Part two of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Independent Commission report revealed a nepotistic cabal surrounding former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack, which, instead of taking on the parasitic culture of doping eating away at the sport, reacted by bribing and extorting their way to a personal fortune.It stuck another dagger into the already-punctured heart of athletics but also the entire structure of global sports administration.

politics like many sporting leaders are able to ©Getty ImagesIt is only in places like Russia, parts of Africa

Inaugural winners Democratic Republic of Congo eased past Ethiopia 3-0 to open their African Nations Championships campaign in Rwanda today.

group, Gabon and Morocco drew 0-0.The African Nations Championship differs from football's more elite Africa

The Olympic Committee of Portugal (COP) marked its 106th anniversary with an awards ceremony in Lisbon, where sprint canoeist Fernando Pimenta and judoka Telma Monteiro were named the best male and female Portuguese athletes of 2015.

performances have seen her make the step up to elite level, and in October, she came out on top at the Africa

Eight Nigerian athletes-including four gold medallists from last year's All-Africa Games, have been banned

Chinazom Amadi, winner of the women’s long jump gold medal at lthe All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, has

steroid clenbuterol, with both athletes banned for four years.Another Nigerian gold medallist at the All-Africa

“It is true that some Nigerian athletes tested positive to banned substances at the last All Africa

You don’t have to cast your mind too far back in the past to remember a period when corruption and scandal were as synonymous with cricket as the words bat and ball.

return for cash from a host of illegal bookmakers.Cronje, who was killed in a plane crash in South Africa

otherwise improperly influence, aspects of the 2015 Ram Slam T20 Challenge Series by Cricket South Africa

South African international Gulam Bodi has this week been implicated in a match-fixing scandal in South Africa

African champions Egypt moved to the brink of qualification to Rio 2016 after earning a straight sets victory over Cameroon in the semi-finals of the Men’s African Olympic Volleyball Qualification tournament in Brazzaville.

in their history, Egypt will have to overcome Tunisia for the second time after they defeated All Africa

Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been named as the winner of the FIFA Ballon d’Or for a record fifth time at a glittering ceremony in Zurich, beating off competition from Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazilian team-mate Neymar.

Florenzi's 55-yard strike in the Champions League against Barcelona was third.Former Leeds United and South Africa

Three qualification spots for this year's Olympic football tournament in Rio de Janeiro will be up for grabs at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championships, due to begin in Doha tomorrow,  at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East.

these consist of Algeria, Argentina, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, Honduras, Portugal, Nigeria and South Africa

medallist Oscar Pistorius have today lodged official appeal papers to the Constitutional Court in South Africa

The Egypt Ultimate Players Association (EUPA) has become the latest confirmed Member Association of the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF), it has been announced.

consider this achievement as a direct result of the successful development work which WFDF is doing, with Africa

World ParaVolley is currently holding a series of sitting volleyball courses in Cape Town in South Africa

Held in collaboration with the Agitos Foundation and ParaVolley South Africa at Stellenbosch University

classifiers and referees.Participants from Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa

Paralympic Committee’s development arm awarded a grant for sitting volleyball development in Western Africa

Botswana is hoping to send a record 20 athletes to this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which takes place just a month before the country celebrates its 50th birthday.

Montsho also won consecutive gold medals in 2007 and 2011 at the All-Africa Games and claimed victory

the Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games.Continental multi-sport events such as the Asian Games, All-Africa

Series of Boxing (WSB) is a unique team boxing competition, which take place across four continents of Africa

Two-time World Cup winners Italy survived a late rally from Poland to secure their spot in the semi-finals of the Women’s European Olympic Volleyball Qualification tournament with a 3-2 victory in Ankara today.

host nation with a 25-22, 25-17, 25-17 triumph in Group A.Cameroon, gold medallists at the 2011 All-Africa

Botswanan rugby sevens players failed doping tests during the Olympic Games qualifying tournament in South Africa