Africa Sports News

The dispute was triggered by violence following football World Cup qualifying matches between the two north African Arab nations. Algeria won the crucial play-off, but each side has accused the other's fans of attacking their supporters. The governing body of...

Thierry Henry's double handball in the build up to William Gallas's goal in the World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland allowed Les Bleus to reach next year's World Cup in South Africa, and Trapattoni has admitted the disappointment...

Parts of Cairo are under police lockdown amid some of the worst football violence ever seen in the region. More than a thousand security personnel deployed to protect the Algerian embassy and other key locations came under attack from angry...

Never mind the "hand of Henry" – the "foot of Yahia" has caused an even greater World Cup fallout in north Africa as rioting erupted in the early hours of yesterday morning in Cairo. It was Algerian defender Antar Yahia's...

The draws of the African Nation Cup took place today with the highest African FIFA ranking soccer team, Cameroon selected as group leader for pool D. Pool A is made up of Angola, Malawi, Mali and Algeria while pool B...

Chuene has been under fire since September, after it became clear that he had lied about gender verification tests conducted locally on the 18-year-old 800m world champion before the race in Berlin...Semenya from all competitions, recommend that she undergoes surgery...

The injury only showed up after a scan on Saturday, although it is thought the 34-year-old suffered it during the Champions League in India last month. "He just wasn't getting better from that injury," said coach Mickey Arthur. South Africa...

South Africa and England the prospect of starting their one-day series at Centurion, following the abandonment of the first international in Johannesburg, when England were the happier team as it gave their injured players more time to recover. An even...

Farrington withstood injury, a rash of penalties and a sprited effort by Honoka'a last night to win, 48-16, in the first round of the First Hawaiian Bank/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association Football Championships. An enthusiastic capacity crowd of about 2,200...

When people in South Africa say “Limpopo,” they mean the middle of nowhere. They are referring to the northernmost province of the country, along the border with Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, where few people have cars or running water or...