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UK Athletics (UKA) has announced the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the 2026 World Athletics Relays, Gaborone, Botswana (2-3 May).

Dave Rennie has made history after being appointed the new head coach of New Zealand and becoming the first person of Pasifika heritage to do so.

The countdown has begun to the greatest show in sports, as the nominations for the 2026 Laureus World Sports Awards, known as the Athletes’ Awards, have been announced.

After joining Qatari side Al‑Sailiya, Michail Antonio said that he had to swallow his ego after his near‑fatal car crash as he prepares to make his first club appearance in 15 months.

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) has announced the 12 teams and group phase schedule for the 2026 BAL season, which will tip off on Friday, March 27 at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa.

The league’s sixth season will feature the top 12 club teams from 12 African countries playing a total of 42 games across the Kalahari Conference group phase from March 27 – Sunday, April 5 in Pretoria, the Sahara Conference group phase from Friday, April 24 – Sunday, May 3 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, Morocco, and the Playoffs and Finals from Friday, May 22 – Sunday, May 31 at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.

The 12 teams include Dar City – the first-ever BAL participant from Tanzania – first-time BAL participants JCA Kings (Côte d’Ivoire), Maktown Flyers (Nigeria), Johannesburg Giants (South Africa) and Club Africain (Tunisia), 2024 BAL champion Petro de Luanda (Angola) – the only team to have qualified for all six BAL seasons – and 2023 BAL champion Al Ahly (Egypt). 

Below is the complete list of the 12 participating teams by conference:

*First-time BAL participant

“Welcoming five new teams into the BAL family is a powerful sign of the league’s continued growth, the impact it is having on the African basketball ecosystem, and the incredible talent developing across the continent,” said BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall. 

“We look forward to engaging our passionate fans in South Africa, Morocco, Rwanda and those watching across Africa and around the world as we continue to establish the BAL as the continent’s preeminent sport and entertainment property.” This season, the national league champions from seven countries – Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia – automatically qualified for the BAL.  The other five teams qualified through the Road to the BAL qualifying tournaments conducted by FIBA Africa across the continent from October – December 2025. 

Each conference will play a 15-game group phase during which each team will face the other five teams in its conference once. In the season opener, APR will face Al Ahly Ly at 4:00 p.m. CAT. In the second game, the Johannesburg Giants will take on Dar City at 7:00 p.m. CAT. Tickets for the Kalahari Conference group phase in Pretoria are on sale now at Ticketmaster.za. 

Eight teams from across the two conferences will qualify for the Playoffs in Kigali. Tickets for the Sahara Conference group phase in Rabat and the Playoffs and Finals will be available soon. Fans can register their interest in tickets at BAL.NBA.com. Fans who purchase tickets will also have free access to the BAL Fan Zone at each arena.

Additional information about the 2026 BAL season will be announced in the coming weeks.

Traditional promotion and relegation from the top-tier Prem will be scrapped from the start of the 2026-27 season after landmark changes to English rugby were voted through.

Hartpury University is supporting the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in developing a robust, scalable methodology to help cricket clubs across England and Wales better understand the demographics of matchday fans.

Nigerian-born athlete, Jared Ejiasian has broken the U18 world record in the men’s 60 meters hurdles.

Claressa Shields defended her undisputed heavyweight crown by beating fellow American Franchon Crews-Dezurn by unanimous points decision at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics officially ended following the closing ceremony in northern Italy.

With the Olympic Winter Games in full swing in Italy, a special guest from Senegal joined the celebrations in Milan.

The Youth Charter has welcomed the outcomes of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, held in Addis Ababa, and is calling for immediate implementation mechanisms that translate Summit commitments into grassroots impact.

Pakistan cricketers are not being considered by Indian-owned sides for next month's Hundred auction, sources have claimed.

UK Athletics has confirmed the first five athletes selected to represent the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB & NI) team in the marathon at the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham.

Sports & Exercise Therapy students were given an unforgettable industry experience after going backstage at the Birmingham date of Jason Derulo’s The Last Dance World Tour at the Utilita Arena Birmingham at the end of January.

On February 15, 2026, Red Bull athlete Dario Costa (Italy) executed a world-first dual manoeuvre in Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye, landing his Zivko Edge 540 aircraft on a moving cargo train travelling at 120 km/h before lifting off again in a vertical pull take-off from the same container.