"Appropriate actions" are being threatened by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) suffers further delays in approving its new constitution this week.

co-signed by IOC deputy director general Pere Miró and Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Being among the top five African countries at major sporting events has been revealed as a target following the re-election of Matlohang Moiloa-Ramoqopo as President of the Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC). 

Avani Lesotho Hotel, is also a vice-president of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

New Zealand surged to the summit of the Women's World Rugby Sevens Series standings as the Olympic silver medallists won the latest event by beating arch-rivals Australia in Las Vegas.

first-ever World Rugby Sevens Series title on home soil and will go up against current overall leaders South Africa

Official branding and groups have been unveiled for the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 Baseball World Cup taking place in Tainan, Taiwan later this year.

with current world number one ranked side Japan in Group A.Mexico, Czech Republic, Brazil and South Africa

Canada and Olympic silver medallists New Zealand booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Rugby Sevens Series with unbeaten records on the opening day of the event in Las Vegas.

form as they hammered Japan 41-0 and then ousted Scotland 24-12.New Zealand, current leaders South Africa

Hosts New Zealand and defending champions Egypt are among 14 countries confirmed to compete in July's World Squash Federation Women's World Junior Team Championship in Tauranga.

Egypt first competed in 1993.Canada, France, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, South Korea, Malaysia and South Africa

Australia and New Zealand will meet for the first time in the pool stage of a Women's World Rugby Sevens Series tournament when they clash on the opening day of the latest event on the calendar in Las Vegas tomorrow.

South Africa, who topped the podium in Sydney, have been drawn with Wales, France and Canada in Pool

Mauritius will host this year's African Weightlifting Championships, it has been confirmed.

The Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA) handed its flagship continental event to the island nation

David Grevemberg, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), has described the process of matching a particular Games with a particular host as being "almost a courting exercise, a process of exploration and discovery."

General Assembly in Edmonton, Grevemberg told me: "These will not only be the first Games in South Africa

Defending champions the United States and top-ranked  Japan have been drawn to play each other in the round robin stage of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) 2017 Under-18 Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay in Canada.

nations have advanced from various Continental Championships.Australia, Japan, The Netherlands, South Africa

and the US all won their respective regional qualifying Championships in Oceania, Asia, Europe, Africa

Jérôme Valcke, the former FIFA secretary general, has filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision to ban him from taking part in any football-related activity for a period of 10 years.

CHF23 million (£18 million/$24 million/€21 million) in December 2010 following the World Cup in South Africa

Liverpool have put themselves forward to replace Durban if the South African city drops out as host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Durban 2022 would be the first time a major international multi-sport event is staged in Africa and was

seen as the launchpad for a bid from South Africa for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Commonwealth Games in September 2015 but the future of the event now looks in jeopardy because South Africa

team appointed by the CGF is in the final stages of evaluating the submissions received from South Africa

Olympic gold medallists Serbia have been drawn against Spain, Greece and South Africa in the group stage

women’s tournament, world and Olympic champions America have been pitted against New Zealand, South Africa

ago, are in Group A with Japan, Hungary and The Netherlands.Group B features China, Australia, South Africa

Forty years ago, cricketers past and present were making their way to Melbourne for a special match to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Test cricket. The match itself was a thrilling spectacle in which Australia beat England by 45 runs, exactly as they had done in the very first such encounter in March 1877.

They joined the Australians and a World XI that featured superstars from England, South Africa and Pakistan

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has appointed three independent persons to its inaugural Vetting Panel, including Mark Pieth, the chair of the Independence Governance Committee that oversaw the reform process within FIFA between 2011 and 2013. 

also chair of the International Anti-Corruption Conference.He also sits on the Governance Board of the Africa