SWEDISH motor sport legend Ove Andersson was killed in a head-on collision during the Milligan vintage car rally near Oudtshoorn yesterday. His navigator, Tubby Bennett, of Port Elizabeth, was seriously injured in the accident about 20km from the...

Qualifying matches have begun around the world for the football World Cup, which begins in two years. In 2010 the World Cup is to be held for the first time in Africa and attention is focusing on host nation South Africa. In anticipation, sports and...

Herschelle Gibbs has indicated he is contemplating his South Africa career after being left out of the Test squad for the tour of England. "I've got some decisions to make in the next few weeks whether to carry on at international level," Gibbs...

The Deputy Inspector General of Gambia's police says that all necessary security measures have been taken to avoid any violence ahead of Sunday's clash with Senegal. The neighbours meet in a joint World Cup and Nations Cup qualifier in...

Next month we will all be watching in awe as the greatest sportsmen and women in the world strut their stuff at the Beijing Olympics, but at what point will we all have a bad taste in our mouths. China is at present dealing with a human catastrophe...

Nyon, Switzerland - Porto could lose their place in next season's Champions League because of a bribery scandal. Uefa said that they are considering barring Porto after the club was deducted Portuguese league points on the way to winning the title...

Civil society organisations should engage more in social development actions through sports, argues former UNESCO official Marie José Lallart in an interview with the November 2007 Sport et Citoyenneté journal. She is a member of the organisation's...

The FIA and Pirelli, the tyre company, have launched a worldwide young rally driver programme with the prizes being sponsored drives in Group N or S2000 cars in six WRC events next year Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific are the four...

Ahli and Zamalek are to clash in the African Champions League, Manuel Jose remains with Ahli and the national team is to start its campaign for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. Inas Mazhar wraps up the latest football news The draw for the African...

Barack Obama has inspired millions with his oratorical gifts and political vision but can he really play basketball? Barack Obama has inspired millions with his oratorical gifts and political vision but as the first African-American in...

A host of recently crowned Africa champions are out to prove their victories were no fluke when they compete at the annual International meeting in Dakar on Saturday which is a Grand Prix status meet as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour...

Rugby has become the single sport where significance on the title of world champions seems to increase year by year. This is almost to the point where any other level of championship, either international or domestic, seems to pale into significance...

Race is not a factor in the firing of NBA coaches, although white coaches with losing records had somewhat longer tenures before being fired than African-American coaches with more losses than wins, a new study shows The University of Michigan study...

A 2010 Transport Roadshow convened by the Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe has revealed that four Johannesburg projects being undertaken in preparation for the 2010 Fifa World Cup™ are on track for completion. Minister Radebe, Local...

The on going qualifiers in the up coming African Cup of Nations tournament, exclusively reserve for players plying their soccer talents on the continent, has been revealing surprises and also exposing the real qualities of individual local leagues....

Ghana maintains its position as Africa's best football nation as the Black Stars for the fourth-month running remain at the top of the continent's ranking table. The May rankings released today by the sport governing body, FIFA, has...

South African swimmer Natalie Du Toit became the first amputee to qualify for the Olympics. Du Toit, 24, who lost her left leg when she was hit by a car while riding her scooter in 2001, was fourth in the 10-kilometer open-water swim at...

Football's world governing body, Fifa, has recognised a Normalisation Committee aimed at getting the sport back on track in Senegal. A delegation from Senegal, that included sports minister Dr Bacar Dia, met with Fifa president Sepp...