Japan won twice in a day to take command of Pool C at the Junior Women’s Softball World Championship in Clearwater in the United States.

also maintained their good start by making it three wins from three.They proved too strong for South Africa

Jonathan Nnaji, the former President of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), has seen his work within the sport honoured by its world governing body.

Jonathan Nnaji's commendation ©NTF“Chief Nnaji has done well to put Nigeria on the political map of the Africa

Top seeds Egypt won Pool A as the women's team event began at the World Squash Federation Junior Championships in New Zealand.

Pool D, England took command of the group after beating India and France 3-0.India also beat South Africa

Marthe Koala and Hugues Zango each won gold medals for Burkina Faso today at the 2017 Francophone Games in Abidjan.

in a time of 13.32sec at the Stade Félix Houphouët Boigny.Hugues Zango added a second gold for the Africa

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said that Barcelona was a city "living with its back turned" before the 1992 Summer Games, which opened 25 years ago today.

by his father Jim after an injury left him in tears.Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu and Elana Meyer of South Africa

The United States got their Junior Women’s Softball World Championship title defence off to a flying start by thrashing Turkey and Guatemala today.

another though as they lost 13-0 in five innings to Chinese Taipei.The other match in Group A saw South Africa

beat Turkey 16-3.South Africa cruised to a 16-3 victory over Turkey in Pool A ©WBSCAction in Pool B

Qualifiers for the Gold Coast 2018 netball competition have been confirmed - with Uganda set to appear in the event for the first time.

The Ugandan team triumphed at the Africa Championship earlier this month, which saw them rise to ninth

In May last year, I flew into London and then, shaking off jetlag, went straight to cover a Presidential election which typified the brutal and secretive world of sports politics in all its glory.

 Like it or not, delegates from Africa and Asia make up a hefty slice of the FINA membership.

But official after official from Africa, Asia and the Americas then stood up to oppose the idea.

The Bahamas ended their wait for a gold medal at their home Commonwealth Youth Games as they finished first in the mixed 4x200 metres relay on the last day of competition here today.

400m hurdles.Chalmers finished in front of England's Seamus Derbyshire and Boitumelo Mayo of South Africa

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ImagesThomas Dean was one of six English gold medallists on the last night in the pool ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa

Brazil’s Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos smashed his own men’s 200 metres T47 world record to claim a second gold medal of the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships on what was a memorable evening for hosts Great Britain. 

 Paralympic champion Reinhardt Hamman of South Africa threw a season’s best 50.48m for the silver

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara was present for the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 Francophone Games in Abidjan.

event.Organisers claimed the opening parade reflected diversity and the culture of French speaking countries from Africa

and rescinding the membership of Zanzibar were among the key decisions taken at the Confederation of Africa

at the CAF.The meeting was held the day after the governing body rubber-stamped the expansion of the Africa

to June or July from the 2019 edition.Cameroon have reiterated their commitment to hosting the 2019 Africa

South Africa ended their hosting of the Hockey World League semi-final on a high as they secured a fifth

classification ties as the focus of today’s action.A penalty shot from Lilian du Plessis gave South Africa

Julio Maglione has been re-elected President of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in a landslide at a dramatic Congress here today.

requiring that all members of its ruling Bureau must be under 80.There was near-unanimous support from Africa

Carrard for a three-minute presentation window.Tthis caused a chorus of opposition from delegates from Africa