The draw for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Championships African Qualification Tournament has been made.

qualifying spot in their respective tournaments at next year's World Championships in Hamburg.Hosts South

Africa will face Morocco, Angola and Zimbabwe in Pool A of the men's event.Defending champions

trying to secure places at next year's World Championships in Hamburg ©IWBFThe women's draw will see South

Africa go up against Algeria, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.A total of 16 men’s and 12 women’s teams will compete

have won the last two men’s tournaments, beating the United States 63-57 in the 2014 final in Incheon, South

SECOM will be an official sponsor of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, World Rugby has announced.

Japan's stunning win over South Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup has seen a rapid spark of interest

Three leading South Korean taekwondo masters have been working in Durban, South Africa, in a bid to pass

normally based in his adopted country's capital of Pretoria, is the technical director for taekwondo in South

Africa, while Master Yun is the senior master for the sport in KwaZulu-Natal.A seminar in Durban's Siripat

the Clare Estate and Reservoir Hills taekwondo clubs.Jung Hyun Cho, national coach master with the South

Africa Taekwondo Federation, is pictured in Jeonju, South Korea, with two of his students, Neo Botha

, left, and Cavin Mosimanegape Seitlhamo ©South Africa Taekwondo Federation/FacebookMaster Billy, who

South African Pieter Oosthuizen secured his second gold medal of the International Modern Pentathlon

13min 59sec to finish at the summit of the mixed relay podium in front of a delighted home crowd.The South

the third edition of the Laser-Run World Championships for a "great two days" of competition in the South

A friend asked me to provide a sporting quiz question earlier this week. Naturally, I decided to make it as tricky as possible for the part-time sports fan.

North America… Asia… South America… I doubt it is Oceania."

Kenya and Ethiopia in athletics, while South Africa have managed a steady stream of talent in a wide

variety of sports, mainly cricket and rugby.However, South Africa itself has a relatively mixed record

Rather than proving the credentials of South Africa, largely seen as the continent's most likely Olympic

He did, however, suggest that Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa all had the potential

Pieter Oosthuizen justified his pre-event billing as he claimed the gold medal in the men's race in front of his home crowd at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Laser-Run World Championships in Cape Town.

The bronze medal went the way of Khuanchai Khosinklang of Thailand, a minute adrift of the victorious South

of Britain taking the silver medal in 17:02.00.Menard Charlotte of France held off the challenge of South

Mayer, forced to settle for the bronze medal having completed the course in 17:41.00.The event in the South

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari has been elected unopposed as the chairman of the international governing body’s baseball division.

sit on the Executive Board with China’s Chen Xu representing Asia, Tunisia’s Sabe Jlajla representing Africa

softball division is completed by five continental vice-presidents; Japan’s Hiromi Tokuda for Asia, South

Africa’s Mashilo Matsetela for Africa, Colombia’s Antonio Morales for the Americas, Czech Republic’s

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships after it was revealed that a country from Africa

IAAF President Sebastian Coe in Rabat, he believed that Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South

Africa all had the potential to stage the IAAF World Championships in 2025.

8, 2017Kalkaba claimed that Coe, who was attending the CAA Congress, would support a candidate from Africa

 "We think that 2023 will come too early for Africa, but in 2025 we have a real chance," said Kalkaba.Earlier

The South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) have expressed their "concern and disappointment" regarding

Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed the league, which had attracted a number of the sport's top players

League meeting.According to British newspaper The Times, Supersport has been earmarked as the chosen South

independent review into what has actually transpired here as there are significant implications across South

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to guide Argentina to a 3-1 win over Ecuador last night and seal his country's place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

from Barcelona's Messi guaranteed his side one of the three automatic berths still up for grabs in South

the Stade de France in Paris to win Group A but The Netherlands, finalists at the 2010 World Cup in South

Africa, missed out on a play-off spot on goal difference despite beating Sweden 2-0 at the Amsterdam

.The most recent batch of successful teams join hosts Russia, Brazil, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Belgium, South

New research suggests former professional sports players who experience concussion are more likely to report mental health problems than those who have not suffered it, the BBC reports.

world players' union's chief medical officer, Dr Vincent Gouttebarge, and sports medicine experts from South

Getty ImagesThe former players surveyed - all men under 50 and from Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, South

Africa, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland - who suffered six concussions were between two and five times

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has called for their controversial World Cup qualifier away to Uganda to be replayed after lodging an official protest to FIFA over refereeing decisions in the match in Kampala.

The GFA filed the protest after South African referee Daniel Bennett ruled out Raphael Dwamena's 93rd

with six points from their five matches.Ghana, who reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South

Africa, are now relying on results going their way if they are to book their ticket to Russia.Only the

disappointing draw with Uganda at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala comes after FIFA ordered South

to the Gold Coast 2018 men's rugby sevens tournament following impressive performances at the 2017 Africa

which are due to run from April 4 to 15 in the Australian city.Uganda were seeking to defend their Africa

debut appearance in the competition.The two nations are set to join fellow African countries Kenya and South

Africa, who qualified due to their World Rugby Sevens Series ranking.South Africa are the defending

with New Zealand, Canada, Fiji and England joining host nation Australia due to their rankings.South Africa

Ghana has eyed bidding for the 2038 FIFA World Cup and a future edition of the Olympic Games as part of its 40-year national development plan. 

 The Olympic Games has never been staged in Africa ©Getty ImagesThe stadium will be connected to

 South Africa is the only African country to have hosted the World Cup, in 2010, while the Olympic

Wayde van Niekerk has given organisers of next year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast a boost by confirming he definitely plans to compete.

The South African wants to concentrate on the 100 and 200 metres in 2018, meaning he will not compete

I’ll definitely be doing the 100m and 200m," van Niekerk told The South African newspaper.

have sold a total of 200,000 tickets so far for the athletics at Carrara Stadium ©Gold Coast 2018South Africa