Kenya has qualified for its first Commonwealth Games women's hockey tournament at Birmingham 2022 after receiving a re-allocated place.

rankings who opted not to compete.Nashon Randiek, President of the Kenya Hockey Union, revealed that Africa

Qualification in hockey is based on FIH World Ranking, with the Kenya women’s team ranked third in Africa

behind South Africa and Ghana," Randiek said, as reported by the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation."

Kenya beat Zimbabwe on penalties to clinch bronze at last month's Africa Cup of Nations, a tournament

won by South Africa against hosts Ghana in the final.Their women's team has never previously featured

Argentina thumped England 5-2 to remain top of the women's Hockey Pro League standings, while the men's side also beat the same opposition in Buenos Aires.

goal difference as both teams have two wins from three games.There was also men's Pro League action in South

Africa today, with Germany edging France 4-2.All the goals came in the second half, with Justus Weigand

seconds.Germany, with three wins from five games and a points percentage of 60, are up to fifth.France play South

Africa tomorrow, while there is another doubleheader planned in Bueonos Aires.

The women's draw at the All Africa Individual Badminton Championships is dominated by Egypt as the country

tournament's highest-ranked player at 93rd in the world, pulled off a 19-21, 21-8, 21-14 comeback win against South

Uganda's Husina Kobugabe.Kobugabe, ranked 380th in the world, overwhelmed Algeria's Halla Bouksani and South

Hatem Elgamal and Doha Hany of Egypt remain firmly in sight of the men's and women's titles at the All Africa

After receiving a bye through the round of 64, Elgamal defeated Robert White of South Africa 21-10, 18

walkover victory against Ghanaian Prospera Nantuo.She is due to face Amy Ackerman next following the South

their return to men's Hockey Pro League action with a second-half scoring spree against bottom side South

Africa in Potchefstroom.

Germany up two places to fifth in the Pro League standings, leapfrogging Argentina and France.South Africa

first six matches of the season.The men's Pro League is set to continue on Saturday (February 19) with South

Africa taking on France in Potchefstroom, and Argentina playing leaders England in Buenos Aires.Argentina's

Algeria and Egypt successfully defended their titles at badminton's All Africa Men's and Women's Team

Mauritius 3-0 in the last four in a repeat of the 2020 final, while Egypt overcame four-time winners South

Africa 3-1.Mauritius and South Africa both took bronze medals.Hosts Uganda had enjoyed a tremendous

two games 21-19 and 23-21 to clinch a 3-1 victory.As they did in the men's tournament, Mauritius and South

Africa secured bronze.Algeria's men have qualified for this year's Thomas Cup, with Egypt's women reaching

Bangkok from May 8 to 15.Badminton is set to continue in Kampala tomorrow with the start of the All Africa

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) has held a high-performance

This workshop is all about taking South African sport to the next level and it's all happening in your

this University, others have also joined us virtually, contributing immensely to the way forward in South

Tatjana Schoenmaker won gold and silver medals for South Africa in the women's 200 metres and 100m breaststroke

World Netball has revealed the officials set to assist with the running of the tournament at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, with President Liz Nicholl paying tribute to "incredible voluntary officials around the globe".

five Commonwealth Games Associations in netball's world rankings - Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, South

Africa, and Malawi - have qualified for Birmingham 2022.They are expected to be joined by Uganda, Scotland

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has confirmed that the Africa Championships will

Mixed Martial Arts South Africa (MMASA) will host the event at the Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC

Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South

Africa, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.Hosts South Africa were in the top 10 of the world amateur MMA

Registration for the Africa Championships will begin on Monday (February 21)."

said Raymond Phillips, the President of MMASA and an IMMAF director for Africa."

their first win of the men's Hockey Pro League season in an entertaining 3-2 victory over France in South

Africa.

Florian Fuchs at the North-West University Astro in Potchefstroom, and faced a French side who had beaten South

Africa 4-1 last night and sat sixth in the standings.In the final minute of the first quarter, Niklas

deflected effort put Germany in front in the first quarter ©Getty ImagesGermany are due to face bottom side South

Africa in Potchefstroom tomorrow before a rematch against France on Saturday (February 19).Their captain

We want to do it better tomorrow against South Africa but I’m really, really pleased with our performance

Hosts Uganda reached the final of badminton's All Africa Women's Team Championship for the first time

with one win apiece.The 2020 bronze medallists Mauritius topped the group, but a 3-2 defeat versus South

Africa in the final group match today sent their opponents through in second.The semi-finals were staged

Fadilah Shamika Mohamed Rafi, Tracy Naluwooza and Husina Kobugabe all triumphed in straight games against South

Grondin and Nanicaoudin Loic Antoine to help them progress 3-2.In the other quarter-final, Zambia led South

Africa when Kalombo Mulenga beat Ruan Snyman, but it was their opponents who came back to win 3-1 and

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Katie Sadleir believes the organisation's new roadmap was what encouraged Victoria to put itself forward for the 2026 event.

2026 process is the second which has caused problems for the CGF after initial 2022 host Durban in South

Africa was stripped of the Games and replaced by Birmingham due to financial issues.Entering into exclusive

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has doubled the prize money for the winners of the Women's Cricket World Cup to $1.32 million (£975,000/€1.15 million).

months because of the coronavirus crisis.Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South

Africa and the West Indies will play each other once in the round-robin group stage.?

International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League season with a comfortable 4-1 win against bottom side South

Africa in Potchefstroom.

The French applied the early pressure at the University of North West Astro in the South African city

Cassem pic.twitter.com/C62zmxZ1x2— FFH (@FF_Hockey) February 15, 2022Dayaan Cassiem struck the bar for South

Africa, but did find his goal with three minutes remaining after being set up by his brother Mustapha.After

France are due to be back in action tomorrow against Germany in Potchefstroom, before South Africa face

Defending champions Algeria eased through Group B at the All Africa Men's Team Badminton Championship

day to secure second place.In a clash between the 2020 bronze medallists in Group C, Egypt overcame South

Africa 4-1 to finish top, with their opponents' 5-0 victory over Cameroon earlier in the day enough