Kenya has named a strong squad including three professionals for the Africa Twenty20 qualifiers in Uganda next week, cricket officials said on Tuesday.

Sochi will be ready to stage a leg of the Formula One season in November 2014, Anatoly Pakhomov, the mayor of Russia's 2014 Winter Olympic host city confirmed on Monday.

Ellyse Perry took three wickets and Jess Cameron scored a half-century to help Australia clinch the women's World Cup for the sixth time with a 114-run win over the West Indies in the final on Sunday.

Australia clinched the women's World Cup for the sixth time when they defeated the West Indies by 114 runs in the final in Mumbai on Sunday.

Germany's Richard Freitag won Saturday's final world championship warmup individual jump on the large hill at Obertsdorf, outleaping Norway's Andreas Stjernen and world champion Gregor Schlierenzauer to bag the second World Cup win of his career.

Nabil Maaloul will succeed Sami Trabelsi as coach of Tunisia, the national football federation announced this weekend.

Every player at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be required to have a biological passport, the sport's world governing body FIFA announced on Friday.

Away fans will be banned from both World Cup qualifying matches between Croatia and Serbia, the two football federations announced on Thursday.

Slovenia's Jaka Hvala on Wednesday won his first World Cup ski-jumping event in what was the penultimate stop before the world championships.

The West Indies beat mighty Australia by eight runs on Wednesday to set up an intriguing title clash against the same opponents in the women's World Cup in India.

Troubled Paul Gascoigne remains in hospital in the United States as he battles alcoholism but there are no fears for his life, the former England star's long-time therapist revealed on Sunday.

South African President Jacob Zuma paid Nelson Mandela a visit Sunday and found the anti-apartheid icon "comfortable and relaxed" and watching television, the presidency said.

Urban Africa with noisy crowds, taxis and flames set the beat for a rising continent as Nigeria took the Africa Cup of Nations in Soweto on Sunday.

Nigeria ended a 19-year Africa Cup of Nations title drought Sunday with a 1-0 final victory over Burkina Faso at Soccer City thanks to a late first-half goal from Sunday Mba.

Midfielder Sunday Mba scored on 40 minutes to give Nigeria a 1-0 half-time lead over Burkina Faso Sunday in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final at Soccer City stadium.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter suggested here Sunday that the term of office for the head of world football should be extended from four to eight years.

Troubled Paul Gascoigne remains in hospital in the United States as he battles alcoholism but there are no fears for his life, the former England star's long-time therapist revealed on Sunday.

Former England star Paul Gascoigne is in intensive care in the United States after being diagnosed as not well enough to begin his treatment for alcoholism it was reported by the Mail on Sunday.

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, which will go down as the year the underdog bit back, concludes here Sunday with 'no hopers' Burkina Faso facing Nigeria in a tantalising final at Soccer City.

The presence of outsiders Burkina Faso in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final is a positive sign for football on the continent, CAF president Issa Hayatou says.