The 13th edition of the African Games will end this Saturday after 20 days of competition in Accra, with Egypt trying to reach an astonishing milestone: 100 gold medals.

Nigeria is second on the medals table with 47, and South Africa will finish in third position with 32

Egypt has been the dominant force in the African Games throughout the history of the competition. In this year’s event, hosted in Ghana, could reach a historic achievement by getting 100 gold medals in just one Games.

sport it was, Bassem Amin at chess demonstrated its superiority or at the swimming pool where only South

Africa could rival them.Egypt has 13 potential gold medals remaining across various disciplines, including

Nigeria came the closest with 85 in 2003 Abuja, Nigeria, and South Africa the next with 71 in 1999 Johannesburg

, South Africa.The biggest star of Egypt is the swimmer Marwan Elkamash, who has broken all the records

The men's World Cup qualifier between North Korea ans Japan has been called off and will be played at a neutral venue. The decision was taken after discussions with FIFA and a day after North Korea said the match would not be played in the capital, Pyongyang.

North Korea qualified for the 2010 World Cup, which was won by Spain in South Africa.

The Legon Sports Stadium, an 11,000-seater facility built for the Games, hosted the first three finals, with the East African country winning four medals, including two golds.

nbsp;The last final on Monday was the men's discus, where three-time African champion Victor Hogan of South

Africa had no problem winning his fourth title and first since 2016.

The African Games Accra 2023 beach volleyball champions are Egypt and Morocco. Egypt retained their women's title from the previous edition in Rabat in 2019. Morocco upgraded their silver medal to gold to become the men's champions.

In the men's final, Morocco's Mohamed Abicha and Soufiane El-Gharrouti beat South Africa's Leo Williams

13th African Games, Accra 2023 (@Accra2023AG) March 17, 2024The silver medal was a big improvement for South

Africa, after finishing fourth in 2019.

The FIVB has invested CHF 54,000 (€56,153) in six months of coaching support in South Africa.

The draw for the men's and women's Paris 2024 Olympic basketball tournaments will take place on 19 March at 19:00 CET at the the Patrick Baumann House of Basketbal in Mies, Switzerland.

Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania will have a maximum of one team per continent in each group.The

Canada, France and the winner of the OQT Puerto RicoPot 4: Greece, Japan and the winner of the OQT South

Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania will have a maximum of one team per continent in each group.Women's

Egypt is the clear medal leader after eight days of competition. The country has won a total of 144 medals (83 gold, 33 silver and 28 bronze) as of Saturday 16 March. Nigeria is in second place with 68 medals: 25 gold, 18 silver and 25 bronze. More than 5,000 athletes from 51 countries are competing for medals and records in 30 sports at this year's event.

South Africa rounded off the top three with a total of 87 medals - 24 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze.

clean and jerk and the Olympic gold medal.Morocco won the men's beach volleyball gold medal, beating South

Africa 2-0 in the final.

Lucy Young of South Africa won gold in the women's individual time trial at the African Games.

Africa swept the triathlon podium.

The Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed on Friday that it will host a one-day triangular series with South

Africa and New Zealand, marking the country's first tri-nation tournament in 20 years and the return

t.co/GF44J0vKY0— PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) March 15, 2024"The triangular series between Pakistan, South

Africa and New Zealand will be an exciting event and it's been a long time since Pakistan has hosted

The 13th edition of the African Games will end next Sunday, 23 March, with an absolute domination by Egyptian athletes, who top the medals table with 76 gold medals.

Egypt is the biggest sporting power in Africa, as the African Games medals table shows.

 Nigeria is second with 470 gold medals (1,326) and South Africa is third with 397 (1,054).

huge margin, more than tripling the tally of the three nations vying for second place: Nigeria (25), South

Africa (24) and Algeria (22).Farida Osman won four gold and one silver medal at the 13th African Games

FIFA has announced that Qatar will host the U-17 boys' tournament for the next five editions from 2025 to 2029, while the U-17 girls' tournament will be held in Morocco.

Morocco will co-organise the 2030 World Cup with Spain and Portugal, with three matches to be played in South

The North African country will also host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025.

South Africa and Eritrea have emerged as the most successful countries in the sport at the 13th African

After three days of competition, Eritrea and South Africa are leading African cycling.

Dawit and Kisanet Teages also secured gold and bronze for Eritrea in the women's U23 category, while South

In the U23 Men's category, Nahom Zeray secured the gold medal.On the first day, South Africa's Hayley

South Africa's 21-year-old Dillon Geary won the U23 title, with De Comarmond and Nahom Zeray taking silver

Now set for September in Russia. At the Olympics: win a medal. Friendship Games: win, get paid. The number one complaint athletes have about the Olympic movement is that they can't make money.

Now consider the emerging Global South; too, the economic power of the Gulf States, and their growing

reach in world sport; the voices of South American and Africa, which can rightly feel subordinated in

Egyptian swimmers are leading the medals table, but South Africa is the country with the most medals

Africa could stage a comeback in the final days as they have nine.

 South Africa's Caitlin De Lange is the top medallist of the African Games so far with four gold

Also from South Africa, swimmer Catherine Francis Van Rensburg is fourth with three gold medals (400m

However, South Africa has won more medals, 30 to 22.Other countries that have won gold medals in the

Egypt and South Africa have competitors in all events to earn several more rewards.

Ghana is set to host the 13th edition of the African Games in three different locations - the capital Accra, in Kumasi and Cape Coast - after winning the bid against Nigeria's Abuja and Burkina Faso's Ouagadougou.

Nigeria is second with 16 golds and 51 medals, Algeria is third with 15 (55) and South Africa has won

The cutting-edge Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, with 34,000 seats, is swiftly taking shape. A timelapse video marking one month of construction progress has been released, as it prepares to host eight matches of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

expected to be completed on 21 May, with a trial event on 27 May and the first official match, Sri Lanka v South

Africa, on 3 June.