Romania kept their pursuit of a Rio 2016 spot alive after they reached the quarter-finals of the Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament with a thrilling 8-8 draw with Russia in Trieste.

points.The Netherlands ended at the summit of the group as they cruised to a 17-7 win over winless South Africa

American football player Nate Ebner’s chances of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have been given a boost as he has been named in the United States’ squad for this weekend's Hong Kong Sevens event.

Series winners have been drawn in Pool D along with Canada, Wales and South Korea.Second-placed South Africa

The Olympic torch relay would begin its journey in Lampedusa if Rome is successful in its bid for the 2024 Games, the head of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has announced.

refugee crisis in Europe.Lampedusa has become a key entry point for migrants looking to reach Europe from Africa

the Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament for Rio 2016 after they thrashed South Africa

Nine-times Olympic champions Hungary moved to the brink of the quarter-finals at the men's Rio 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Trieste after a 12-8 victory over Romania.

boasting records of won two and lost one.Kazakhstan claimed a first success by beating winless South Africa

Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung has claimed he does not know how a sum of N2.9 billion (£10.3 million/$14.6 million/€12.8 million), intended to aid the preparation of Nigerian athletes for this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, has been spent.

helping in the build-up to Rio 2016, the money was also meant to go towards the running of the 2015 All-Africa

Tunisia claimed the majority of the places for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on offer at the African Canoe Sprint Championships, which concluded at a rainy Shongweni Dam in KwaZulu-Natal today.

With the dominant nation South Africa not eligible for continental Olympic qualification, much attention

Mrabet’s compatriot Afef Ben Ismail was runner-up to Bridgitte Hartley of South Africa in the equivalent

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has held its first training camp for athletes participating at this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

When you wear your colours let every nerve in your body move to compete for South Africa," he said."

encouraged the athletes to make the most of their talent in a bid to ensure medal success for South Africa

South Africa have won a total of 76 Summer Olympic medals to date, including 23 golds, 26 silvers, and

In the Paralympics, South Africa finished 17th with a total of 29 medals, eight of them gold.

Gold in the Olympic football has never mattered quite as much to the host nation as it does in 2016 to the Brazilians. Although they have lifted the FIFA World Cup a record five times and have the unique distinction of taking part in every World Cup tournament, they have never been crowned Olympic football champions.

“It was not a familiar performance“ was how the FIFA Report described their defeat by South Africa.

Sahit Prizreni of Australia secured a place at a third Olympic Games today at the Africa-Oceania Rio

Late last year, the calls for cricket to regain its place as an Olympic sport became increasingly loud and as vociferous as they had ever been.

representative amid a group which includes India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan in Asia, South Africa

and Zimbabwe in Africa, the West Indies in the Caribbean and Australia and New Zealand in Oceania.Of

such as the string of match-fixing scandals, leading to a 20-year suspension handed to former South Africa

Cameroon's Annabel Laure Ali each secured appearances at a third successive Olympic Games today at the Africa-Oceania

Two-time defending champions Argentina have been drawn in the same pool as hosts United States for the 2016 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Junior Men's Softball World Championship in Midland.

2014 silver medallists New Zealand headline Pool B, which features Canada, Israel, Mexico, South Africa

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Louise Martin has visited Zambia to take part in a regional forum and receive progress updates on the organsiation’s Transformation 2022 process.

visits in the near future to Malta, The Bahamas, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu.CGF regional vice-president for Africa

Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa

particularly pleased that we have been able to launch our university internship programme here in Africa

for Tunisia at London 2012, secured a place in his second Olympic Games on the opening day of the Africa-Oceania