The awards ceremony was attended by athletes, sporting luminaries, and government dignitaries from across the ten countries that make up the region: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Rafael Nadal's illustrious French Open career came to a likely end with his first ever defeat in the opening round by Alexander Zverev on Monday, after Iga Swiatek made a winning start in her bid for a fourth title, Agence France-Presse reported early Tuesday. 

The Spanish sports site Relevo says Doha bid parties and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are close to finalising details over hosting the 2036 Olympic Games.

On 25 May 1924, Lithuanian footballers faced Switzerland at the Pershing Stadium in Paris. The Lithuanian contingent was in football and cycling. LNOC President Daina Gudzinevičiūtė wanted to highlight everyone who made this centenary possible: "Every link of the Lithuanian community is important."

During the Sports Forum "Sport for All" and "World Sporting Achievements" in Yerevan, Armenia, the Secretary General of the newly formed International Friendship Association (IFA), Jerome Valcke, presented the aim and mission of the organisation.

Bill Walton, a revered figure in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and one of its most prominent broadcasters, has passed away at 71 years old.

Bulgaria’s President, Rumen Radev, met with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach yesterday at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne to discuss the country’s candidacy to host the Youth Olympic Winter Games, Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) reported today.

Former footballer Christian Karembeu shared that he has tragically lost two family members amid the recent surge of violence in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

Former Senegalese rifleman Oumar Dieme, aged over 90, sees it as a remarkable opportunity to carry the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the upcoming Paris Games.

After a day's rest, the Olympic Torch stopped off in the Indre département on Monday. With its picturesque villages, castles and mansions, fields of grain and many hiking trails, it is also a land of sport and the perfect place to get away from it all.

Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Richard Carapaz will not defend his title in Paris after the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation (FEC) chose Jhonathan Narváez for the country's sole road race spot. Carapaz slammed the selection criteria as "biased and lacking the principles of fairness and sporting equality".

The Olympic Foundation Scholarships, which were awarded to 404 beneficiaries this year, will assist them with their sports and school-related expenses in four categories. The awards ceremony was held at Temasek Convention Centre, Singapore. 

Lima, the capital of Peru, will host the 2025 Global Esports Games (GEG) and also annual stages of the Global Esports Federation (GEF)'s Pro-Series - the Global Esports Tour (GET) - from 2024 to 2028.

Australian women’s basketball team the Seven Consulting Opals will kick start their world tour in Asia tomorrow: playing three games against China in the next week, then on to Japan for the Mitsui Fudosan Cup 2024. The Opals clash with China again, hosting the team this time at the Ford BALLIN’24 series this July, according to Basketball Australia who posted the team’s schedule last week. 

Cricket's highly anticipated ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 gets underway from 2 June until 29, with hosts USA taking on Canada in the tournament's opening match.