The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has underlined its commitment to creating a gender-equal sport as it looks to "set an example for other organisations and individuals to follow".

equal prize money.Away from the sport, the ITTF staged a Gender and Diversity (GEDI) meeting in Durban, South

Africa at the start of this year.ITTF officials, including Sörling, executive vice-president Wahid Oshodi

This week, 25 years ago on a sunny spring morning in London, an ensemble of 10 Bunga Manggar bearers carrying floral decorations and 20 drummers beating Kompang drums made their way onto the courtyard at Buckingham Palace. 

As a cricketer it has always been an impossible dream until now,"South Africa, had also sent a powerful

superb bowling by Pollock restricted Australia to 183, of which Steve Waugh made an unbeaten 90 but South

Africa won by four wickets."

When I look back on my career that chance to play for South Africa at the 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpur

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) believes the appointment of Zizi

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed on Monday (March 6) that Kodwa would take on the role

African National Congress, takes over from Mthethwa who had been Sports Minister since May 2019.The South

boosted by the news of Zizi Kodwa's appointment ©Getty ImagesThe SASCOC welcomed Kodwa’s arrival as South

Africa prepares for next year’s Olympics and Paralympics in Paris."

office, and we look forward to having a fruitful relationship with him as we continue to transform South

As the increasingly bitter dispute between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf continues to provide plenty of work for the world's lawyers, there was an unexpected admission from one of its biggest critics this week that perhaps not everything about the controversial Saudi Arabia-backed series is bad.

ImagesBy 1977, 35 of the world’s best cricket players from Australia, England, West Indies, Pakistan and South

Africa, even though the country was banned at the time because of its apartheid regime, had signed on

South Africa's Craig Fulton has been named head coach of the Indian men's field hockey team, replacing

Fulton represented his nation South Africa from 1996 to 2005, making 191 appearances and scoring two

Russia's Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov has revealed plans for a Summer Youth Games featuring athletes from both countries is set to be held in Chongqing in August.

broadly cooperative relationship.China is a member of the BRICS alliance with Brazil, Russia, India and South

Africa, and recently abstained from a United Nations General Assembly resolution urging Russia to withdraw

German boatbuilder Greenboats has received World Sailing's 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award for its "pioneering" design of racing yachts.

Greenboats represents generational change," the South African official said."

Sustainability Award trophy🤝 🏆It took place at @theoceanrace village at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South

Africa.

February 28, 2023Greenboats founder Friedrich Deimann received the trophy from the 2021 winner the Sail Africa

A parole hearing is due to take place at the end of this month which will rule whether or not disgraced Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius can be released from prison after being jailed for more than 10 years for murdering his girlfriend.

Reeva Steenkamp after he mistook her for an intruder at his home ©Ice Model ManagementOffenders in South

Africa are automatically eligible for parole consideration after serving half of their sentence.A decision

they had not forgiven him for the murder.Pistorius, who the year before the offence had represented South

Africa at the Olympic and Paralympic Games at London 2012, had initially been sentenced to six years

A pro-democracy protest song was used as Hong Kong's national anthem at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship Division III in Sarajevo instead of the Chinese national anthem.

Ice Hockey World Championship held in Bosnia," a spokesman said, as reported by the Hong Kong-based South

III has two groups, with the Sarajevo tournament taking place until Sunday (March 5) and Cape Town in South

Africa due to host a five-team round robin from April 17 to 23.Hong Kong are second in Group B after

Around 100 athletes have competed in a national team selection tournament in Cheon-An to mark the opening of the Korean Sambo Center.

The new venue, located in South Chungcheong about 50 miles south of South Korea's capital Seoul, is 1,320

President of the Mongolia Sambo Federation Dorjpalam Gerel, and Deputy Consul of the Embassy of Mongolia in South

Eliseev stated that he wished for the venue "to become the centre of attraction for all sambists in South

Korea, Europe, Asia, Africa and the whole world", as well as for South Korean athletes "to perform with

join the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s Pro League for the 2023-2024 season after the South

Africa Hockey Association (SAHA) declined an invitation to do so.

South Africa won the inaugural Men's FIH Nations Cup on home soil in Potchefstroom last December, which

opt out, but an FIH statement insisted the decision had been made "after a thorough analysis," by the South

official mascot for the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships in Durban in South

Africa.

Takuma was originally used as the mascot for the African Cup of Nations football in South Africa 10 years

especially younger fans, and we believe that Takuma will serve as a great ambassador for table tennis in South

Africa and around the world," ITTF President Petra Sörling said,"We hope that Takuma’s presence will

#sabcnews The mascot Takuma playing with President of the South African Table Tennis Board Joe Carrim

Africa in 2013 ©FlickrThe 2023 World Championships are scheduled to take place from May 20 until 28

Li Sun has been named as head coach of the Chinese national table tennis team following a three-day selection process as preparations increase for next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

singles at the Chinese national trials to secure her place in the upcoming ITTF World Championships in South

Africa ©Getty ImagesChina once again dominated table tennis at Tokyo 2020 with four golds out of a possible

Angolan taekwondo coach Estanislau Mateus wants the country's fighters to compete overseas more often.

Botswana, DR Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South

Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe."

Four from the victorious Australian team have been chosen in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's T20 World Cup team of the tournament.

Player of the tournament Ashleigh Gardner contributed a vibrant 29 and took the vital wicket of South

the highest batting average of the tournament, 72.00, as England reached the semi-final.Host nation South

Africa provided the leading run scorer Laura Wolvaardt, who made 230 runs and top scored for South Africa

Africa in the final with 61 made the cut ©Getty Images Wolvaardt is joined by South African compatriot

Tazmin Brits, who scored back to back half centuries in the tournament.Shabnim Ismail is the third South