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Artificial Intelligence to protect athletes from online abuse at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

A new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered monitoring service will protect athletes and officials from online abuse at both the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.

in sport at the local level, and the establishment of two pilot Regional Safety Centres in Southern Africa


South African breakdancer Courtnae Paul targets Olympic berth

  • Paris 2024

South Africa's Courtnae Paul is one of seven B-girls and B-boys from Africa hoping to earn a spot at

Courtnae Paul competing at the Red Bull BC One Cypher South Africa in Johannesburg.

DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty ImagesIn late March, Paul claimed her second Red Bull BC One Cypher South Africa

Unfortunately in South Africa, that's not my reality."A 2 X TIME SA BC ONE CHAMP đŸ˜€đŸ”„What. A.


World Relays: USA reigns in 4x100, Noah Lyles and Tebogo shine in 4x400m

  • Athletics

The World Athletics Relays concluded this Sunday in Nassau, Bahamas, after two exciting days, and now 14 teams have already qualified for each of the five relay events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

was a very long race for him and stunned everyone by winning in 2:59.11 in 43.92, followed by South Africa

-South Africa.-Ghana.-Australia.-Germany.-Nigeria.-Liberia.Women's 4x100m:-United States.-France.

-South Africa.-Belgium.-Japan.-Italy.-Great Britain.-Germany.-Nigeria.-United States.-Brazil.


Roundup: Women's Gymnastics Championships in Europe and Asia

  • Gymnastics

Italy concluded an electrifying European Gymnastics Championships in the midst of an enthusiastic home audience, reclaiming their women's team title from reigning champions Great Britain at the Fiera Rimini arena on Sunday 5 May.

South Africa managed the silver medal, with Egyptian sensation Judy Abdalla securing 2nd place in the

bronze, with their star Salina Bousmayo claiming the individual prize.The juniors saw Egypt pip South Africa

Syan du Preez of South Africa managed 3rd place.


New Zealand double up again at Singapore Sevens

  • Rugby Sevens

New Zealand won both the women's and men's competitions at the Singapore Sevens, the final regular season stop of the 2023-24 SVNS series. The women beat Australia to take top spot in the standings, while Argentina edged out Ireland for the men's league title.

were the only team that could deny them the series crown.However, Argentina's 14-10 win over South Africa

Pool A: Argentina, Australia, France, Great Britain.Men's Pool B: Ireland, New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa


Noah Lyles, Marcell Jacobs secure USA, Italy spots in Paris Olympic Relays

  • Athletics

World sprint champion Noah Lyles and reigning Olympic 100m gold medallist Marcell Jacobs helped the United States and Italy earn respective qualification for the men's 4x100m relays at Paris 2024.

South Africa, with world 400m record holder Wayde van Niekerk on the third leg, were second with the



World Cup cricket 'square' arrives in New York from Florida

  • ICC T20 Men’s World Cup

Ten cricket pitches have completed their journey up the East Coast of the United States from Florida to New York state and are being installed in a new stadium built for next month's T20 World Cup, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday. 

The first World Cup game at the venue will feature Sri Lanka v South Africa on 3 June but organisers


Table tennis: Africa's best to battle it out in Kigali

  • Table Tennis

East Africa's largest indoor arena, the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, will host two of Africa's elite table tennis tournaments - the African Cup and the Olympic Qualifying Tournament - from 12-18 May.

 "The country had a very successful bid presentation at the ITTF Africa AGM in Tunisia to host the

2024 ITTF Africa Cup as well as the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympic

 "The delegates at the AGM voted overwhelmingly for Rwanda to be the new host in Africa with a great

ambition to promote table tennis in the eastern part of Africa and to meet all the requirements set

 "I think it will be two fantastic events, with all our top players competing at the Africa Cup


HSBC SVNS League winners to be decided in Singapore

  • Rugby Sevens

The Singapore National Stadium will play host to the much-anticipated seventh and final regular season round of the HSBC SVNS 2024 from 3-5 May, when the men's and women's league winners will be crowned.

USA, who was finalists at the last edition in Hong Kong, are in Pool B with France, Japan and South Africa

Pool B is led by France, who have finished on the podium at the last three editions, along with South Africa


Will boxing be part of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics?

  • Boxing

There is a very real possibility that boxing will be missing from the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028 for the first time since Stockholm 1912. Having taken charge of boxing at Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) says it will not do so again and needs a new partner international federation for boxing by early 2025.

whether World Boxing has been able to attract enough national federations away from IBA - especially in Africa


Zambia's women face Olympic ban as turmoil engulfs Zambian FA

  • Paris 2024

The arrest of Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga by the country's Drug Enforcement Commission is part of a wave of events which could see Zambia suspended by FIFA and barred from international competition, including the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

was "purportedly allocated as allowances for Madalitso Kamanga and Jairous Siame to attend the 2023 Africa


WADA confirms decision on Tunisia’s “non-compliant” anti-doping efforts

  • WADA

 The World Anti-Doping Agency first warned the Tunisian National Anti-Doping Organization that it was not complying with international guidelines back in November, yet the local association repeatedly failed to take the necessary measures in order to avoid being added to the international watchlist.

The National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) from Africa has an outstanding critical corrective action


Has Umar Kremlev won?

  • Boxing

Baron Pierre de Coubertin conceived the Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century as a revival of the competition that had brought glory to ancient Greece, with an increasingly forgotten double motive: to defend sport against political interests and to celebrate amateurism.

The ANOCA (Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa) has described his manoeuvre as "repugnant


Africa CEO Forum welcomes Rugby Africa President to discuss the business of sport

  • Rugby Sevens

The Africa Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Forum, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation

The President of Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), the continental governing body for rugby in Africa

 Clare Akamanzi, CEO of NBA Africa (www.NBA.com), will join Rugby Africa President Herbert Mensah

rugby across Africa.

Africa Investment Forum.Rugby Africa is the governing body of rugby in Africa and one of World Rugby's

Rugby Africa organises a number of competitions including the Rugby World Cup qualifiers and the Africa