By Paul OsborneLondon 2012 Olympic gold medallist Claressa Shields spent just 11 seconds in the ring in her opening bout of the Women's World Boxing Championships at the Halla Gymnasium in Jeju City as she began her pursuit for a first senior world title.

The American 75 kilogram boxer took just three seconds to end the challenge of Uganda's East Africa

By Mike RowbottomOstrava, hosts of the annual Golden Spike meeting, will stage the International Association of Athletics Federation's third Continental Cup in 2018 after beating rival Bydgoszcz in today's vote of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council in Monaco.

victory of Ugandan capital Kampala means the IAAF World Cross Country Championships will go back to Africa

By Mike RowbottomOn the eve of the decision as to who will host the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Doha bid leader Dahlan Al-Hamad has dismissed fears other Gulf states would boycott a staging in Qatar as a result of tensions in the area.

World Indoor Championships and now we are ready to expand the IAAF horizon in the Middle East and North Africa

By Nick ButlerZambia's Government has been praised for providing financial support for five young Para-athletes to attend an international competition.

under 20 athletes expected to attend from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa

By Daniel EtchellsEquatorial Guinea will replace Morocco as hosts of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, 

Issa Hayatou (centre), President of CAF, confirmed that Equatorial Guinea had agreed to host the 2015 Africa

story at [email protected] storiesNovember 2014: Morocco expelled from 2015 Africa

November 2014: Morocco refuse to host African Nations Cup over Ebola fearsNovember 2014: CAF confirm Africa

By Daniel EtchellsHundreds of international martial artists will descend on Scotland this weekend as the 2014 Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships take place in Edinburgh.

included on the programme of sports for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be held in either Durban in South Africa

briefing at which Molebatsi Bopape, Minister of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation for Guateng in South Africa

including the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and that it is the most populous and urbanised Province in South Africa

By Daniel EtchellsTickets for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar are now available via the event's official website.

Qatari-owned television channel signs on as TV rights holder for handball World ChampionshipsAugust 2013: Africa

By Emily GoddardFIFA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to secure the implementation of a $100 million (£63 million/€80 million) Legacy Fund following this year's World Cup in the nation.

As in South Africa and Brazil, it is also our intention to use the upcoming FIFA World Cups to promote

records in several key TV markets - FIFAOctober 2014: Exclusive - 2014 FIFA World Cup outscored South Africa

By Daniel EtchellsThe world's top 10 players are set to compete in next month's SHOP.CA Women's World Squash Federation (WSF) World Team Squash Championship in Canada.

all-time.Sobhy will be supported by younger sister Sabrina, the in-form 21-year-old Olivia Blatchford and South Africa-raised

Colombia, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa

By Paul OsborneMorocco has been disqualified from next year's Africa Cup of Nations following its refusal

the Kingdom of Morocco in a letter dated November 8, 2014 requesting the postponement of the Orange Africa

Football Federation, in early November to discuss the Morocco's request to postpone hosting the 2015 Africa

team of Morocco is automatically disqualified and will not take part in the 30th edition of the Orange Africa

Morocco's refusal to host the tournament has come through fears that supporters from West Africa, where

host FIFA Club World Cup despite Ebola concernsOctober 2014: Morocco "to withdraw" as host of 2015 Africa

Sport was largely responsible for hammering the final nail into the coffin of apartheid in South Africa

By Paul OsborneFormer marathon star Tegla Loroupe has blamed foreign coaches for the surge in doping cases involving Kenyan athletes.

winning the Boston and Chicago Marathons in back-to-back years.But Loroupe, who was the first woman from Africa

By Paul OsborneBahrain and the United Arab Emirates have withdrawn from the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar following political tensions between the neighbouring Gulf countries. 

Qatari-owned television channel signs on as TV rights holder for handball World ChampionshipsAugust 2013: Africa

issue of "autonomy" was raised once again in an eventful Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa