Athletes from around the world are in the Italian Alps for the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday – including 13 ...

Fourteen athletes from eight African nations are set to compete at the Winter Olympics, marking a significant increase from ...

Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter ...

Six Olympic skiers joined by their parents, coaches and federation presidents came together on Sunday to advocate for more ...

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SASCOC has announced the five athletes to represent Team South Africa at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina.

South Africa will bid to host the Summer Olympics and Paralympics in either 2036 or 2040, the country's government has unveiled. This comes as the latest effort to bring arguably sport's most iconic ...

Never count out Oscar Pistorius. The "Blade Runner" will be competing in the London Olympics in his favored 400 meters, after all. The double-amputee runner from South Africa has spent almost all his ...

The World Track and Field Championships concluded in September. The cradle of humanity is also the cradle of athletic greatness. Africa has given the world marathon champions from Kenya, sprinters ...

Six Olympic skiers joined by ⁠their parents, coaches and ​federation presidents came together on Sunday to advocate for more ...

IOC president Jacques Rogge says Africa needs to show it wants the Olympics, and a candidate must come forward soon if the continent is to host the 2020 Games. Rogge said Wednesday that Africa's ...

MILAN — MILAN (AP) — Olympic officials from Africa took their concerns about a visa program for entering the United States to leaders of the 2028 Los Angeles Games on Tuesday. International Olympic ...