South Africa - July 2022South Africa is still eyeing a piece of sporting history at this year's Commonwealth

South Africa will be sending a team of around 300 athletes and officials to Birmingham 2022, but thoughts

Because we definitely hope that we could host a major Games in our near future in South Africa."

South Africa also has hopes for its netballers and the team which will contest the first ever women's

 South Africa will be without star 400m runner Wayde van Niekerk in Birmingham as the world record

South Africa won 13 golds in Gold Coast and 37 medals in all."

Nigeria - May 2022The inclusive combination of able-bodied and Para-sports at the Commonwealth Games is something that has really benefited Nigeria.

nbsp;When counting all of its appearances, Nigeria has won 70 gold medals, the third best record in Africa

after South Africa and Kenya.In Birmingham, 100 athletes will represent the country in athletics and

player Quadri Aruna, the men's silver medallist in Gold Coast, is the number one men's singles player in Africa

Namibia covers a massive part of south-western Africa but there are not many people.

already been hit by controversy, however, as World Athletics testosterone rules mean that, just like South

Lesotho - May 2022Africa is not known for its cold weather, but Lesotho is not like most African countries.

The landlocked mountainous kingdom, which is completely surrounded by South Africa, is a place where

created a league system.Selialia, who took over from Aylward as President, said he learnt the sport in South

We have a memorandum signed with South Africa," said Selialia."

We have relations with South Africa because of our geopolitics."

 "They were unable to train and we ended up taking some of them to South Africa to train in places

Ghana - June 2022Ghana is poised to take a record-breaking contingent to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

rematch with Uruguay in the group stage.The two sides met in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South

What happened in South Africa in June 2010 is on the mind of every Ghanaian football loving fan," Acheampong

Fans of South Africa's team, known as the Bafana Bafana, had pledged their support to Ghana after their

Because at that point in time we had the whole of Africa behind us."

Every shop we entered, the South Africans were supporting Ghana.

Eswatini - October 2021A new name will be announced when the countries and territories are introduced at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony - that of Eswatini.

The small country in Southern Africa was known as Swaziland until April 2018, when King Mswati III ushered

Our star athletes are in camp in South Africa, just getting themselves ready and training," said Maphanga

Africa at a time when international travel was halted."

Africa," said Maphanga.

At least now we are able to travel to South Africa, we are able to compete there.

Jersey - April 2022Not every Commonwealth Games team can return home with a glut of medals, but the smaller delegations can celebrate success in other ways.

event, the team spirit is amazing.The British and Irish Lions train in Jersey before their tour to South

Africa ©Getty Images"From Jersey, when you're looking at a team size of up to 300, it's a totally different

India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar and South Africa’s Lizelle Lee have been voted as the International Cricket

without them.”The other nominations were both from the Indian team that played in the series against South

Africa, bowler Rajeshwari Gayakwad and batswoman Punam Raut.

Marius Vizer Jr claimed he experienced "incredible passion and determination" to develop the sport in Africa

Following stops in Djibouti, Uzbekistan and Madagascar, Vizer Jr and the rest of his FITEQ team visited South

Africa last week.Vizer Jr met with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee where

Warriors Soccer Academy and participated in the launch of Fat Cat - the country’s first teqball club.The South

honoured to take part in a tree planting initiative in Johannesburg, which aimed to demonstrate the South

FITEQ was recognised by the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa in 2018 and awareness

Rugby Africa has strengthened its support for gender equality by launching the Women’s Rugby Advisory

The President of Rugby Africa, Khaled Babbou, says the formation of WRAC and its sub-committees is a

has been instrumental towards building a global vision for women’s rugby in Africa."

African continent increased from 50,000 female players in 2012 to 260,000 in 2018 and 350,000 in 2020.South

Africa will participate in the next women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in 2022 as the profile of

will take on areas of special responsibility within the WRAC.Zeena Isaacs-Van Tonder, media manager at South

Massimo Cuttitta, the former Italy rugby union captain, has died from COVID-19 complications at the age of 54.

Nations tournament, which they joined in 2000.Born in Latina, Italy, Cuttitta spent part of his youth in South

Africa where he played rugby, along with his twin brother Marcello, also a former Italy international.Returning

Viewers of the hugely popular BBC TV police series Line of Duty recently saw one of the key cast members, Superintendent Ted Hastings, being given his marching orders by the Deputy Chief Constable.

year’s ban for his part as captain in the sandpaper ball-tampering scandal during the Test series in South

Africa - re-emerged in the bad books after behaviour in a match against India that was just not cricket.Video

In the Test before Australia’s sandpapering zeal became known, South Africa’s fast bowler Kagiso Rabada

Lennox Lewis was the last undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and the only man to have held that status in the 21st century.

New Zealand's presence at a time when the All Blacks were still playing rugby against apartheid-era South

Africa, hurt boxing more than any other sport.Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia all had strong

his retirement in 2004.While Lewis went on to world fame after 1986, Evans returned to obscurity in South

Algeria claimed four of the remaining 12 places on offer at the United World Wrestling (UWW) African and Oceania Olympic qualifier, on the final day of competition at Hammamet in Tunisia.

final, which Diatta won after the contest finished 1-1.The bronze medals went to Reynhardt Louw of South

Africa who comprehensively beat Aime Mbolalalaina Joel Rakotoniaina of Madagascar 11-0 and Fathi Tarek

did not take to the mat for the final due to injury.In the bronze medal contests, Martin Erasmus of South

Africa overcame Soso Tamarau of Nigeria by fall while Hosam Mohamed Mostafa Merghany of Egypt defeated

Africa who finished fourth.

Amanda Sobhy has become the first player born in the United States to reach the top five of the Professional Squash Association (PSA)’s world rankings.

2010, when that distinction was earned by Natalie Grainger, the Manchester-born player who represented South

Africa before switching nationality.The latest ranking marks Sobhy’s continuing rise from her position