Ghana maintained their pre-eminence in the World T20 Africa Qualifier A as they inflicted an expected

due to take on Sierra Leone and Gambia play the hosts.Lagos has welcomed its guests for the World T20 Africa

Ghana took the initiative today in the World T20 Africa Qualifier A as they inflicted a first defeat

89 for 2.Nigeria's total of 119 was not enough as they lost their unbeaten record in the World T20 Africa

Fiji’s netball players have made the short trip from the Gold Coast to New Zealand to take part in the Oceania Qualifying Tournament for the 2019 Netball World Cup that starts in Auckland tomorrow.

automatically qualify, and they will be joined by two teams from each of the five continental regions - Africa

Tunis in Tunisia and Abuja in Nigeria have emerged as potential bidders to challenge Dakar in Senegal to host the 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

Thomas Bach said afterwards that he hoped the event could pave the way towards a Summer Olympic Games in Africa

to follow the first two editions in Singapore and Nanjing in 2010 and 2014 respectively.Nowhere in Africa

has ever hosted an Olympic Games event.Cape Town in South Africa came closest when reaching the candidature

Morocco 2026 President Moulay Hafid Elalamy has pledged to show world football's governing body an "innovative and compact" concept when the five-member FIFA Evaluation Task Force inspects the country's bid for the World Cup this week.

concept to ensure operational efficiency, outstanding profitability and a lasting legacy in Morocco and Africa

Russia, France and South Africa are among the countries to have pledged their support for the Moroccan

Britain qualified for the women’s tournament at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup Finals after winning the European qualifying event in Vilamoura in Portgual.

to take place in Apeldoorn from May 28 to June 3.Qualifiers had already taken place in the Americas, Africa

Hosts Tunisia garnered two golds on the third day of the African Judo Championships in Tunis as female judokas Olfa Saoudi and Nihel Cheikh Rouhou earned victory at under-48 kilograms and open category respectively.

Sport is full of irritating buzzword or phrases which get banded around at every opportunity without meaning anything substantial.

Athletes and officials from Africa going missing.

New Zealand secured double gold in rugby sevens competition to bring sporting action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games to a close.

five of the six men’s tournaments at the Games, with the only blemish coming when they lost to South Africa

in the Glasgow 2014 final.South Africa would miss out on the podium entirely in Gold Coast, after they

Piyanath Koetsuk, a Thai paddler who one year ago was part of a talent identification programme for new athletes, has celebrated his 16th birthday with victory in the boys’ C1 slalom obstacle race at the International Canoe Federation’s Youth Olympic Games qualifiers in Barcelona.

dominated.Underlining the growing global reach of canoeing, athletes from every continent, including Africa

Shumei, while the boys’ top eight featured three athletes from Asia, two from Europe, and one each from Africa

Manika Batra became the first Indian to win the women's singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games as she dispatched Singapore's Yu Mengyu in four games in the final at Gold Coast 2018 today.

Joshua Stacey of Wales made sure of bronze, defeating Theo Cogill of South Africa 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11

Levern Spencer ensured there was an historic ending to the track and field events at Gold Coast 2018 as she was crowned the first Commonwealth Games champion from Saint Lucia in history with victory in the women's high jump here today.

Aikines-Aryeetey clocked 38.13sec to beat a South African team including 100m gold medallist Akani Simbine.South Africa

Alex Marshall became Scotland's most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete ever as his team snatched gold from Australia in thrilling fashion in the men's fours final.

recovery.Three points in the penultimate 17th end gave them a two points lead before they restricted South Africa

It was all about two superstars of wrestling on the opening day of competition at the Commonwealth Games here. 

staked his claim to be India’s greatest individual sportsman with victory over Johannes Botha of South Africa

Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards took the men’s 200 metres title following Zharnel Hughes’ disqualification in the Commonwealth Games as Bahamas’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo won the women's title from from a high-class field here today.

crowned long jump champion Olivia Breen were second and third in 13.17 and 13.35 respectively.South Africa