South Africa's Oscar Pistorius has made history by becoming the first amputee to compete in an Olympics track event. Read more »
As Nigeria turns to its Paralympic team for medals, Basketball Federation president, Tijjani Umar has described as laughable the N2.6 Billion given to Team Nigeria for both the Olympics and Paralympics. Read more »
The head coach of Team Nigeria track and field team to the London 2012 Olympic Games Innocent Egbunike says the constant change of sports ministers is not good for the industry's development. Read more »
Kirsty Coventry has made history by becoming the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coventry assumed office on June 23, 2025, replacing outgoing president Thomas Bach of Germany, who stepped
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Zimbabwe's Sports Minister and double Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry, is the first African and youngest person, at 41, to assume the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Coventry is also the first woman to lead the global Olympic governing body in its 106-year history. She secured the position after
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Preparations are underway in Senegal for the Youth Olympics Games. The event, scheduled to take place over two weeks from October 31, 2026, will bring together about 2,700 young athletes from around the world.
It marks the first time an Olympic sports event will be hosted in Africa and will feature 25 sporting categories, including athletics, aquatics, baseball, basketball, boxing, breaking, and cycling.
The organizing committee has said Dakar 2026 will also showcase "an
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Ten African countries earned medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games, with 23 gold medals distributed among eight nations.
Morocco emerged as the most successful nation overall, securing 15 medals, but it was Algeria that topped the continent's medal tally
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Kenya led the way with a total of 11 medals, consisting of four gold, two silver, and five bronze, finishing in 17th place overall at the just concluded Paris Olympics.
Other African nations that made the medals table include Algeria, which placed joint 39th with three medals: two gold and one bronze. South Africa finished
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The 21-year-old Letsile Tebogo from Botswana became the first man from Africa to win the 200m at an Olympîc Games.
Africa has already claimed at least six gold medals at the Paris Olympics. The continent eagerly anticipates more medal-winning performances from talented athletes in diverse sporting fields.
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Seventeen-year-old Kaylia Nemour won gold in the women's uneven bars final at Paris 2024, making history as the first African to win an Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics.
Her victory earned Algeria its sixth Olympic gold since its debut in Tokyo in 1964.
Cape Verdean boxer David de Pina secured a bronze medal after losing his men's 51kg semi-final bout against Uzbekistan's Hasanboy
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