The inaugural European Championships in Glasgow and Berlin are on track to captivate a potential television audience of over a billion sports fans with countless more across news, radio and digital platforms, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has claimed.

the Nordic region and Eastern Europe as well as in Asia, Latin America, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) has announced it has a new member association representing blind sports in Malta.

The IBSA now has 113 member countries from five continents.There are 20 in Africa, 22 in the Americas

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WSBC) has released an official promotional video for the Under-15 Baseball World Cup, which will take place in Panama from August 10 to 19.

number one United States will, by definition, be the highest ranked side in the competition, while South Africa

consists of Panama, the US, Chinese Taipei, Brazil, Germany and China, while Group B features Japan, South Africa

The Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) has handed out certificates to those who completed their inaugural advanced sports management courses.

governance in Algerian sport ©Getty ImagesMembers of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Egypt won the team competition at the World Squash Federation (WSF) World Junior Championships in Chennai for a record equalling sixth time by beating England 3-0 in the final today.

finished in 15th place after they beat Germany today 2-0, Scotland beat France 2-1 to finish 17th, South Africa

The United States won four golds on the first day of finals at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Poznan in Poland – with two coming in women’s boat classes introduced this year.

South Africa taking home ?

Number one seeds and strong favourites Egypt have thrashed the Czech Republic without losing a set, to make the final of the team competition for the eighth consecutive time, at the World Squash Federation (WSF) World Junior Championships in Chennai.

was the first match of the day and Finland beat Zimbabwe by the same score line.Scotland beat South Africa

Hungarian capital Budapest has been confirmed as the preferred European candidate city for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) 2023 World Championships.

also expressed interest in the 2023 Championships, as have Kenya, although the expectation is that Africa

Birmingham has celebrated four years to go until the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a gymnastics event in the host city.

Birmingham 2022.The city was only confirmed as host in December after the withdrawal of Durban in South Africa

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has formally invited countries from Africa to bid for the 2025

National Federations of the African Cycling Confederation (ACC), the UCI said today.A desire to have Africa

will name its chosen city following the approval of its Management Committee.Various countries in Africa

Championships in Bergen in Norway for the third consecutive time ©Getty ImagesIn 2013 and 2017 South Africa

hosted the Mountain Bike and Para Cycling Road World Championships, while several races on the UCI Africa

to be held there as the four cities bidding are all from the continent, following the targeting of Africa

Nairobi has been awarded the 2020 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics U20 Championships, it has been announced today. 

awarding these championships will further encourage the development of athletics in Kenya and all over Africa

Nigeria and Morocco will meet in the African Youth Games boys' football final after winning last four encounters in Algiers.

scheduled to take place on Saturday (July 28).Nigeria are the defending African Youth Games champions.South Africa

Ireland have ramped up the pressure on hosts England by beating India 1-0 in a shock result at the International Hockey Federation Women's World Cup in London.

India or the United States win their match, the home side will be knocked out.Spain obliterated South Africa

7-1 in the only other match today ©Getty ImagesIn the only other game today Spain thrashed South Africa

2014 bronze medallists Argentina on three points from two games.However, with Argentina playing South Africa

Morocco have agreed to step in as the host of the 2019 African Games, the country’s Youth and Sports Ministry have announced.

to confirm a host city for the 2019 African Games by Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

There will be a change of scene but no major change in policy over Russia’s exclusion tomorrow as the International Association of Athletics Federations Council holds its 214th meeting at the Panamericano Hotel in Buenos Aires.

also expressed interest in the 2023 Championships, as have Kenya, although the expectation is that Africa

announced.It is now down to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne to rule on any case that South Africa