The Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) has posthumously awarded its Order of Merit to journalist Ali Fodhil.

President Mustapha Berraf, who is also the President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Dakar 2022 Coordination Commission chair Kirsty Coventry has warned it is essential the Organising Committee is created and Government funding released to ensure the Senegalese city can prepare effectively for the Summer Youth Olympic Games.

Preparations for the first Olympic event to be staged in Africa were discussed here during the International

Olympics will be to act as a "catalyst for the economic and social transformation of the country and Africa

Online retail marketplace AliExpress has today launched a two-week campaign to promote winter sports and encourage fan engagement around the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

young Africans to swim.Outlining the programme, Sam Ramsamy, now an honorary IOC member from South Africa

Senegal's Sadio Mané and Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala have been heralded as Africa's finest footballers.

garnered 351 votes, 30 more than Valerenga and Cameroon forward Ajara Nchout.Beijing BG Phoenix and South Africa

who plays for Borussia Dortmund on loan from Real Madrid.Djamel Belmadi, who guided Algeria to the Africa

Cup of Nations (AFCON) title, and Desiree Ellis, who led South Africa at their first FIFA Women’s World

The dates of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Afro Paralympic Qualifiers have been changed.

from March 4 to 14.It is now scheduled to be held from March 1 to 8.Hosts Wheelchair Basketball South Africa

The quarter-final line-up was completed at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Australia, as Spain, Argentina, Canada and Belgium all made it through following the last day of group action.

doubles as Jarry and Alejandro Tabilo got the better of Nikola Čačić and Viktor Troicki, 6-3, 7-6.South Africa

beat France 2-1 as both sides exited the competition.Canada, Belgium, South Africa, Japan, Italy and

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the addition of baseball5 and wushu to the Dakar 2022 Youth Olympic Games sport programme.

They [Dakar 2022} are hoping these additions will help engage the young population both there and in Africa

There are 39 national federations in Africa alone for wushu and 159 federations around the world."

Both sports have a lot of interest in Africa and I think they will be a big success."

piece of equipment needed - was first piloted during the Friendship Games in the Great Lakes region of Africa

World Squash Federation (WSF) President Jacques Fontaine plans to revive the World Cup event in 2020 as he looks forward to a "rich and successful" year for his sport.

only biennial for each gender - and the regional events in Europe, Asia and Pan America, but not in Africa

A few years back I was in Romania to cover Arsenal’s Champions League match against Steaua Bucharest, and, finding myself with a few spare moments - this was before online journalism had fully gripped its denizens - I visited the Palace of the Parliament grandiloquently established by the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was by then deposed, disgraced and dead.

awkwardness on the anthemic front took place before a 2012 hockey match between Great Britain and South Africa

Novak Djokovic starred as Serbia booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Australia.

Serbia can now not be caught at the top of the group after their opening 3-0 win over South Africa and

Jarry 1-6, 6-3, 10-7.With the six group winners and two best runners-up reaching the last eight, South Africa

The Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) held an Olympic Day celebration in the coastal city of Béjaïa.

Mustapha Berraf, the President of the COA who also leads the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

will be decided next week, following the conclusion of 10 continental qualifiers which get underway in Africa

conclusion of the round-robin stage will secure a spot in the semi-finals.Men's qualifiers in Asia and Africa

The world’s two leading players made victorious starts at the inaugural Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Australia, as top-ranked Rafael Nadal helped Spain beat Georgia and Novak Djokovic earned a decisive but ill-tempered win for Serbia.

Djokovic gave his country an insurmountable 2-0 lead over South Africa in their opening Group A tie as

International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin has predicted a bright future for the organisation under the guidance of its newly-formed Executive Committee.

She’s representing a great continent in Africa and she has experience for many years as general secretary

Every ace served at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup, which begins tomorrow, will raise money to support people and communities across Australia affected by the devastating bushfires.

back from its usual mid-month start and is due to get underway on January 20.Serbia, France, South Africa

Bulgaria.Reigning Australian Open champion Djokovic will make his ATP Cup debut for Serbia against South Africa