Committee (IOC) member Kirsty Coventry won a high-quality 100 metres backstroke race today at the All-Africa

Games in Brazzaville as South African star Chad Le Clos broke a championship Record en route to his

, clocking 1:55.05 to finish ahead of teams from Egypt and Tunisia.Away from the pol there was more South

GamesSeptember 2015: Van der Burgh leads South African swimming charge after Papal message of support

for All-Africa GamesSeptember 2015: Beckett claims South African gymnastics double as All-Africa Games

opensSeptember 2015: All-Africa Games set to begin in BrazzavilleAugust 2015: Uganda may not be able

to send full team to All-Africa Games due to financial problems, official claims

World junior record holder Gabrielle Fa’amausili of New Zealand avenged her defeat to compatriot Bobbi Gichard yesterday as she stormed to 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games gold in the girl’s 50 metres backstroke on a night otherwise dominated by Australian swimmers here.

for the rest of the field once again, finishing comfortably ahead of Joe Litchfield of England and South

the hard way as they recovered from a slow start to clock 7:29.27.England came home in second, while South

Africa were some way adrift in third.Layla Black took gold in the girl's 100m breaststroke to secure

England's only swimming title on day two ©Getty ImagesElsewhere, South African Zane Waddell added the

to Layla Black, who edged a pulsating girl’s 100m breaststroke race in 1:10.06, narrowly in front of South

World champion Chad Le Clos romped to a 100 metres butterfly victory today on another day of South African

domination in the pool at the All-Africa Games in Brazzaville as karate player Innocent Okemba won a

second behind United States legend Michael Phelps over the shorter distance at London 2012, carried the South

 Chad Le Clos (centre) was one South African winner on a day of dominance today ©Brazzaville 2015A

African swimming charge after Papal message of support for All-Africa GamesSeptember 2015: Beckett

claims South African gymnastics double as All-Africa Games opensSeptember 2015: All-Africa Games

set to begin in BrazzavilleAugust 2015: Uganda may not be able to send full team to All-Africa

International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Junior Championships bronze medallist Bobbi Gichard of New Zealand struck 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games gold in the women’s 100 metres backstroke by edging compatriot Gabrielle Fa'amausili in a thrilling race on the opening evening of swimming finals here today.

display to pip her team-mate to the title thanks to a time of 1min 0.51sec, with Nathania Van Niekerk of South

Africa sealing bronze.World Junior Championships 200m individual medley gold medallist Australian Clyde

silver while Tazmin Pugh of England did enough for bronze.It proved to be a successful evening for South

Africa as they reigned supreme in both the boy’s and girl’s 50m butterfly races.Zane Waddell began the

Africa at last year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, then won the girl’s event in 27.20 as she finished

Australia’s Amy Harding-Delooze produced a superb display to snatch girl’s 1500 metres gold from under the nose of Ugandan Peruth Chemutai on a dramatic opening day of athletics at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games here today.

finishing ahead of Shanee Angol of Dominica and St Lucia’s Rochelle Etienne.Tiotliso Gift Leotlela of South

Africa proved too strong for the rest of the field as he took the men's 100m title ©Getty ImagesDue

one-two in the girl's 100m as well as 4x400m relay gold ©Getty ImagesElsewhere, the success continued for South

Africa as they clinched two of the three podium positions in the boy’s discus as Werner Jakobus Visser

South Africa's London 2012 Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh confirmed his status as one of the

biggest stars on show at the All Africa Games in Brazzaville by winning 100 metres breaststroke gold

Egypt's Yosif Elkamash in 1:02.42.Wassim Elloumi of Tunisia claimed bronze in 1:02.79.There was more South

off the day in style with victory over Egypt and Algeria in 8:20.28.Mauritius celebrate victory over South

of AfricaIt was not a session of complete South African success, however, as Egypt claimed two golds

also enjoyed a superb start to the Games by claiming victory in mixed team badminton after defeating South

