thousands of African refugees.For many years, the IJF has also been present in the Great Lakes region of Africa

together within one single 26-minute film.South AfricaIn March 2020, a film was released about judo in South

 Recently, the IJF and Judo South Africa partnered up to initiate a large-scale programme with the

FIFA Council member Wolfgang Niersbach will appeal the one-year ban he received from the governing body’s Ethics Committee for failing to report possible misconduct as part of an investigation into the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

misconduct during Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which they were awarded haead of South

Africa ©Getty ImagesWorld football's governing body began an investigation in March of this year concerning

colleague of Niersbach in June 2015 and has now disappeared, it is claimed.The German bid defeated South

Africa by a narrow margin of 12 votes to 11 back in 2000 after New Zealand's Charlie Dempsey abstained

Prosecutor Rafael Brum Miron has claimed the potential terrorist plot at next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was “no joke” following the arrest of 12 suspects earlier this week.

attack, investigators also uncovered evidence of weapons which had been purchased.Federal Police in the South

websites.Miron has claimed that police are now investigating possible connections with Islamist groups in Africa

FIFA Council member Wolfsgang Niersbach has been banned for a year by the Ethics Committee for failing to report possible misconduct as part of an investigation into the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

members of FIFA’s ruling Executive Committee in the 2006 World Cup bid race.The German bid defeated South

Africa by a narrow margin of 12 votes to 11 back in 2000 after New Zealand's Charlie Dempsey abstained

Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has appointed Jason Leonard as its first ever patron.

on four occasions and was a member of the winning British & Irish Lions squad when they toured South

Africa in 1997, will present international caps to wheelchair rugby stars in one of his first acts as

Hosts Costa Rica have named their squad for this year's International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games, where they will look to defend their team gold medal.

France, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Scotland, South

Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States will also be competing in Costa Rica.Action will take

Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) has congratulated 14-year-old Ntando Mahlangu after he was selected on South

went on to clock a world record time of 52.61sec on his way to the gold medal in the 400m event.The South

Mahlangu won four gold medals at the recent IWAS Under-23 World Games ©IWASThe result for the young South

“We are so proud of Ntando, he did excellently,” Johan Snyders, Founder of Jumping Kids, South Africa

Africa at Rio 2016.Situ, who won gold at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, will be tasked with carrying her

nation’s flag at the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony on September 7.Both the South African Olympic

Japan and the United States will meet in the semi-finals of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Championship after both nations came through their last-eight encounters in Surrey in Canada.

30 national teams have participated in this year's WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship spanning Africa

, Asia, Europe, Oceania and Central, North, and South America.The gold medal game is scheduled for Sunday

Holders Japan qualified as Group One winners for the double-page playoff stage of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Championship after beating New Zealand 9-2 in Surrey in Canada.

0 ©WBSCGroup Four winners Venezuela provide the opposition for the US in the quarter-finals and the South

30 national teams have participated in this year's WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship spanning Africa

, Asia, Europe, Oceania and Central, North, and South America.

faces fresh court proceedings against him after prosecutors decided to appeal the "leniency" of the South

had wanted him to be jailed for at least 15 years and his six year term prompted fresh criticism in South

Africa and across the world.Oscar Pistorius was previously the world's most famous Para-athlete ©Getty

sentencing, but could once again serve only a portion of the term.Tubby Reddy, the chief executive of the South

Sitting around in the welcome, if overdue, sunshine last weekend with half a dozen friends and neighbours, the conversation turned to the upcoming Olympic Games.

The other four were South Africa, Rhodesia, North Korea and Afghanistan.Russia must now make it the imperfect

Ernst van Dyk will compete in his seventh successive Paralympic Games after being named in South Africa

team at Rio 2016 by Craig Ridgard, Goldy Fuchs, Justine Asher, Roxanne Burns and Dane Wilson.South Africa

‘When it comes to delivery for South African sporting glory our Paralympic aces have always put their

hands up,” said Gideon Sam, South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) President

Africa.

Africa will be looking to build on their 17th place finish in the medals table from the London 2012

Newly crowned Open champion Henrik Stenson has given the Rio 2016 golf tournament a boost amid a spate of withdrawals by claiming that an Olympic medal would be "special".

 "Across the two individual competitions, Africa has five eligible players; Asia 32; Australasia

and Oceania seven; Europe 52; North America 14 and South America 10."

Former South Africa international Steve Elworthy has been appointed as managing director of the 2019

World Twenty20.Elworthy also performed the role during the first-ever World Twenty20 in his native South

Africa in 2007.

Eighty-three per cent of all suspicious betting activity recorded by the European Sport Security Association (ESSA) in the second quarter of this year involved tennis, it has been announced.

handball and beach volleyball.Twenty-four of the cases originated in Europe with five each in Asia and Africa

, three each in North America and South America and one with no specific country of origin.In February