Fourteen athletes from eight African nations are set to compete at the Winter Olympics, marking a significant increase from Beijing 2022.

Black athletes from around the world are competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, with Team USA, Canada, Jamaica, Nigeria, Benin, Madagascar, Eritrea and Kenya all represented in various sports ...

Athletes from around the world are in the Italian Alps for the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday – including 13 sportspeople from eight African countries. Though the continent isn't ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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South Africa snatched the last African place for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with a 6-5 penalty shootout victory over Ghana in Cairo Friday after a breathtaking third place play-off. The South ...

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 ...

While the African continent is well represented at the Summer Olympics, it is a different story at the Winter Games. In Paris in 2024, African athletes won a total of 39 medals, including 13 gold ...