New Zealand's Beauden Barrett has been crowned as World Rugby's men's player of the year at a glittering awards ceremony at the Hilton London Metropole.

did it in style, winning all six of their matches against southern hemisphere rivals Australia, South Africa

Kenya’s two-time Olympic champion David Rudisha has been appointed as the President of the African Athletics Confederation (AAC) Athletes' Commission.

feature on the Commission.Rudisha will be expected to appoint three more members, with Ethiopia, South Africa

Bulgaria’s Mariya Oryashkova won an emotional gold medal on home soil today as competition continued at the 2016 World Sambo Championships here in Sofia.

 Cameroon's Bibiene Fora was the first medallist from Africa this week as she claimed one bronze

Tarragona has postponed its hosting of the Mediterranean Games from 2017 to 2018 due to funding problems caused by Spanish political instability.

, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia in Africa

South Africa's bowler Kagiso Rabada and batsman Quinton de Kock have moved into the top 20 of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Player Rankings for the first time in the latest list published by the sport’s worldwide governing body.

, which concluded on Monday (November 7).The 21-year-old returned figures of 2-78 and 5-92 as South Africa

place on the ICC Test Player Rankings ©Getty ImagesAs a result of the comprehensive success for South Africa

The gift-giving season is fast approaching; so in the spirit of ‘news you can use’, I have put together a Top Dozen list of great sporting reads.

Ryszard Kapuściński (1990)The Polish journalist, who died in 2007, is mainly known for his writing about Africa

(1959)A wonderfully vivid, colourfully-written account of the 1958 French rugby union tour to South Africa

The National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda (NPC), the nation's sporting umbrella body for people with physical disabilities, has celebrated its 15th anniversary. 

The Rwandan women sitting volleyball team achieved their biggest milestone thus far by winning the Africa

Sport"award through its development project "Engineering the future and promoting Paralympic Sport in Africa

Ethiopian sports journalist Dagim Zinabu Tekle has been named the first male recipient of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Women and Sport World Trophy at a gala ceremony here this evening.

also fought for the creation of a national council for women in sport, and was given the award for Africa

Top ranked Japan claimed the inaugural World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup title after easing to a commanding 10-3 win over Australia in the Mexican city of Monterrey today.

Venezuela, 15-3 winners against Austria, coming eighth.Argentina, 15-7 victors at the expense of South Africa

The Albanian National Olympic Committee organised the third International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG) seminar which focused on sport management.

Mediterranean Games every four years, for countries by or near to the Mediterranean Sea.Countries from Europe, Africa

World number one-ranked side Japan will meet Australia in the final of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup after both nations picked up wins in their last super-round matches in Monterrey.

the round-robin group.In the consolation round, Argentina defeated Czech Republic 9-2, while South Africa

overcame Austria 9-3.Tomorrow’s concluding consolation matches see Austria meet Venezuela, South Africa

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has announced its backing for the FIFA Council membership bid of ex-President Kalusha Bwalya, who is reportedly accepted an $80,000 (£64,000/€72,000) bribe from disgraced former FIFA Presidential candidate Mohammed bin Hammam.

solidarity of Kalusha's candidacy, 13 Football Association Presidents from the COSAFA [Council of Southern Africa

Panama inflicted Japan's first defeat of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup with a 3-2 success in the second stage of super round matches in the Mexican city of Monterrey.

for places seven to 12 in the overall standings, feature Argentina and the Czech Republic while South Africa

Sharni Layton has been named as captain of the Australia netball team for their trip to South Africa

Australian Diamonds will go in search of a second consecutive title against England, New Zealand and South Africa

Action at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup resumed today with the first group of matches of the super round stage in the Mexican city of Monterrey.

comfortably beat Austria, who are yet to win a match at the tournament, 14-7.Chinese Taipei dominated South Africa