Location: Botswana

2021 runners-up Egypt hope to begin an African Cup of Nations run which sees them taste glory this time through as they take on Mozambique to get group stage play started. Mohamed Salah led a defensively minded Pharaohs to the final three years ago where they fell on penalties to Senegal. As one of Africa's long-standing giants, Egypt have not won…

Talk of success on pitch in Uganda rugby and just a handful of memories will spring up. The 2007 XVs African title in Madagascar is priceless and perhaps the dearest of them all. It's the big one because Test rugby is more adored than the shorter version - Sevens, thus explaining why it's easy to forget that Uganda won the Rugby Africa Cup Sevens…

Kampala. Women's rugby hit new heights last year when the Lady Rugby Cranes pulled off their best performance at the Africa Sevens Championship in Botswana. They finished second after losing 45-0 to the more studded Kenya Lionesses in the final. The reward was a trip to Hong Kong in April where they will play in the HSBC World Sevens Series…

Although Herbo, as the rugby fraternity warmly knew Wafula, was sufficiently concerned about the Rugby Cranes' display on that wet Saturday afternoon in July 2019, he-much like Michael's'undercooked' pork-still found the team to be palatable. In fact, he would choose them over what Michael sizzled in a heartbeat. When Jacob Ojee turned on the…

In a historic turn of events on Tuesday, Kenya national women's football team, Harambee Starlets, etched their name into the annals of African football by defeating Cameroon 1-0 during the return leg of the first round of the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers. This remarkable victory, achieved in front of an electrified home…

Auckland locations lead the pack for the racing crowd. The fashion stakes will be as high as the betting as Auckland's best hotspots lay in "the works" for The Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. Warriors fans are in for a treat as a number of the team are expected to take part in the celebrations at Headquarters in Viaduct Harbour. Fashion and racing will…

Friday, September 8th, 2023 10:15 | By Tanzania have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2019 after securing a heroic 0-0 draw away to Algeria on Thursday, September 7, 2023. The Taifa Stars knew avoiding defeat in Annaba would be enough to seal their spot at next year's finals in Ivory Coast. And the East African side…

The Swedes take on the South Africans to open the Group G games! Our Women's World Cup series continues with our Sweden-South Africa odds, prediction, pick, and how-to-watch guide. The Swedish team has been traditionally recognized as one of the world's best women's teams. They are currently third in the recent FIFA rankings. The Blagult has played…

Sweden and South Africa open up their respective World Cup campaigns against each other on Sunday. The Group G game is staged at Sky Stadium. This is the opening match of the World Cup group stage for both Sweden and South Africa, with both of them still upbeat. They'll fight hard to come out the other end with a good result before facing the other…

Football: Africa, COSAFA CUP, Group A, Round 3 Stadium: Prince Magogo Stadium Time: 11.07.2023, 07:00 PM Odds Bet Type Bookmaker Claim Bonus! Odds1,50 Bet TypeHome Win Bookmaker Bet Now! The host nation South Africa will lock horns with Eswatini at the Princess Magogo Stadium on Tuesday. Bafana Bafana of South Africa have named a strong squad for…

Eswatini open their campaign against Botswana at the King Zwelithini Stadium in the COSAFA Cup on Wednesday (July 5). The two sides are in search of their first title in the competition, with Botswana coming close twice. They reached the final in 2016 and 2019 but were unable to make history. Eswatini's best performance in the COSAFA Cup has been a…

History of Football in Zimbabwe The sports industry in Zimbabwe is very big and is expected to grow. People in Zimbabwe like sports so much that some discipline studies related to sports are even taught in schools. The most popular sports in this country are football, rugby, tennis, cricket, polocrosse, and field hockey. Many notable sportsmen who…

Ghana host Angola at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Thursday (March 24) in the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. The hosts kicked off their qualification campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win over Madagascar, featuring second-half strikes from Mohammed Kudus, Felix Afena-Gyan and Red Star Belgrade man Osman Bukari. They then drew 1-1 with…

North African neighbours Tunisia and Libya will lock horns in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Friday (March 24) at the Stade Hammadi Agrebi in Tunis. The Eagles of Carthage play for the first time since the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, where they crashed out in the group stage. They did beat then defending champions France 1-0 in…

Dame Hilary Mantel, the novelist who has died aged 70, succeeded in her Wolf Hall trilogy in restoring the Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell to a central place in the public consciousness, in an act of literary resurrection hailed by critics as so powerful that it bordered on the uncanny. The relationship between Hilary Mantel and Cromwell struck…

At around 5:25PM on Saturday, South African rugby fans hurled abuse at the telly, expecting another trouncing from a rampant England. Fast forward to the final whistle, and everyone is heralding the dawn of a new era, with Captain Fantastic and his chargers staging an epic comeback to pip the Poms 42-39. It's tough to know where to start, because…

Botswana: The Ministry of Trade and Industry, through Gambling Authority (GA), is working on licensing and commercialising the horse racing sport. This was said by the Acting Minister of Trade and Industry, Beauty Manake, during the 2022 Champions Cup Horse Race in Motokwe over the weekend. She added that the Gambling Act is responsible for…

A young Botswana boxer has defied the odds in a male dominated sport, to become the country's first ever female Olympian in the sport. Twenty-two year-old Sadie Kenosi recently became the first boxer in the world to book her spot in July's Olympic Games in Tokyo. Sadie Keamogetse Kenosi is basking in rare glory. The 22-year-old from Botswana has…

The Kibera slum outside Nairobi seems an unlikely place to find an international athlete, but for Kenya rugby sevens star Diana Awino it's the place she calls home. Unemployment levels in Kibera, Africa's largest urban slum, are 50 percent, and only 20 percent of the houses - largely shacks with mud walls and corrugated iron roofs - have…

South Africa will host Angola at the Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela on Sunday (November 20) in a friendly. The Bafana Bafana, who hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup, failed to qualify for the Qatar showpiece after bowing out in the second round. Ghana pipped them for a spot in the next round by virtue of scoring one more goal after both teams ended up…

Africa's four qualifiers for next year's Women's World Cup will be decided at the tournament, which culminates with the final on Saturday, 23 July. Here, BBC Sport Africa runs the rule over Group C, which includes defending champions Nigeria, South Africa as well as debutants Botswana and Burundi.

North Africa's dominance in the CAF Champions League is especially prominent over recent years. Egyptian side Al Ahly's back-to-back titles is just the beginning. From Cameroonian club dominance to Al Ahly's impressive successes, the CAF Champions League produces remarkable moments. Africa's premier club soccer tournament developed numerous soccer…