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Kamiji thrashes Shuker to reach US Open Championships semi-final

  • Wheelchair Tennis

All four top seeded players progressed serenely into the semi-finals of the women's singles draw at the US Open United States Tennis Association Wheelchair Championships in St Louis today.

line-up.Fourth seed Marjolein Buis was given the sternest test today in losing the first set against South Africa


Kassis applauds Tokyo 2020 pathway on eve of Commonwealth Karate Championships

  • Karate

Michael Kassis, President of the Commonwealth Karate Federation (CKF), has used the occasion of the imminent Commonwealth Karate Championships to applaud the place the sport has earned at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, adding that it will inspire continuing efforts to get karate into the Commonwealth Games.

edition of the Commonwealth Karate Championships that are due to get underway tomorrow in Durban in South Africa

with CKF assistant general secretary Bharat Sharma, right, and Sonny Pillay, President of Karate South Africa

of Technology was visited by Kassis, his assistant general secretary Bharat Sharma and Karate South Africa



England to play Scotland in opening match of Gold Coast 2018 basketball tournament

  • Gold Coast 2018

England and Scotland will feature in the opening match of the men's basketball tournament at next year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast after organisers revealed the schedule for the competition.

competition features a diverse range of competing nations from Oceania, Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa


Uganda to lodge complaint to AIBA over omission of fighter from World Championships entry list

  • Boxing

Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) President Kenneth Gimugu has said the body intends to lodge a complaint to the International Boxing Association (AIBA) over what it deems to be a wrongful omission of one of its athletes from the entry list for the ongoing World Championships here.

How can you register a boxer after he qualified at the AIBA Africa Championships and when he gets to




South African Sports Minister sets up Commission to investigate SASCOC

  • ANOCA

A Government inquiry has been launched into the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) following allegations of irregularities and malpractice at the organisation.

SASCOC constitution.It is claimed that several members of SASCOC's Board and governing bodies in South Africa

employee in the administration‚ Jean Kelly‚ could not be appointed as the Chef de Mission of Team South Africa


Documents reveal Rio 2016 targeted Africa before awarded Olympic and Paralympic Games

  • Olympics

New documents released in Brazil have revealed how officials working for Rio 2016 lobbied in Africa in

nbsp;A statement was also sent by Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) to Brazilian Embassies in Africa

Cameroonian official vowing to solicit the support of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

2016 did not respond to Sportlight Agency's questions about the reasoning for their lobbying in Africa


Chief executive appointed for 2021 Rugby League World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Jon Dutton has been appointed chief executive of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England. 

six from Asia Pacific, two from the Americas and one from a play-off series hosted in the Middle East/Africa


Parkour Earth demand meeting with FIG by September 15

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Parkour Earth, the new organisation claiming to be responsible for the running of the sport, have issued a deadline of September 15 for the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to agree to an "urgent meeting".

France's Fédération de Parkour, New Zealand Parkour, Australian Parkour Association, Parkour South Africa




Yang thrills home crowd by winning men's 100m final at Taipei 2017

  • Taipei 2017

Chinese Taipei's Yang Chun-Han provided the most spectacular moment of the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade so far by winning the men's 100m title on home soil here this evening.

Yang made up ground in the closing stages to cross the line first in 10.22sec.Thando Roto of South Africa


FIFA appoint Normalisation Committee to run troubled federation in Cameroon

  • Football

Cameroonian football has been plunged further into crisis after FIFA confirmed it had appointed a Normalisation Committee to run the troubled association in the country.

preside over the FECAFOOT, who were banned by world football's governing body in 2013.Cameroon won the Africa

move from FIFA comes as Cameroon remains at risk of being stripped of the hosting rights for the 2019 Africa

had to convince the governing body that they will be able to host the tournament as planned.The 2019 Africa