The second edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games officially began in Patras with the Opening Ceremony held in the Greek city.

event having the theme of space and time.Images representing the Mediterranean, the Balkans, North Africa

Madagascar’s Randafiarison Rosina earned weightlifting gold at the African Games in Morocco.

concluded, with Nigeria crowned as the winners.They overcame Algeria 3-0 in the final, with Egypt and South Africa

The Netherlands have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after winning the Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Antwerp.

 The Netherlands will join Argentina, Japan and South Africa in Tokyo, with all three teams already

Martin and Valent Sinković of Croatia topped their heat in the men's pairs event on the first day of the World Rowing Championships in Linz Ottensheim in Austria.

Matteo Lodo and Giuseppe Vicino finished in 6:33.150 for Italy.John Smith and Lawrence Brittain of South Africa

Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) treasurer Frederick Lartey Otu has been announced as the country's Chef De Mission for January's African Para Games in Rabat.

Committee of Ghana, President of the Ghana Taekwondo Federation and vice chairman of the World Taekwondo Africa

Morocco's Badr Siwane and Egypt's Basmla ElSalamoney won the triathlon titles at the African Games in Rabat.

:07.52.Brown's compatriot Andie Kuipers rounded off the medal positions, finishing in 1:08.57.South Africa

competition in a time of 48:43.95, 15 seconds clear of Eritrea.Ethiopia won bronze in 48:59.17.South Africa

Medals for the Mediterranean Beach Games have been unveiled prior to the Games beginning tomorrow at Patras in Greece.

wrestling will also feature.Organisers say 1,020 athletes will compete, representing 26 countries from Africa

Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico are vying for Tokyo 2020, when the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Olympic Americas Qualifier tournament begins in Surrey in British Colombia tomorrow.

were the third country to qualify for the Olympic tournament when they defeated Britain in the Europe/Africa

Namibia's Tristan De Lange claimed his second mountain bike title of the 2019 African Games in Morocco with victory in the marathon race.

evening#AfricanGames #Casablanca #TeamSA #swimming— TeamSouthAfrica (@TeamSA19) August 23, 2019South Africa

Zambia were forced to withdraw from the women's football tournament at the African Games after being requested to provide visa letters, according to the country's Football Association.

Association of Zambia (FAZ) say its under-20 women's team had initially been due to travel from South Africa

The association has since decided to call off the trip to the All Africa Games on account of time and

The team arrived from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on August 13 and failed to proceed to Morocco on

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withdrawal from the women's tournament at the African Games has led to Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa

We are forever being told that governing bodies in sport always have the best interests of athletes at heart.

self-contradiction is too vast to ignore.I was left thinking about this when reading the stories in South Africa

competing at Rio 2016.South Africa's men's and women's teams qualified for Tokyo 2020 at the weekend ©Africa

and that, given the men have met the criteria, they will consider them for being part of team South Africa

taking the "best of the best" to the Olympics has hardly worked out for SASCOC at recent Games.South Africa

Kaylene Corbett secured a second gold medal in two days as she raced to victory in the women's 100 metres breaststroke final at the 2019 African Games in Rabat.

the South African dominance in the pool as they added individual titles to the country's haul.South Africa

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) treasurer José María Odriozola has weighed into the Caster Semenya row by reportedly describing the South African as "biologically a man".

 insidethegames has asked the IAAF and Athletics South Africa for a response.

South African Hockey Association (SAHA) chief executive Marissa Langeni wants the country's National Olympic Committee to "do the right thing" and allow at least the men's team to compete at Tokyo 2020.

Hockey Series final or [if it is] attained directly through the FIH Olympic Qualification Event".South Africa

that, given that the men have met the criteria, they will consider them for being part of team South Africa

FIFA has appointed a Normalisation Committee for the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) following the recent resignation of President Hany Abou Rida and its entire board.

Rida and the EFA board quit in the immediate aftermath of Egypt's exit from this year's Africa Cup of

Nations, which the country hosted.They resigned en masse after a shock 1-0 defeat by South Africa in

Zahran and Ahmed Abdallah Rady.Fadl Zahran was chief executive of the Organising Committee for the 2019 Africa

Cup of Nations.South Africa knocked Egypt out off the Africa Cup of Nations in the last 16 ©Getty Images"While

misusing his image in Egypt, while the reinstatement of Amr Warda to the squad on the eve of the 2019 Africa