Japan’s Rika Kihira clinched the women’s title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Anaheim after the free skate saw the standings alter considerably.

the Championships on Sunday (February 10).The ISU event features athletes from the Americas, Asia, Africa

A 23-strong FIFA legends squad has been unveiled by world football's governing body as part of a campaign to promote this year's Women's World Cup in France.

(£20/$26) and range through to €84 (£73/$95) for the top category.Norway, South Korea, and the 2018 Africa

Nations winners Nigeria will compete in Group A alongside hosts France.Germany, China, Spain and South Africa

United States’ Vincent Zhou leads the men’s event at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships following a strong short programme in Anaheim.

Sunday (February 10).The International Skating Union event features athletes from the Americas, Asia, Africa

More than 30 National Federation heads are expected to gather in Morocco for the upcoming Rugby Africa

2018, the various national teams from 24 countries participated in competitions organised by Rugby Africa

Rugby has become very much a mainstream sport and is widely played in Africa."

Our sport is the one with the highest growth rate in Africa."

Rugby Africa President Abdelaziz Bougja, left, is set to be succeeded in the role after 17 years ©Getty

Rugby is now the fastest growing sport in Africa," Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, founder and President of

Anaheim in the United States is set to host the 20th edition of the International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships from tomorrow.

The event for athletes from the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania but not Europe will feature 88 skaters

A programme of highway infrastructure improvements at Perry Barr to support the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and its regeneration legacy are due before the city council's Cabinet next week.

centre.Birmingham was only awarded the Commonwealth Games on December 21 in 2017 after Durban in South Africa

Former Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) chief executive Robert Mutsauki has been appointed to draft the National Olympic Committee of Kenya’s (NOCK) strategic plan for 2019 to 2024.

2011 to take up the role of technical director of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Problems at the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) look set to continue for some time after their former media partner, Highbury Media, filed for the body’s liquidation.

former SASCOC chief executive Tubby Reddy, who had formerly served as President of Volleyball South Africa

The fixtures have been revealed for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) 2020 men's and women's T20 World Cups in Australia. 

November 25 at the MCG.India's first match of the men's tournament will be on October 24 against South Africa

id="sadio-mane"]Senegal forward Sadio Mané is regarded as one of the best current footballers from Africa

The most successful female coach in world weightlifting failed to turn up for a groundbreaking women's coaching seminar in Sweden, at which Asia was the only continent not represented.

by Kim Chun Hui ©Getty ImagesThirteen female coaches from Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, South Africa

France have been named top seeds for November's inaugural Davis Cup Finals, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced.

groups are split into six continental regions, with Americas Groups, Asia/Oceania Groups and Europe/Africa

Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, while Asia/Oceania I is formed of India, Uzbekistan and China.Europe/Africa

Mexico and Guatemala, Asia/Oceania II features Thailand, New Zealand and Chinese Taipei and Europe/Africa

II features Romania, South Africa, Denmark, Lithuania, Egypt and Norway.

The governing body of Spain’s top football league LaLiga has been named as an official sponsor of the International Tennis Federation Davis Cup Finals.

meaning La Liga will promote the Davis Cup through their international broadcasts across Europe, Asia, Africa

Now the calendars have turned to the second month of 2019, attention switches to an intriguing and much-debated process in the Olympic world.

has grown exponentially in China, it still lacks any real base in areas such as the United States and Africa

, although featuring at this year’s All-Africa Games may help expand it to a continent which is far from

French feminist group, the International League for Women’s Rights (ILWR), has called on the organisers of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris to ban the hijab and other items of Islamic clothing during the Games, to ensure female Muslim athletes can compete free from religious restrictions. 

violations of the basic principles of the Charter [with regard to Islamic nations] when it excluded South Africa