The World Taekwondo Council has announced the postponement of two events - the Cancun 2020 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and the Wuxi 2020 World Taekwondo Grand Slam.

World Taekwondo Hall of Fame in recognition of his contribution to the development of taekwondo in Africa

and around the world.Fouly headed World Taekwondo Africa from 2004 until his passing aged 70.Olympian

scheduled General Assembly in October 2021, while Issaka Ide will serve as Acting President of Taekwondo Africa

Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa has warned he may sanction Cricket South Africa (CSA) unless the embattled

it has not made any progress with the CSA since it made its demands earlier this month.Cricket South Africa

The International Esports Federation (IESF) has announced dates for its regional qualifiers, which will determine the field for the World Championship in Eilat in Israel.

regions where qualifiers will be are Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East North Africa

and Central Asia, South America, North America, Central America and Southern Africa.

Former footballer Landon Donovan once enjoyed a brief stint in the Premier League, playing for Everton on short loan spells in both 2010 and 2012.

part of the US team which squeezed out a 1-1 draw from England at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

The Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) marked World Cleanup Day in the country's capital city Maseru.

and has the aim of "ridding the planet of trash".The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has confirmed it will use rankings from the 2019 World Championships to allocate the remaining Tokyo 2020 quota places if Continental Championships scheduled to be held before the end of the year do not take place.

is the only region to have held its Continental Championships in 2020, with those in Asia, Europe, Africa

The draw for the 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to take place later this year in Paris, preceding France's hosting of the tournament in three years' time.

will take into account the World Rugby rankings from January 1, 2020 - which see world champions South Africa

Almost 10 per cent of World Sailing's Member National Authorities (MNAs) are currently categorised as suspended and hence unable to vote in this month's knife-edge Presidential election.

one-country-one-vote system in operation for Presidential elections.More than half of suspended MNAs are from Africa

The Nigeria Curling Federation is raising funds to aid construction of the country's first ice facility.

Construction of a dedicated curling facility, the first of its kind in both Nigeria and Africa, got underway

facility would help other ice sports such as ice skating, figure skating and ice hockey develop in Africa

I wonder how Sepp Blatter would have reacted if he had been told in 2010 that a decade on from him relenting on his opposition to goal-line technology that a match would be won after the final whistle.

embarrassment of Frank Lampard's 'goal' for England against Germany at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

Tomorrow’s World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Nairobi’s newly-renovated Nyayo National Stadium will be the first sporting event to be staged in Kenya since lockdown measures against the COVID-19 pandemic were introduced in March.

it was important for World Athletics to establish at least one top-class, annual one-day meeting in Africa

The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) has cancelled this year's COSAFA Cup due

, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa

as well as a packed international calendar to the end of the year, including the resumption of the Africa

commit to taking part.The COSAFA Women’s Championship is scheduled to take place next month in South Africa

to participate, with East African nation Tanzania having expressed an interest in taking part.South Africa

finalists advancing to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Finals in Morocco next year.South Africa

Kenyan road runner Edwin Mokua is recovering from broken ribs and a hand injury after he was attacked by a hippopotamus on a training run.

Hippos are considered one of the most dangerous animals in Africa ©Getty ImagesMokua, who has run 27min

hippo attacks in the past month.Hippos are considered among the most aggressive and deadly animals in Africa

Durban has been awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships after comfortably seeing off a rival bid from Düsseldorf at the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF) virtual Annual General Meeting.

its German opponent.The 2023 World Table Tennis Championships will also be the first to take place in Africa

stripped of the 2022 Commonwealth Games after failing to provide the required financial guarantees.South Africa

the SATTB's message of how hosting the World Championships would enhance the status of the sport in Africa

The National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (NOCSL) marked World Cleanup Day by helping to tidy streets in the country's capital Freetown.

to take part.Sierra Leone's involvement came after the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa