Veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary was the hero for Egypt today as they reached a record ninth Africa

Koffi himself took a shot, but failed to beat El Hadary, who is the oldest player to feature in any Africa

Nearly 80 per cent of all cases of suspicious betting activity reported to the European Sport Security Association (ESSA) in 2016 involved tennis, new figures have revealed.

basketball.Seventy-one of the cases originated in Europe, with 25 in Asia, 14 in South America, 12 in Africa

Ghana’s hopes of a first Africa Cup of Nations title since 1982 are still alive after they won their

quarter-final, an 88th minute goal from Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim gave Egypt a 1-0 win over Morocco in an all-North Africa

South Africa have won the third round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with a 26-5 win over Fiji

named the Player of the Final and became South Africa's top rugby sevens try scorer with 180.South Africa

scorer today“We have one big happy family, and we put our bodies on the line for each other.”South Africa

Burkina Faso booked their place in the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations as late goals from Aristide

English Premier League, missed his penalty, allowing Aboubakar to keep Cameroon’s pursuit of a fifth Africa

Hosts New Zealand enjoyed a superb day on their home leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series as they went unbeaten while surprise package Canada also made the quarter-finals.

they play a bit, giving them more freedom.”Having finished 13th in both Dubai and Cape Town in South Africa

squad and we just need to believe it.”The third round of the World Rugby Sevens Series also saw South Africa

at the Westpac Stadium, with New Zealand, England and Canada also progressing without a defeat.South Africa

Scotland.The other quarter-finals tomorrow see hosts New Zealand face Fiji, Canada take on Argentina and South Africa

Generations For Peace (GFP) has risen to number 34 in the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) world rankings.

supporting more than 9,000 peace-building volunteer youth leaders across 50 countries in the Middle East, Africa

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is set to begin in Wellington, New Zealand, tomorrow as leaders South Africa

England won the last round of the series, upsetting their hosts South Africa in Cape Town, with New Zealand

the failed to advance from their group.However, they have been drawn in a tough pool alongside South Africa

Is athletics about to experience its Twenty20 moment this week? Or will the new-look Nitro Athletics event that will run for three evenings in Melbourne, starting next Saturday and witnessed by interested parties including the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe prove to be no more than a brief starburst of colourful enterprise?

connect with the sport and the athletes.Sri Lanka's cricketers celebrate a Twenty20 win over South Africa

Egypt have claimed the final Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final spot as Group D winners with a 1-0 win

Defending champions Ivory Coast have been knocked out of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after they fell

Last weekend saw a massive demonstration for women’s rights across the globe. 

," he wrote in his website column two years ago, shortly after the death of a female boxer in South Africa

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has added further security measures to its website after it was hacked by a Russian group.

protest" against Gabon which is currently hosting the continental organisation's flagship tournament, the Africa

This is what now greets visitors at the CAF site following the hack ©ITGThis year's Africa Cup of Nations

A total of 18 countries have progressed to the candidate stage of the selection process for the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) new global home and away league.

Belgium, England, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, The Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa

Tunisia booked their place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after beating Zimbabwe 4-2 at