The United States and Canada qualified for Tokyo 2020 at the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.

, The Netherlands and Sweden at Tokyo 2020, with four places left for two teams from Asia, one from Africa

and one from either Africa or South America.

Kata was to the fore on the opening day of competition at the African Karate Federation (UFAK) Senior and Junior Championships at Tangier in Morocco.

Covered Hall Sport Ziaten, due to run until Sunday (February 9), is the last continental championship in Africa

went to Egypt, with Morocco second.The male version also went to Egypt, ahead of Morocco and South Africa

Nigeria made a triumph of the first World Para Powerlifting World Cup to be held in Africa as they finished

performance after rain prevented there being a result in their fifth-place playoff in Benoni in South Africa

Ireland's women's hockey team have cancelled their planned trip to Malaysia in light of growing fears around the spread of coronavirus in the nation.

The slot, from mid March to early April, needs filling, with one possibility being a return to South Africa

Canada resulted in a shoot-out, which they won on home soil in Dublin.Ireland could return to play South Africa

will also face in the group stage ©Getty ImagesTheir first Olympic group match will be against South Africa

Argentina earned a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today as they beat Colombia 2-1 in the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Pre-Olympic Tournament being held in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga.

other qualifiers so far are France, Germany, Romania, Spain, New Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa

Dakar 2022 general coordinator Ibrahima Wade believes the Summer Youth Olympic Games can provide a catalyst for development in Senegal.

The purpose of the Youth Games in Dakar, the first in Africa, was a key thing for us to reflect on,"

can act as a catalyst for the social and economic transformation of the country and for the whole of Africa

keep the country clean.ON STAGE | Ibrahima Wade"The purpose of the Youth Games in Dakar, the first in Africa

Mohamed Dridi won the first of four home golds in men’s Greco-Roman competition as junior action got underway on the third day of the African Wrestling Championships in Algiers.

Mohamed Landolsi was victorious at 77kg ahead of Egypt’s Mahmoud Ahmed and Abdul Tchoufon of South Africa

Twenty nations have the chance to lift the Fed Cup tennis competition under its new structure for 2020 as the first round of the competition begins tomorrow.

also taking place throughout this week in some of the other Fed Cup leagues, including in the Europe-Africa

Nearly 400 athletes from 23 countries have converged on the city of Tangier in Morocco for the African Karate Federation (UFAK) Senior and Junior Championships.

Covered Hall Sport Ziaten and runs until Sunday (February 9) is the last continental championship in Africa

Home athlete Moundir Benammar was among the most emphatic of gold medallists on a second day of the African Wrestling Championships in Algiers that saw Egyptian competitors win eight of the ten cadet freestyle titles on offer.

Algeria’s capital city – Tunisia’s Mohamed Amine Thamlaoui, who took silver, and Lennie Steyn of South Africa

Abdelhady was the 65kg victor, as Tunisia’s Mohamed Zorgui took silver and Rubin Van Vuuren of South Africa

A brilliant knock of 73 by Ibrahim Zadran enabled Afghanistan to defeat hosts South Africa in the seventh-place

They coast home against South Africa by five wickets to win the 7th-place play-off!

the most effective South African bowler, taking two for 37 in 10 overs.After today's defeat, South Africa

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a brilliant century as India thumped Pakistan by 10 wickets to advance to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup final.

and sealing both the match and his hundred with a six.Having won the toss at Potchefstroom in South Africa

Enugu in Nigeria is set to host the inaugural International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football Women's World Championships.

the Nigerian city.It will be the first time an IBSA Blind Football World Championships takes place in Africa

I am delighted to be creating history in Africa, a continent which has an unrivalled passion for football

Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan is set to return to the figure skating programme that won him gold at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. 

with the sole exception of the Four Continents, a competition open to skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa