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Birmingham 2022 appoint Reid as permanent chief executive

  • Birmingham 2022

Birmingham 2022 have confirmed the appointment of Ian Reid as their new permanent chief executive.

Birmingham was only awarded the Commonwealth Games after Durban in South Africa was stripped of the hosting


South Africa and Botswana qualify for 2019 WBSC Softball World Championships

  • Baseball and Softball

South Africa and Botswana have both qualified for the Men's World Softball Championship and the Junior

South Africa won both the men's and junior women's categories in front of a home crowd at the Mbolekwa

Congratulations to South Africa and Botswana for qualifying into the top international softball events

 "Softball continues to evolve and bring opportunities in Africa, from grassroots levels to the

South Africa were victorious in the men's division of the African Softball Championships and qualified

 All 16 places at the competition have now been filled, with South Africa and Botswana from Africa



England and Australia get off to winning starts in Netball Quad Series

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Defending champions Australia and Commonwealth Games winners England both started their Netball Quad Series campaigns with wins today as action got underway in Liverpool.

Playing in the day's first match at the M&S Bank Arena, Australia beat South Africa 62-45, before

comfortable winners Australia initially struggled in their match and the first quarter ended with South Africa

again.In the next round of fixtures in a week’s time at London’s Copper Box Arena England will play South Africa



Australia seeking Commonwealth Games revenge over England at INF Quad Series

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Netball Federation Netball (INF) Quad Series returns tomorrow, with England looking to build on their surprise Commonwealth Games triumph and gain another victory.

bi-annual event, featuring four of the world’s best five teams in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa

in the second 2017 event.England meanwhile finished second to Australia twice last year, while South Africa

ruled out of the event after fracturing her left arm in training.The competition will open with South Africa



South Africa protest after labelling process to award Egypt 2019 Africa Cup of Nations "unfair"

  • Football

SAFA) have claimed the manner in which the Confederation of African Football (CAF) awarded the 2019 Africa

South Africa and Egypt had both put themselves forward to host the tournament after CAF stripped original

built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup should have given them the edge over rivals Egypt to host the 2019 Africa

FIFA did a World Cup analysis [for 2010], South Africa was number one and Egypt was last."

South Africa voting for the USA, especially after president Donald Trump had publicly criticised the

people of the continent [of Africa], was seen as anti-African," they quote an unnamed CAF official as


Snooker to feature as medal event at 2019 African Games in Morocco

  • African Games

African Billiards and Snooker Confederation (ABSC) have announced snooker will be included on the programme for this year’s African Games in Morocco.

Africa is a big continent and being in the African Games will create opportunities for every company

Players in Africa will be recognised for their achievement and probably talented players will be able

Africa as a region has always made a significant contribution to snooker and this will help to develop

following the withdrawal of Equatorial Guinea as hosts.Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa




Egypt named as hosts of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

  • Football

Egypt has been named as the host of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after beating sole rival bidders

South Africa in a vote held at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee meeting

staging the event, after it originally said it would not compete with another Arabic country.South Africa

2021 event, having lost the rights to the 2019 edition.Breaking: Egypt @EFA will host the 2019 Total Africa



Kenyan taekwondo champion sets sights on 2019 World Championships

  • Taekwondo

Kenyan taekwondo player Vincent Dock has set his sights on the 2019 World Championships and All-Africa

the 2019 World Championships, scheduled to take place in Manchester from May 15 to 19, and the All-Africa

I will now focus my training towards the upcoming 2019 All-Africa Games in Morocco and World Championships