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South Africa dominate African Swimming Championships again in dress rehearsal for Ghana 2023

  • Swimming

Accra, host of the 2023 African Games, staged the African Swimming Championships, which saw South Africa

2min 15.45sec in the 200m individual medley was a Championships record, and she also contributed to South

4x100m medley relay.The times in the two women's freestyle relays were Championships records, with South

Africa clocking 3:49.91 in the 4x100m and 8:26.35 in the 4x200m, as were its times of 3:34.02 in the

Africa in the women's 100mm breaststroke and 200m breaststroke, setting a Championship record of 1:10.81

Africa finished with a total of 685 points on the team rankings.Egypt finished second with 537, while


One-day world champions England look to steal West Indies' crown in delayed ICC Men's T20 World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

One-day world champions England will be looking to take the Twenty20 (T20) crown away from the West Indies in the delayed International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup.

one-day batter in the world at present is Pakistan's Babar Azam, and he makes them dangerous, while South

Africa and Sri Lanka, who won the competition in 2014 but have lost several legendary players since


Philip Barker: As England face quarantine Ashes, 100 years ago, Australia tackled the same conundrum

  • Inside the Blogs

The Ashes series between Australia and England this December now seems likely to go ahead. England named a touring party this week after long discussions between the two cricket Boards.

 Douglas’ men then beat South Australia in Adelaide and Victoria in Melbourne, both by an innings

The first defeat came in Sydney against New South Wales.The Test series did not start until December.

effort of mine will afford pleasure to followers of the greatest game on earth," Smith said.The New South

Australia took a first innings lead, but the tide turned after South African test star Aubrey Faulkner

They played three Tests against South Africa.


Hosts Israel reach FINA World Women’s Junior Water Polo Championship quarter-finals

  • Water Polo

Hosts Israel and reigning champions Russia are among the nations to qualify for the quarter-finals of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women’s Junior Water Polo Championship in Netanya.

emerged from Group A with a perfect record after seeing off Italy, Germany and Slovakia, while wins over South

Africa and France were enough to see The Netherlands top Group B.



More women’s seeds tumble as Tsitsipas survives scare at Indian Wells Masters

  • Tennis

Three more highly-ranked seeds were knocked out of the Indian Wells Masters in California as Iga Świątek of Poland, Barbora Krejčíková of the Czech Republic and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine suffered straight sets defeats in the last 16.

will next play 14th seed Gael Monfils of France, who downed two-time major finalist Kevin Anderson of South

Africa with a 7-5, 6-2 triumph.Russian Karen Khachanov won the battle between two Olympic medallists


World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 calendar released with 10 rounds scheduled over six months

  • Rugby Sevens

The World Rugby Sevens Series 2022 schedule has been confirmed with 10 men's and women's rounds set to take place over six months, kicking off with the Dubai Sevens from November 26 to 27 2021.

series as a core team following its promotion as World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series winners in 2020.South

Africa will enter the 2022 Series as defending champions after claiming the 2021 title in Edmonton in


FIFA launches Sport for Mental Health and Social Cohesion programme to tackle COVID-19 impacts

  • Football

FIFA, in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD) and the German Development Agency (GIZ), has launched the new Sport for Mental Health and Social Cohesion (SMHSC) programme, aimed to address the negative social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The SMHSC scheme is to be rolled out in select nations in Africa, Asia, South America and Europe.These

are Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia and Uganda in Africa

; Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq in Asia; Colombia and Ecuador in South America

programme.Approximately 10 to 15 projects are to be selected - with at least one in the regions of Africa


South Africa win 3x3 wheelchair basketball Commonwealth Games qualifiers

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

South Africa won both the men's and women's competitions at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation

(IWBF) Africa 3x3 Commonwealth Games Qualifier on home soil in Johannesburg, booking their spots at

year, but this was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.With two teams in the women's tournament, South

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two spot.The Gambia finished third, Namibia fourth and Rwanda were bottom of the table.In the final, South

Africa defeated Kenya 18-10.


Gert Potgieter

  • Commonwealth Sport Legends

it the highlight of his athletics career - but there could have been so much more to come from the South

But, as the days went by and I came back to South Africa I studied the medical reports and realised that

The majority wish from the sporting fraternity in South Africa, by far, was that non-whites should absolutely

In 1989 he was finally able to set up the Olympic Academy of South Africa, and he organised the national

youth sport programme to celebrate the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in

Africa on and off the track he was voted his nation's Athlete of the 20th Century.Looking back to Cardiff


Choue re-elected for fifth term as World Taekwondo President as new rules seeking to boost female representation on Council implemented

  • Taekwondo

Chungwon Choue has been elected unopposed for a fifth full term as World Taekwondo President at the international governing body's General Assembly held virtually.

because of the COVID-19 enforced postponement to the World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi in China.The South

confirmed prior to the World Taekwondo General Assembly.These are Niger's Issaka Ide for World Taekwondo Africa

, South Korean Lee Kyu-seok for the Asian Taekwondo Union, Sakis Pragalos from Greece for the European


Zwift to host 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed that online fitness platform Zwift is to host the 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships on February 26.

There are qualifiers for the Championships with five continental competitions in Oceania, Asia, Europe, Africa

Championships were held in 2020 and the men's and women's winners were Jason Osborne of Germany and South


Koichiro takes first gold of IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup season in Los Angeles while Piret completes clean sweep of wins

  • Paralympics

Japan's Kobayashi Koichiro was at his vintage best to claim gold at the final International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Paraclimbing World Cup event of 2021 at the Sender One Climbing Gym in Los Angeles, while Solenne Piret of France completed a clean sweep of victories for the year.

debut in the women's AL2.The American climbed to the 22nd hold, while silver medallist Emily Gray of South

Africa finished with 21+ and Germany’s Jaqueline Fritz 21.Men's RP1 world champion Angelino Zeller of


University of Johannesburg director honoured for contribution to sports

  • Universiade

A leading University of Johannesburg (UJ) director has been honoured for their contribution to sports.

Mahlangu is the President of University Sport South Africa, the Federation of Africa University Sport

Championships and other accredited world competitions.The FISU World University Games have never been held in Africa


Uruguay qualify for third successive Rugby World Cup by beating US, while Canada miss out for first time

  • Rugby Sevens

Uruguay have qualified for a third consecutive Rugby World Cup after staging a second-leg turnaround in Montevideo in the playoff against the United States, earning the first Americas qualification spot.

and hooker Facundo Gattas also scored tries for Uruguay.Uruguay reached the qualifier by topping the South

Chile held in Montevideo in July, while the US staged a comeback to win a playoff against Canada.The South

2023 World Cup after finishing in the top three of their pools in 2019, including defending champions South

Africa and hosts France.Samoa qualified from the Oceania qualifying process in July.A further six places

at the 20-team tournament are still to be decided - two from Europe, one from Africa, one from the Americas