Nairobi has been announced as the host of the 2017 World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) All Africa Ultimate

“All Africa Ultimate Club Championships will be a great leap forward in cementing the sport as a significant

“The inaugural WFDF 2015 All Africa Ultimate Club Championships held in Kampala, Uganda saw nearly 150

“We are really pleased with the way that the sport of Ultimate in Africa is growing.”

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s appeal against a six-year ban from all footballing activity will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on August 25, it was announced today.

million (£18.1 million/$23.5 million/€21.2 million) in December 2010 following the World Cup in South Africa

The International Golf Federation (IGF) and its President Peter Dawson should, in the words of the famous Kool and the Gang hit from 1980, be celebrating good times as the sport prepares to make its Olympic return after a 112-year hiatus from the programme.

the disease left, right and centre, major winners Adam Scott of Australia, Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa

Female players from France and Spain will become the first rugby Olympians since 1924 at Rio 2016, it has been confirmed.

day.Brazil's women will play Great Britain in their first match as hosts ©Getty ImagesSpain and South Africa

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, it was announced today.

only serve half of his six-year term.The decision of the Judge has sparked a strong reaction in South Africa

Argentine Olympic Committee (COA) President Gerardo Werthein has claimed it is a "disgrace" that the country have been unable to call upon football players for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next month, a situation which has led to national team coach Gerardo Martino announcing his resignation today. 

feature in Group D along with Honduras, Algeria and Portugal, with hosts Brazil playing against South Africa

Disgraced former FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke has had his ban for a series of ethics breaches reduced from 12 years to 10 by the Appeals Committee, it was announced today.

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

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has received a financial boost of R70 million (£3.6 million/$4.8 million/€4.3 million) ahead of Rio 2016 as a result of a sponsorship deal with the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).

“Corporate South Africa is increasingly showing an appetite to partner with a winning team and Team SA

and SASCOC can assure our country that our athletes will make us proud at Rio 2016.”South Africa earned

Cricket is set to feature at the Durban 2022 Commonwealth Games after the International Cricket Council (ICC) submitted an application for the women’s version of the sport to be included on the programme for the event.

appearance.Men’s cricket was staged at the 1998 edition of the quadrennial event in Kuala Lumpur, where South Africa

Dirk Sercu has been appointed as the development officer for French-speaking countries on the International Korfball Federation (IKF) Development and Education Committee (DEC), it has been announced.

embarked on his first mission in his IKF position as he has travelled to the Ivory Coast, located in West Africa

There are now just 12 countries in the world still to ratify the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport after the Central African Republic signed it today.

it are Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Tanzania in Africa

Former South African cyclist Jan Hettema has been killed in a shooting at a farm in Pretoria, police have confirmed.

incident will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.”Hettema had competed for South Africa

England has launched a bid to host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, it was announced today.

the first country to officially declare that it is bidding but they could face competition from South Africa

Favourites Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand have all been drawn in separate groups for the Rio 2016

been drawn in Group A along with the United States, Argentina and Brazil, while second-ranked South Africa

The Presidents of the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) and European Minigolf Sport Federation (EMF) have met with Olympic Committee of Kosovo (OCK) counterpart Besim Hasani in Pristina, where the 2016 WMF World Adventure Golf Masters recently took place. 

umbrella organisation of 57 minigolf sports associations worldwide with continental associations in Africa