Africa Sports News

The Thirty-two teams have been slated for one of the world’s biggest events – the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted by South Africa. Amidst some last day controversy, the last six teams captured the final six spots to fill out...

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...

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...

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...

South Africa's Ministry of Sport says 800-metre world champion runner Caster Semenya will keep her gold medal, and that the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential. Thousands of people lined the streets of downtown Halifax on Wednesday...

It will take place at a shiny new convention centre in the purpose-built southern suburb of Talatona. The 16 teams will be seeded according to their performances at the last three Nations Cup tournaments. Hosts Angola, defending champions Egypt, Cameroon...