African gymnastics double as All-Africa Games opensSeptember 2015: All-Africa Games set to begin

Kirsten Beckett scooped all-around gymnastics gold while also helping South Africa to the women's team

generally praised Opening Ceremony in the Republic of Congo capital last night, in which the presence of South

African swimming sensation Chad Le Clos carrying the South African flag attracted much of the attention

©SAGymnasticsThe two other matches were also won in four sets, with Nigeria overcoming Egypt while South

Africa got the better of Uganda.In men's volleyball, there were victories for Algeria over Rwanda, Cape

GamesMarch 2015: Rows over All-Africa Games is a "chronic disease" claims top politician

The home crowd at Lake Aiguebelette came alive today as France’s Jeremie Azou and Stany Delayre earned the second gold of this year’s World Rowing Championships for the host nation.

per minute - held a marginal lead of 0.07sec over the French, with Norway and defending champions South

Africa less than a second behind.Azou and Delayre, unbeaten this season, pushed on to gain a lead

taking silver ahead of Norway’s 2013 world champion pair of Kristoffer Brun and Are Strandli, with the South

Julia Edward successfully defended their lightweight double sculls title ©Getty ImagesBronze went to South

Africa.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have announced that an emergency fund of $2 million (£1.3 million/€1.8 million) will be made available to National Olympic Committees to fund programmes aimed at helping refugees.

this year by making dangerous sea crossings across the Mediterranean after leaving unstable areas in Africa

“With this terrible crisis unfolding across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, sport and the Olympic

can ease the plight of refugees, many of them young people and children, be they in the Middle East, Africa

 Special Envoy for Youth Refugees and Sport, vowed to increase sporting opportunities for South

The 11th edition of the All-Africa Games are due to open today in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville

evening at Kintele Stadium.The last Games were held four years ago in Mozambique's capital Maputo, where South

Africa topped the medals table.Despite the opening ceremony being this evening, the badminton, fencing

are also on the schedule.Related storiesAugust 2015: Uganda may not be able to send full team to All-Africa

supported by marketing agency SportfiveApril 2015: Brazzaville hosts Chef de Mission meeting ahead of All-Africa

GamesMarch 2015: Rows over All-Africa Games is a "chronic disease" claims top politician

Karate South Africa (KSA) has claimed the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (

decision [to resist] was the correct one as SASCOC has for several years attempted to impose measures on South

karate gets a place within the national body.Related storiesAugust 2015: SASCOC de-registers Karate South

Hamish Bond and Eric Murray maintained their remarkable seven-year undefeated streak in the men's pair as the quarter-finals got underway today at the World Rowing Championships in France.

from The Netherlands, United States, Serbia, Australia, Spain, Great Britain, Italy, Canada, France, South

Africa and Romania also secured their passage through as the Championships begins to reach the business

while in the lightweight men's double sculls, defending champions John Smith and James Thompson of South

Africa were among those to progress.They were joined in going through to the 12 team semi-finals by

confirmed as hosts of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the first time the event will have been staged in Africa

It is a great day for Durban and for South Africa as we bring the Games of 2022 to Africa," Mark Alexander

city Durban was awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the first time the event will have been held in Africa

Our friends from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa are now primed to to make the most of that responsibility

: Hosting 2022 Commonwealth Games in Durban will be "vote of confidence" for Africa claims bid chief

Africa to inspect Durban 2022 bid

Scotland's Louise Martin has been elected President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), defeating incumbent Prince Imran here today on her 69th birthday. 

headquarters from London to Kuala Lumpur, a plan that was condemned by many countries, particularly in Africa

Canada's Bruce Robertson and South Africa's Gideon Sam were re-elected as vice-presidents.

Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has rolled out wheelchair rugby’s first-ever youth programme as part of an initiative to get young people engaged with the sport.

The following month, Britain will take on Canada, the United States, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan