Africa Sport

[The Herald] FC PLATINUM have received a major boost ahead of their CAF Champions League campaign next month after the return of experienced forward Silas Songani.

[The Herald] The Premier Soccer League say they are still waiting for a signal from ZIFA to get down to business after the clubs failed to get the mandatory Covid-19 testing to pave the way for group training.

[The Herald] INCUMBENT National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe president, Tendai Tagara, wants another term in office when they hold elections this weekend in Gweru.

[The Herald] As Tennis Zimbabwe expect to host three International Tennis Federation 18-and-Under tournaments this year, coaches have welcomed the development.

[The Herald] Top Zimbabwe professional golfer, Scott Vincent, missed the cut for the second consecutive week when he took part in the Italian Open, at the weekend.

[The Herald] MIGHTY Warriors team manager, Tafadzwa Bhasera, is excited after getting her new role to manage a national football team.

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Botswana Open Chess Championship 2020, initially scheduled for independence holidays and later postponed due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, has been rescheduled to October 30 to November 1.

[Botswana Daily News] Francistown -- Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture Development, Tumiso Rakgare has called for commercialisation of sport.

[Namibian] Heiko Fleidl and Reese Saunderson clinched the senior men and women's singles titles at the Windhoek Open Table Tennis Championships which recently took place at the Wanderers hall.

[Namibian] SAINTS completed another dominant season when they thrashed the X Team 18-1 in their final Bank Windhoek Men's Premier Indoor League match on Saturday.

[CAJ News] Johannesburg -- DURING his five-year stint at Polokwane City, George Chigova was an ever-present figure in goal but that is all set to change now that he is back for a second spell at SuperSport United.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Joaquim dos Santos was elected on Saturday head of the Angolan Swimming Federation (FAN) for four-year term 2020/24.

[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has signed a four years agreement with sports retail outfit Decathlon Ghana as its official sports retail partner.

[Ghanaian Times] A young and promising Ghanaian boxer, Selassie Gorsh, has on Thursday signed a three-year contract with L&B Boxing Management Syndicate.

[Ghanaian Times] FIFA has splashed a hefty transfer ban on Tunisian side, Club Africain, for failing to settle Aduana Stars over the transfer of Derrick Sasraku.

[Nation] Vet Lab Sports Club's Edwin Mudanyi Monday missed several birdie putts, but still managed to level the course and grab a one shot lead half way through the fourth leg of the 2020 Safari Tour golf series at the par 72 Sigona Golf Club course.

[Nation] The Fifa Dispute Resolution Chamber has ordered Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) side Wazito FC to pay five players it sacked over six million shillings cumulative within 45 days.

[Cameroon Tribune] The delegation led by CAF's Vice President, Constant Omari, will inspect facilities to host the 2021 Total CHAN scheduled to take place in January 2021.

[Nation] "It's a huge relief that Amr Elwan is now out of the way and volleyball in Africa will take a fresh trajectory. He had become a burden," said Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) chairman, Waithaka Kioni, after the virtually conducted Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) elections on Sunday.

[Nation] Kenyan-born former Paralympian with British Athletics, Anne Olympia Wafula, has added another feather to her already heavily garlanded cap - being named among the 100 most influential disabled people in the United Kingdom.

[Nation] Moroccan Hajij Bouchra is the new African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) president.

[Nation] The Sports Ministry intends to plant 19 million trees over the next three years to commemorate the 19 years that the Safari Rally was out of the World Rally Championship (WRC) circuit.

[New Times] SC Kiyovu reported to their training in high spirits over the weekend as the club prepare to challenge for the 2020/21 Rwanda Premier League title.

[New Times] Rwanda Premier League champions APR were held by AS Kigali 1-1 in their second friendly match at Kigali Stadium on Sunday.

[New Times] Patriots have turned their attention to the 2020 Basketball Africa League (BAL) finals tournament after retaining the domestic league title for the third year running over the week.

[Nairobi News] Kenyan winger Handwala Bwana has joined Major League Soccer (MLS) side Nashville SC from Seattle Sounders.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Youngster Naomi Wafula made history as the first lady golfer to make the cut at the Safari Tour Golf Series after producing a wonderful performance in the second day of the Sigona leg.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Edwin Inana Asuza has moved to the summit on Day Two of Safari Tour Golf Series contrary to all expectations.

[Daily Maverick] Cricket South Africa's entire board has resigned, even though some will roam the game like zombies until an interim structure takes over. What made the board go after months of bloody-mindedness, and what happens now?

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Every year since Senzo Meyiwa's death, a new lead surfaces, pointing to possible arrests.