The head of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi is to face an investigation ordered by the country's President Nana Akufo-Addo.

their first-ever World Cup in 2006 in Germany before competing at the 2010 and 2014 editions in South Africa

The International Netball Federation (INF) have released their latest world rankings with Australia remaining at the summit in front of a largely unchanged top order.

points.England's victory in Gold Coast helped them close the gap to New Zealand ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa

The European Tour have announced hotel giant Hilton as an official partner of the organisation for the next three years.

Championship ©Getty ImagesAligi Gardenghi, vice-president of marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Credit to Gianni Infantino. His plans for a revamped 24-team Club World Cup have already made the tournament far more entertaining than the existing one.

numerous officials have appeared to cry.Meanwhile, over in South Africa, Barcelona secured a 3-1 win

Officials expressed concern over the strain on players while Barcelona were playing a friendly in South Africa

is no surprise, given the clear financial disparity between the continent's top teams and those from Africa

Tim McFerran, President of the World Skateboarding Federation (WSF), has described next weekend's Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Pro Open at London's Copper Box as appearing like "a marketing gimmick".

If you are a skateboarder in Turkey, or South Africa, how are you going to qualify for Tokyo 2020?"

A 2009 survey found that there were 11.8 million active skateboarders in the world. It also estimated that skateboarding was worth an estimated $4.8 billion (£3.5 billion/€4 billion) in annual revenue. Neither figure is likely to have diminished in the meantime.

 "If you are a skateboarder in Turkey, or South Africa, how are you going to qualify for Tokyo 2020

"No skaters from Africa, Oceania or Asia are invited."

Hosts Canada will meet world number one ranked New Zealand in the groups stage of the Junior Men's Softball World Championship.

progress to the next round.They will face competition from Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Denmark, South Africa

Confederation of African Football President Ahmad Ahmad has attempted to persuade South African Football Association (SAFA) representatives to back Morocco’s 2026 World Cup bid during a meeting in Johannesburg.

, warned the SAFA not to "go against the mandate of a country" by supporting the Moroccan bid.South Africa

countries have still not fully healed.Morocco withdrew its ambassador from Pretoria in 2004 when South Africa

"Rave reviews" following the African Youth Games in 2014 have made Botswana officials confident that capital city Gaborone could host a successful Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2022.

hosting the Youth Olympic Games, are what have motivated us to want to seize the opportunity presented to Africa

UEFA's Professional Football Strategy Council (PFSC) have expressed "serious reservations" over FIFA's proposal to revamp the Club World Cup and develop a new Nations League.

four seasons, with the European contingent joined by four clubs from South America and two each from Africa

Nigeria have announced their official proposal to stage the 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Abuja, having welcomed officials from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

I want to commend the IOC for developing a mechanism for Africa to be taken along through the changes

We hope that at the end of the day, Nigeria will be chosen to host the 2022 Games for Africa."

Youth Olympics at their Session before the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in February.Nowhere in Africa

Internationally renowned sports stars from Egypt are a bit thin on the ground, give or take the odd squash player or émigrés like Jaroslav Drobny, the exiled Czech who took temporary political refuge under the African nation's flag and won Wimbledon back in 1954.

campaign, they reported a 400 per cent increase in calls to their hotline.Beaten finalists in the last Africa

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) have announced that they have opened the application process for their Young Reporters' Programme for the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade.

organisations.Following the application process, FISU will select six candidates for the course - one from Africa

English city Liverpool has been awarded the 2022 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.

Commonwealth Games.Rival Birmingham was selected as England's candidate to replace Durban in South Africa

An International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegation has embarked on a 12-day trip to Africa as part of

hosts for the Games at their Session before the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in February.Nowhere in Africa

country.The Abuja National Stadium in Nigeria's capital ©Getty ImagesIncluded in the ongoing visit to Africa