The summer of sport actions continues with the Paris 2024 Paralympics taking centre stage from August 28 to September 8 in Paris. Thousands of para-athletes will converge in the French capital to compete for top honours, bragging rights and to rewrite history in their respective sports events. Afrosport previews the top African stars to keep tabs on when the Paralympics begins with an opening ceremony on ...
As the world shifts attention to the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Africa will be well represented with 44 countries presenting a total of 314 athletes that will participate in various sports. In comparison to the Paris 2024 Olympics which ended a few weeks ago where nearly 1,000 African athletes participated in various sports, the Paralympics has lesser representation. Despite the hope for success in the French capital,...
Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has announced his 38-man preliminary squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. South Africa are getting ready to launch their Group K campaign with games against South Sudan and Uganda in September. Key players like captain Ronwen Williams, talisman Percy Tau, Teboho Mokoena, Lyle Foster and Elias Mokwana made the cut. Broos’ final 23-man squad will be named...
South Africa’s Tatjana Smith clinched Africa's first gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday. The 27-year-old swimmer won the women’s 100-metre breaststroke event with a late surge in a thrilling battle. Smith, a gold medallist in the 200m breaststroke in Tokyo 2020, triumphed with a time of 1:05.28 ahead of China's Tang Qianting, who got the silver medal in 1:05.54, while Ireland's Mona McSharry settled...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria as well as host of African giants have all dropped in the latest FIFA World Rankings released on Thursday. The Eagles have fallen one place to 39th after failing to win any game in last month's 2026 World Cup Qualifiers against South Africa and Benin. They however remain fifth in Africa. The continent's top ranked side Morocco have fallen two places...
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