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Sport in Africa. African regional federations. UNAF (North) WAFU-UFOA (West) UNIFFAC (Central) CECAFA (East-Central) COSAFA (Southern) Association football (also known as soccer) is the most popular sport in almost all African countries, and in 2010 South Africa became the first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup.
Ancient. Intercalated. v. t. e. The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC).
South Africa is among a very few countries which have participated in world cups of all three major sports — cricket, soccer, and rugby union. England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia are among other such nations. South Africa has hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup, 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup and 2007 ICC World Twenty20 ...
Afcon quarter-finals: Africa Cup of Nations fixtures, start times and TV channels. FT - Nigeria 1-0 Angola. 19:45, Reuters. Nigeria were the first side to book a semi-final berth at the Africa Cup ...
Rugby Africa is the administrative body for rugby union within the continent of Africa under the authority of World Rugby, which is the world governing body of rugby union. As of 2018, Rugby Africa has 37 member nations and runs several rugby tournaments for national teams, including the Africa Cup which is the main 15-a-side competition for ...
Africa Cup of Nations Final. The Africa Cup of Nations is a football competition established in 1957. It is contested by the men's national teams of members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the African governing body for the sport, and is held every two years. The winner of the first final was Egypt, who defeated Ethiopia 4–0 ...
The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko ), [1] is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts. Their emblem is a native antelope, the Springbok, which is the national ...
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee was created in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the 1992 Summer Olympics (and the 1992 Summer Paralympics ). South Africa also participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, and since 1994. South African athletes have won a total of 89 medals, with athletics, boxing ...