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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has named a 36-member preliminary squad for the international friendly matches against Eswatini and Côte d’Ivoire next month.Broos’ charges host Eswatini on 13 October 2023 (kick off is at 18h00) and then travel to West A…

Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis will want her charges to put the defeat to the United States of America this week behind them and turn their attention to the second international friendly match between the two sides on Sunday (24 September 2023).Th…

Deputy Minister of Sports, Youth and National Service Emma Kantema-Gaomas emphasised that sports plays an important role in promoting mental health, especially in a world where this has become critical.Kantema-Gaomas during the opening ceremony of the …

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, and the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s (UNIDO), Gerd Müller, have met to look at ways to explore opportunities for African cotton-producing nations in the global football a…

Namibia’s senior national rugby team, ‘the Welwitschias,’ suffered a crushing 96-0 defeat against France on Thursday night, extending the team’s winless record at the 2023 Rugby World Cup being held in France.The Welwitschias suffered their third high-…

Ethiopian athlete Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women’s 5,000m World Record with a run of 14 minutes 00.21 seconds on Sunday at the Eugene Diamond League finale, breaking Kenyan Faith Kipyegon’s previous mark set in June.Tsegay set a blistering pace from th…

Nigeria’s World Record holder Tobi Amusan has emerged winner of the Diamond League trophy for a third consecutive time, finishing in a time of 12.33 seconds to claim victory in the 100m Hurdles event in Oregon, USA.Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn f…

Nigerian table tennis sensation Aruna Quadri beat Ahmed Saleh of Egypt 4-0 to successfully defend his title in the men’s singles final of the 2023 ITTF African Championships on Sunday.Aruna, who is the tournament’s number one seed, overwhelmed Saleh in…

Egypt’s pair of Omar Assar and Dina Meshref defeated Nigeria’s duo of Olajide Omotayo and Olufunke Oshonaike 3-1 (11-8, 6-11, 11-1, 12-10) to pick the mixed doubles title at the 26th ITTF African Championships, securing the continental sole slot to the…

Namibian amateur boxers who participated in the 2023 Boxing Africa qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics will need to look to Italy or Thailand if they hope to secure any Olympic slots for their country.Namibia fielded a team of four boxers at the 2023…