Minister Zizi Kodwa to travel to New Zealand support Banyana Banyana at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Tshwane, South Africa, 19 July 2023 – On Wednesday, 19 July 2023, I will travel to New Zealand to support Banyana Banyana, South Africa’s national women’s football team, at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. A few days ago, […]
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“Today, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has charged me an alleged rule violation for having missed 3 tests in 12 months,” Amusan wrote. Barely a month before the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has been charged with a violation by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Amusan in a post on her Instagram […]
TANZANIAN team is ready for the mission with five days before the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup Africa Qualifiers start in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania and five other African countries will be in action at the Dar Gymkhana Club and the University of Dar-es-Salaam (UDSM) ovals. The other nations are Kenya, […]
If so, the South African Football Association (SAFA) Referees department has gone on a massive referees recruitment drive across the country and they are looking for future male and female match officials. Chair of the SAFA Referees Committee, Victor Gomes said if the country is to tap into the new blood and continue to be […]
FORMER Warriors captain Knowledge Musona might be yet to make his official debut at Saudi Pro League side Al Riyadh but he has already been entrusted with captaincy ahead of the new season. Musona joined the Riyadh-based side last month after leaving Saudi Pro League team Al Tai, where he was also the club captain. […]
A EUROPE-based sportswear manufacturer has stoked anger among supporters after releasing and pegging Zimbabwe senior Netball team replica jerseys at a price that has been described as unreasonable. Pfeka earlier this week released Zimbabwean jerseys that will be donned by the Gems at this year’s Vitality Netball World Cup in Cape Town. According to the […]
Côte d’Ivoire qualified for the final of the WAFU-B Under-20 Boys Cup after a pulsating penalty shootout win against Benin on Monday night. The Baby Elephants and Junior Cheetahs played out a four-goal thriller in regulation time that finished 2-2 after 90 minutes. But Côte d’Ivoire prevailed 3-2 on penalties to set up a final […]
The Proteas know that they will need to be at the top of their game as the country braces itself to be host nation of the Netball World Cup, kicking off in just 10 days’ time. South Africa find themselves in Pool C alongside Wales, Jamaica and Sri Lanka; and will begin their campaign in […]
Final Morocco 78-76 Cote d’Ivoire Morocco won the FIBA AfroCAN 2023 championship after beating Côte d’Ivoire 78-76 in an evenly-matched final encounter in Luanda on Sunday. The win sees Morocco improve from their 2019 AfroCAN campaign when they finished fourth in Bamako, Mali, for the inaugural edition of the competition. PHOTOS: 2023 FIBA AfroCAN: Rwanda […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur held onto the 6th spot in the fresh WTA Rankings, released on Monday. Jabeur lost her chance to wrap up a Wimbledon title yet again this time, after her defeat to Elena Rybakina last year at the same stage. She was the favorite in line for lifting the […]
The journey to the FIFA World Cup 2026 was officially mapped out on Thursday as CAF conducted the official draw of the FIFA World Cup™ 2026 African Preliminary Qualifiers in Cote D’Ivoire. The official Draw comes just hours after the 45th CAF General Assembly which was also attended by CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe and […]
Team Nigeria’s female relay team has earned a spot in the 4×400-meter event at the World Championships in Budapest. The team achieved this on Friday when they clocked 3:27.60 at the Deji Tinubu/Lagos Athletics Series in Lagos. The quartet of Omolara Omotosho, Patience Okon-George, Ella Onojuvwevwo, and Imaobong Uko performed excellently, achieving a 14th place […]
The Commonwealth Games Federation has stripped Nigeria of the gold medal won in the women’s 4x100m at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Nigeria was stripped of the gold medal after investigations on the positive doping result returned by Grace Nwokocha who was part of the quartet. Nwokocha was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit […]
Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title as Ons Jabeur’s wait for a major goes on. Vondrousova, 24, is ranked 42nd in the world after missing six months of last season with a wrist injury. But the Czech handled the nerves of the occasion better than 2022 runner-up […]
Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title in the Open era as Ons Jabeur’s wait for a major goes on. Vondrousova, 24, is ranked 42nd in the world after missing six months of last season with a wrist injury. But the Czech handled the nerves of the occasion […]
Banyana Banyana handed themselves a perfect boost ahead of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup following a 2-0 international friendly match win over Costa Rica at Nga Puna Wai Sports Hub on Saturday. Thembi Kgatlana opened the scoring for South Africa in the 32nd minute before Hildah Magaia’s 55th free-kick doubled their advantage. It was […]
Monrovia — Bill Rogers, a former Liberian international track athlete and the Chief Executive Officer of the Bill Rogers Youth Foundation (BRYF), is set to be honored with the African Achiever Award on July 14. The prestigious award recognizes his significant contributions in improving the lives of young people in both the United States of […]
Taifa Stars have been placed in group E of the FIFA World Cup 2026 African Qualifiers. The country’s envoys will have to get the better of Morocco, Zambia, Guinea and Eritrea in order to seal for the finals. This was known after a FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Draw held in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on […]