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England and Australia continue unbeaten starts at Netball World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Favourites England and Australia continued their impressive form on the second day of the Netball World Cup with convincing victories at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

87-38.Jamaica claimed their second win of the tournament by beating Trinidad and Tobago 68-43.South Africa


Dominant Australia begin Netball World Cup in style

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Holders Australia began their Netball World Cup campaign in scintillating fashion with a convincing 88-24 win over Northern Ireland at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

are joined at the top of the standings by Barbados, who overcame Singapore 69-34.Jamaica and South Africa


Football Federation of Burundi vice-president arrested over unpaid bonuses to players

  • Football

Aimable Habimana has reportedly been arrested after bonuses meant for the team which participated in the Africa

up for questioning relating to the missing money, due to be paid to the Burundi team that made its Africa

the hands of Guinea in their final group match.Burundi lost all three of their matches at their first Africa



Stage set for Netball World Cup in Liverpool as hosts bid for first title

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England defender Geva Mentor is hoping for a "dream" Netball World Cup final against Australia at their home tournament as the two sides prepare to get their campaigns underway in Liverpool tomorrow.

biggest upsets of the tournament, Barbados and Singapore in Group B.Group C includes Jamaica, South Africa


Senegal and Nigeria scrape through to reach semi-finals of African Cup of Nations

  • Football

reach the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations in Egypt with narrow victories over Benin and South Africa

 The three-time winners Nigeria then beat South Africa 2-1 with an 89th minute winner at the Cairo

.Samuel Chukwueze had put Nigeria ahead in the 27th minute before Bongani Zungu equalised for South Africa


Record-breaking numbers as World Rugby releases Year in Review 2018

  • Rugby Sevens

A record number of people are playing rugby worldwide as the sport continues to grow and prosper across the globe, according to the World Rugby Year in Review 2018.

first-ever Rugby World Cup to be hosted in Asia – is the most impactful Rugby World Cup to date.In Africa

had 460,000 children take part in Get Into Rugby activities, 42 per cent of them female, while South Africa

topped the global table with the highest number of participants per country.South Africa also had success


Draw made for two Tokyo 2020 softball qualifying tournaments

  • Baseball and Softball

The draw for the Asia/Oceania and Europe/Africa qualifying competitions for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's

Australia and New Zealand, the best ranked sides from Oceania.The Netherlands will host the Europe/Africa

the softball tournament to leave just four places available.As well as the Asia/Oceania and Europe/Africa


Defending Giro Rosa champion Van Vleuten wins stage five to move into overall lead

  • Cycling

Annemiek van Vleuten of The Netherlands, favoured to retain her overall title in the women’s Giro d’Italia - or Giro Rosa - took a significant step today as victory in stage five earned her the pink leader’s jersey.

Spratt, Rio 2016 gold medallist Anna Van Der Breggen of The Netherlands, Ashleigh Moolman of South Africa


Teams revealed for Softball Europe/Africa Qualification Event for Tokyo 2020

  • Baseball and Softball

has announced the full list of nations that have qualified to compete in this month’s Softball Europe/Africa

completed the top six, all of which will join the two previously qualified African nations - South Africa

recently-concluded Women's Softball European Championship ©WBSCThe eight-team WBSC Softball Europe/Africa



Golden Schoenmaker becomes most-decorated South African Universiade swimmer

  • Naples 2019

It was a night of double South African gold with victory for Tayla Lovemore in the 100 metres butterfly coming less than an hour after Tatjana Schoenmaker took gold in the 200m breaststroke, making her the most successful South African swimmer in Universiade history.

She always comes up to me when I am back in South Africa.


International Teqball Federation President delighted by sport's rising popularity in Africa

  • Teqball

International Teqball Federation (FITEQ) President Gábor Borsányi hailed the sport's rise in Africa after

Games.It was staged following the recent decision of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

It gives me great pleasure to know teqball is growing here in Africa," Borsányi said."

We would like to thank the people of Africa for embracing our sport and our dream of using teqball to

FITEQ is set to dedicate significant resources to countries in Africa to help players work towards competing

We hope this is the start of a long friendship between teqball and the people of Africa."