Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has stressed the need for participants at the upcoming World Men's Handball Championship to adhere to COVID-19 countermeasures to ensure the tournament in Cairo is a success.

be held at the venue.Organisers of the event, the third Handball World Championship to be staged in Africa

Reigning US Open champion Sam Schröder is among four new additions to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Wheelchair Tennis Player Council.

of different genders and one from every international region - North America, South America, Europe, Africa

Next Saturday (January 9) marks one year since the opening of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne.

on a teleconference call with media which attracted record interest that a rising number of cases in Africa

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has welcomed Haiti, Mali and Peru as new members of the governing body, bringing its membership up to 91.

To end this extremely difficult year of 2020 by adding these three national member federations from Africa

We are hopeful we can further expand our membership in the PanAm region and Africa in 2021, and will

World Para Powerlifting has announced Chinese based company ZKC as its new supplier of sports equipment.

partnership there is due to be a focus on supplying equipment to four different regions across the world - Africa

ZKC will be part of our grassroots development programme providing important support to countries in Africa

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has given the green light for the African Nations Football Championship (CHAN) in Cameroon to take place with spectators with COVID-19 measures implemented.

Dion Ngute added that he was "sure" that by the time the competition starts, the COVID-19 situation in Africa

is one of two international continental men's football competitions sanctioned by CAF along with the Africa

Cup of Nations.The Africa Cup of Nations allows all players who play internationally for African teams

The now suspended New Delhi laboratory recorded by far the highest proportion of positive tests among the 30 laboratories for which statistics are given in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s newly-published anti-doping testing figures report for 2019.

and Management System (ADAMS).The next-highest rate on the 2019 list came from Bloemfontein in South Africa

FIFA has cancelled two age-group World Cups which had been due to take place next year because of the coronavrius crisis.

tournament expanded to 32 teams.Europe will have 11 direct qualification spots, Oceania one, Asia six, Africa

The chair of International Rugby League (IRL), Greg Barclay, has published a message of hope going into 2021 as the governing body gets ready for the Rugby League World Cup.

appointments and departures within the IRL structure and the growth of its membership in 2020, particularly in Africa

We continue to grow our membership with particular growth in the Middle East – Africa region.

Association and Rugby League Federation of Ghana this year became IRL's first affiliate members in Africa

Softball Europe has announced that the Women's European Softball Championship will take place from June 27 to July 3 next year.

beating The Netherlands 3-2 in the final.The Italian team were then unbeaten at the Softball Europe Africa

A delegation from the Ethiopian embassy visited the headquarters of the Sudan Olympic Committee (SOC) in a bid to boost sporting ties between the bordering African nations.

of these coming in athletics.The country's haul includes 22 golds.Sudan was the largest country in Africa

Nike has started growing again after its COVID-19-linked blip.

jumping 24 per cent to $2.3 billion (£1.7 billion/€1.8 billion).However, Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Vincent Van Der Voort came back from the brink of defeat while Cameron Carolissen received a bye after his scheduled opponent tested positive for coronavirus, as the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Championship went into its sixth day.

coronavirus and was ruled out of playing.This handed his scheduled opponent Cameron Carolissen of South Africa

Preparations for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast remain on track despite the COVID-19 pandemic

Ivory Coast was originally awarded the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in 2014.

 In 2018 CAF stripped Cameroon of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations because of concerns over delays

Mbagnick Ndiaye of Senegal and Hatem Abd el Akher of Egypt successfully defended their titles at the African Judo Championships.

this year ©FacebookLuc Manongho of Gabon was the bronze medallist alongside Lwazi Mapitiza of South Africa