By Liam MorganTunisia stretched their unbeaten run in Africa Cup of Nations openers to eight matches

this story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2015: The Equatorial Guinea 2015 Africa

African Cup of Nations opens in raucous fashionNovember 2014: Equatorial Guinea to replace Morocco as Africa

Cup of Nations hostsNovember 2014: Morocco expelled from 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after refusal to

late 1950s there was the creation of the continent's governing body, the expulsion of apartheid South Africa

(long before the Olympic Movement and other sports took action), and the start of the Africa Cup of

magazine, When Saturday Comes, organised a trip for its more adventurous readers to Senegal, to the Africa

There are good coaches in Africa but not at the same level as in Europe.

That's why I always tell kids back in South Africa to get out to Europe as soon as they can."

They were only too happy to talk because many still played in Africa and any publicity might help them

Brian Oliver is covering the Africa Cup of Nations for goal.com.

part-time goalkeeper from Deportivo Mongomo, and a raucous atmosphere here on the opening day of the 30th Africa

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By Liam MorganA new poll has found 55 per cent of Massachusetts residents are in support of Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Hamburg.Paris, Budapest, Istanbul, Doha and Baku are also thought to be considering bids, while South Africa

IOC President to meet Italian Prime Minister for talks over Rome 2024 Olympic bidJanuary 2015: South Africa

By Nick ButlerA letter inviting National Olympic Committees to discuss potential bids for the 2024 Summer Games has been sent today by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), officially opening what will be a two-and-a-half-year long bidding contest. 

with many muting the possibility of either holding some sports outside the host city, or, like South Africa

IOC President to meet Italian Prime Minister for talks over Rome 2024 Olympic bidJanuary 2015: South Africa

By Michael PavittMTN-Qhubeka will become the first African team to compete in the Tour de France, after being one of five teams awarded a wildcard for the 2015 Tour.

Vuelta a España.The team boast riders from the African nations of Algeria, Eritrea, Rwanda and South Africa

By Paul OsborneThe World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has today announced the locations of four continental Championships for Para-taekwondo as the sport continues its pursuit of a place on the Tokyo 2020 programme.

Most significantly, Asia and Africa will host a Para-taekwondo Championships for the first time in

Asia and Africa will host their first ever Para-Taekwondo Championships this year and not only will this

By Paul Osborne International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will meet Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malagò in Davos next week to discuss Rome's bid for the Summer Games in 2024.

Games although potential bids are being considered from Berlin or Hamburg in Germany, as well as South Africa

By Liam MorganA nationwide bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics is reportedly being considered by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), taking advantage of facilities throughout the country. 

located, Durban and Pretoria had previously been touted as potential host cities but it now appears South Africa

advantages to having an Olympic and Paralympic Games in several different cities and believes South Africa

A developmental country like South Africa could look at it more comprehensively with several cities -

Durban is also bidding to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games along with Edmonton, Canada, while South Africa

potential African bid has also received backing from Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

He even spent large parts of the year training in Africa to maximise this.And Farah has thrived off it

By Liam MorganBoston 2024 will hold a series of Citizens Advisory Group meetings in light of opposition to the city bidding to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Istanbul.Further afield, the Qatari capital of Doha and either Pretoria or Gauteng Province in South Africa

By Mike RowbottomAs Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani rose, suited and jubilant, to acclaim the success of Doha's bid for the 2019 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Monaco two months ago, he may have experienced a sense of déjà vu.Just under four years earlier the secretary general of the Qatar Olympic Committee had celebrated in similar style as his country secured the vote to host the International Handball Federation's (IHF) 2015 World Championship, having campaigned under the slogan: New Times - New Start.That victory was the first of a dizzying series of sporting successes for...

the World Handball Championship after handball nations across the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa

By Nick ButlerBoston will be the United States candidate in the race to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, it has been announced today.

Paris could be other European bidders, while Doha and either Pretoria or Gauteng Province in South Africa

By Emily GoddardSheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), has praised Jakarta's preparations for the 2018 Asian Games and paid particular tribute to the support of Indonesia's leader Joko Widodo.

Similar events were later organised in other regions, like South America and Africa."

By Liam MorganQuadri Aruna became the first African to be crowned 2014 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Male Star at a glittering awards ceremony at the Armani Hotel in Dubai tonight. 

Khalifa, world's tallest building - capped off a wonderful year for Aruna after he won the won the ITTF Africa