runs in their first warm-up game for the men's International Cricket

India’s batting firepower is such that they will be among the favourites for the ICC Cricket World Cup when it begins in England next week.

South Africa were not invited because of Apartheid.

The leading associate member Sri Lanka competed, alongside East Africa, a combined team of mostly club

India beat East Africa in their second match, but then lost to New Zealand to go out of the competition

Spain's Miguel Alvarino Garcia and Elia Canales only dropped three set points in three fixtures on their way to the final of the Archery World Cup in Antalya. 

“I really wanted to shoot a final, I knew it was going to happen one day soon.”South Africa made the

Turkey 5-3.Turkey and China will fight it out for the bronze medal.In the compound mixed team event, South

Africa will contest the gold medal following a shoot-off triumph against Turkey after their semi-final

Holders Britain, Australia and United States made it two victories from two at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Women's Under-25 World Championships in Thailand today.

they continued their bid to retain the title.It meant a second defeat for the Thais who lost 35-16 to South

Africa in the first match of the tournament yesterday after the Opening Ceremony.South Africa could

United States will be aiming to close in on a historic maiden overall title in the men's World Rugby Sevens Series at the penultimate leg of the season in London, which begins tomorrow.

With 22 points available for a tournament win, 19 for second place and 17 for third, New Zealand and South

Africa cannot be counted out of the reckoning either.The Kiwis are third overall on a total of 130 as

they aim to win the title for the 13th time and their first since 2014.South Africa, the defending champions

 South Africa, the winners in Singapore last time out, have been placed in Pool A with Argentina