Former Senegalese rifleman Oumar Dieme, aged over 90, sees it as a remarkable opportunity to carry the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the upcoming Paris Games.

GETTY IMAGESDieme is among the multitude of soldiers hailing from the former French colonies in Africa

Cricket's highly anticipated ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 gets underway from 2 June until 29, with hosts USA taking on Canada in the tournament's opening match.

Men's T20 World Cup, including India, Pakistan, Australia, England, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) will vet all coaches and athletes who will form the final South African Olympic squad, as part of the measures put in place to rule out potential sexual predators, according to South Africa’s Sunday World. 

 Last week SASCOC announced the first batch of athletes expected to represent South Africa, as well

The World Taekwondo Olympic Solidarity Camp 2024 for Youth, aimed at the African region, commenced on May 20, 2024, at the Senegal National Arena (Arène Nationale du Sénégal). This camp, organized by World Taekwondo in partnership with the IOC Olympic Solidarity Team and the African Taekwondo Union (AFTU), seeks to provide top-tier training and strategic guidance to young athletes and coaches in preparation for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

Taekwondo Olympic Solidarity Camp 2024 in Dakar represents a pivotal moment in the journey of Taekwondo in Africa

As part of its Financial Support Programme, the IBA will provide $100,000 (€92,000) to the Oceania Boxing Confederation for the organisation of this event. The aim is to develop the talents of young boxers. The championship will be held from 1 to 7 July 2024 in Tahiti.

A recent example is the support for the creation of the Mandela Cup in South Africa.

Rugby star Hugo Keenan is set to miss Ireland's two-Test series against world champions South Africa

Nepal reaffirmed their ongoing efforts to incorporate the contentious talent Sandeep Lamichhane into their T20 World Cup lineup on Thursday, despite encountering hurdles with his US visa application.

Following this opener, they will engage in group matches against South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh

Algeria's 400m Paralympic champion Skander Athmani won the men's 100m T13 title on day four of the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships in Kobe with China's Shi Yiting and Deepthi Jeevanji of India setting world records.

silver.Neutral athlete Andrei Vdovin won gold in the men’s 200m T37 with a season's best 23.09.South Africa

Nigerian Fatimo Bello is off to the Paris Olympic Games after defeating Algeria’s Lynda Loghraibi 4-2 in the final of the second stage of the African Olympic Qualification Tournament at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.

#RoadToParis pic.twitter.com/6PPm9FSOVG— ITTF-Africa (@ITTFAfrica) May 18, 2024Algeria’s Mehdi Bouloussa

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has released the first 39 members of the athletes that will be representing Team SA in the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer this Wednesday in Johannesburg.

Read all about it 👉 https://t.co/jFiB6Et3wi #ForMyCountry pic.twitter.com/VMsZwvT9mZ— Team South Africa

It’s exciting, and a compliment to the quality that exists within South Africa, that we are able to announce

"These young men and women will be ambassadors for South Africa, and there’s so much more to being an

#TeamSA🇿🇦 @Olympics #Paris2024🏅 #ForMyCountry✊ https://t.co/jq0IdOY7UV— Swimming South Africa (@SwimSouthAfrica

The International Olympic Committee and financial management firm Deloitte have jointly launched a global media campaign documenting the impact of historic Olympic ‘firsts’. Debuted 100 days before the Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games, 'The First Effect' highlights some of the most trailblazing athletes whose achievements didn't make the podium. 

 Earning their place in Olympic history are para-athletes Natalie Du Toit of South Africa, the first

Brazil will host the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup after outbidding a joint European bid from Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, world football's governing body announced at the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand.

Janeiro.The joint bid by the United States and Mexico was withdrawn at the end of April, and South Africa

The race to secure tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is underway as the African Qualification Tournament begins today at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) announced in a press release earlier today. 

Paris Olympic Games.While most of the contenders are still fresh from the just-concluded 2024 ITTF Africa

eyes are on the top seeds, Nigeria’s Olajide Omotayo and Offiong Edem, who are both medalists at the Africa

ATTFGoing by his performance at the Africa Cup, the 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medalist should seal

In support of the Refugee Olympic Team's journey to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has unveiled the "1 in 100 Million" initiative.

Refugee Olympic Team at Paris 2024 was unveiled on 2 May, comprising 36 athletes, including nine from Africa

IOC President Thomas Bach met in late April with his Sudan Olympic Committee counterpart Ahmed Abu Elgasim Hashim to discuss the humanitarian situation in the country as war rages in Khartoum and Darfur.

Elgasim Hashim - who is also the Secretary General of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa