Hosts South Africa won all four of their matches as they emerged victorious from the International Wheelchair

Basketball Federation Africa Southern Region Qualifier for the African Para Games in Johannesburg.

Angola will join South Africa at the African Para Games in Ghanaian capital Accra after finishing in

the top two at the Vodacom Mandeville Indoor Sports Centre in the South African city.The matches between

the two teams could have gone either way with Angola giving South Africa a run for their money in both.Angola

led 35-31 in the first of those only to see South Africa come from behind to triumph 45-41.The home

other nation involved in the qualifier, but they were well beaten in all three of their fixtures.South Africa

World Netball has released the dates for the FAST5 Netball World Series, which is set to take place in Christchurch in New Zealand from November 11 to 12 later this year.

New Zealand, Australia, England, Jamaica, South Africa and Malawi will all be competing as they are the

returned last year after a four-year hiatus.Last year's event was won by Australia after they edged past South

Africa in the final.A men's team exhibition series involving three teams also took place, and will happen

Former South African beach volleyball player Gershon Rorich, who was part of the first team from the

of Rorich, and offered its condolences to his family and friends, and the volleyball communities in Africa

and South Africa.CAVB President and FIVB executive vice-president Bouchra Hajiji described him as "a

distinguished himself as a player, a coach, and an administrator", and offered her condolences.Volleyball South

Africa offered its tribute to Rorich, with President Anthony Mokoena describing him as "the most celebrated

A line-up of nine teams has been revealed for the first Squash World Cup in more than a decade, set to be held in Chennai later this year.

Japan, Malaysia and Hong Kong.Egypt, the winners of the last Squash World Cup in 2011, are joined by South

Africa, from Africa.Egypt are powerhouses in the sport, with their players comprising five of the top

England are the European representatives, with Australia representing Oceania and Colombia the sole South

World champions Argentina have returned to the top of the FIFA world rankings six years after the last time they led the standings.

The South Americans moved up one spot after victories in friendlies against Panama 2-0 and Curaçao 7-

20 had only one change, with Senegal overtaking Denmark for 18th.The most improved side was Central Africa

The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kabojja International School in the capital Kampala to promote Olympic values.

Committee refused to ban New Zealand after the country's rugby union team held a tour in apartheid South

Africa, despite the United Nations' call for a sporting embargo.It doubled its all-time gold medal tally

The draws have been made for the men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and water polo tournaments at the International University Sport Federation Summer World University Games in Chengdu.

Poland.Lithuania, who won the event in 2007 and 2017, and hosts China will meet in Pool A as well as South

Africa, Chinese Taipei and Brazil.Pool B consists of Romania, Argentina, Croatia and Mongolia, while

South Korea, Finland, Mexico and Azerbaijan have been drawn in Pool D.Chinese Taipei, Poland and Brazil

Africa, Italy, Japan and Singapore.Italy will be looking to make it back-to-back men’s titles as they

take on Slovakia, the US, China, Georgia and South Korea in Pool B, while Pool A contains Greece, Japan

The next edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) set to take place next January and February meaning

their squads in a period where league competition have a hectic schedule.So far, Algeria, Morocco, South

Africa, Tunisia, and Burkina Faso have qualified to join current champions Senegal and hosts Ivory Coast.The

Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole and will remain in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

The South African, 36, who has served half his sentence for shooting Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013

request was denied on technical grounds as he had not met with Steenkamp's family as required under South

Africa's parole rules.Barry Steenkamp then met face-to-face with Pistorius last year in what is known in South

Africa as a victim-offender dialogue.Last month, on the tenth anniversary of his daughter's murder,

became the first amputee to win a non-disabled world track medal as a member of the silver medal-winning South

Leslie Rance, the new independent chair of British Lacrosse, said that the sport's inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics would bring "tremendous encouragement".

Zimbabwean-born Rance is from South Africa and now lives in Scotland.Lacrosse has not featured at the

A fan reportedly collapsed after Nigeria's men's football team were knocked out of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

whistle.He was said to suffer from blood pressure issues.Guinea have now qualified for the Under-23 Africa

after a 0-0 draw with Zambia, following a 2-0 victory in the first leg.Republic of Congo knocked out South

Africa on away goals after the tie finished 1-1, and Ghana overcame Algeria 2-1.Mali overcame a 3-1

Namibia’s Sports Minister Agnes Tjongarero has expressed disappointment with World Athletics over its new ruling which will mean the country’s Tokyo 2020 200 metres silver medallist Christine Mboma and fourth-placed Beatrice Masilingi will be ineligible for this summer’s World Athletics Championships.

the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is in the same situation.Others affected by the new DSD regulations include South

the new rules on DSD athletes ©Getty Images"We even advised the committee to reach out to Athletic South

Africa and its Government to seek help on how they fought Caster Semenya's case, but we didn't receive

Mboma's coach Henk Botha told BBC Sport Africa it was a bit of a shock to receive it without any prior

Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany have announced a joint bid for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Brazil and South Africa are also thought likely to bid.FIFA claim the bidding process will be the "most

The Nigeria Netball Federation (NNF) is set to unveil a five-year plan aimed at further developing the grassroots level of the sport in the country.

 "{We} will be granted access because apart from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, any country

coming from West Africa will be gladly accepted to be part of it."

van Niekerk have been named sportsman and woman of the year at the SA Sport Awards organised by the South

of the Year for her heroic performances as she won best goalkeeper at the tournament at the Women's Africa

Cup of Nations in Morocco.The 30-year-old was a crucial part of South Africa's-winning squad, the country's

Abdellah Stadium in Rabat before a crowd of 51,000.Goalkeeper Andile Dlamini, a vital member of the the South

African team that won the Women's Africa Cup of Nations for the first time, was voted Sports Star of

the Year at the SA Awards ©Getty ImagesCricket South Africa was awarded the National Federation of the