Paris' efforts to secure the hosting rights to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games have received support from international airliner Air France, which has today become the official supplier of the bid.

during the campaign, including long-haul Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 flights to Asia, the Americas, Africa

and Oceania, and medium-haul A320 Airbus flights to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.Air France will

Wayde Van Niekerk and Caster Semenya provided the expected victories at the African Athletics Championships in Durban to underline their soaring Rio 2016 ambitions and help the host nation to its eighth overall medal table victory and a share with Nigeria of the best ever record.

Niekerk flies the flag after winning the 200m at the African Championships in Durban ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa

men’s 5000m was a dramatic race that saw Kipserem hold off a late charge from Elroy Gelant of South Africa

World Sailing’s Rob Holden has praised the quality of coaching in Tanzania but believes the country need to establish allocated areas to help grow the sport and hone the talents of promising sailors.

a traditional-European sport, which is now popular in a few African countries like Egypt and South Africa

Alice Aprot lived up to her position as favourite for the 10,000 metres title on the fourth day of the African Athletics Championships in Durban, leading home a Kenyan clean sweep in 30min 26.94sec, the fastest time so far this season.

African Athletics Championships looks like being Kenyan in the form of two other heats winners - All Africa

The third day of the African Athletics Championships Kings Park Athletics Stadium in Durban produced one big surprise - no Kenyan victory in the men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase - and one big non-surprise, namely home athlete Caster Semenya , the former world 800m champion who has dominated her main event this year, taking the gold medal in the 1500m.

two of his fellow countrymen took silver and gold.Makwala, winner of this event at the previous two Africa

leap of 2.21m earned Kenya’s Mathew Sawe the men’s high jump title ahead of Keagan Fourie of South Africa

Three countries who reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil have been drawn in a tough-looking Confederation of African Football (CAF) qualification group for the 2018 tournament in Russia.

place in the Egyptian capital, tributes were paid to Nigerian legend Stephen Keshi, winner of the Africa

following his death aged 54 earlier this month.Egypt, the most successful country in the history of the Africa

Congo and Uganda.The match with Ghana, who got to the quarter-finals of the 2010 tournament in South Africa

Group E.The top team in each of the five groups will qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia ©CAFSouth Africa

A total of 19 quota places for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have been allocated in principle by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board here today.

ranking, universality and countries' representation, the IWF Executive Board has split them between Africa

, Asia, Europe, Oceania and Pan-America.In Africa, Mauritius and Morocco have each received a women’

Discovery Communications has signed its eighth Olympic broadcasting deal after they reached an agreement with the Hungarian Public Service Media to screen the event from Pyeongchang 2018 through to the 2024 edition of the Games - which could be in Budapest. 

Olympic Games,” Kasia Kieli, President of Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

Defending champions the United States remain unbeaten in the men’s 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championships by overcoming Pool J rivals Australia in Pool J at the UCL Sports Ground in London.

initial pool phase of the competition with 100 per cent records, before earning victories over South Africa

Hosts South Africa enjoyed a golden start to the 20th African Athletics Championships on a chilly day

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be shown in eight additional territories across sub-Saharan Africa after

partner to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) across 43 countries and territories in sub-Saharan Africa

These new agreements cover the most populated countries in sub-Saharan Africa and are an important pillar

more agreements in the near future ©Getty ImagesInfront was awarded broadcast rights in sub-Saharan Africa

As part of the media rights mandate for sub-Saharan Africa, Infront together with TVMS are producing

Japan maintained their winning run at the 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championships after earning a further two victories in Group A of the women’s event.

defending champions United States recorded victories in the opening games.They firstly overcame South Africa

Wayde van Niekerk and Caster Semenya will spearhead one of the largest teams ever to represent South Africa

South Africa has selected 96 athletes for the Championships, which run from June 22 to 26 and have attracted

next year.South Africa's Caster Semenya, favourite for the Rio 2016 800m title, will compete for South Africa

talents of our athletes to the African continent,” said Aleck Skhosana, President of Athletics South Africa

‘I am an African’, the size and quality of this team will demonstrate to the continent that South Africa

is truly part of Africa.

Hosts Britain topped the men’s Pool B standings at the 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championships after winning all three of their opening fixtures of the tournament at the UCL Sports Ground in London.

The second seeded team had cruised to victory over South Africa yesterday and were able to back up their

standings after defeating Singapore 15-4 earlier in the day.They will now take on Australia, South Africa

A ruthless performance by hosts England this evening set up an all-European final at the World Rugby Under-20 Championships against Ireland.

powered England to a fourth successive World Under-20 Championship title ©World Rugby/TwitterSouth Africa