South Africa's Johan Goosen is set for a return with Montpellier after missing more than six weeks with an ankle injury, the club announced on Monday. Goosen -- who retired from the sport in 2016 before joining the Top 14 runners up this summer -- was carried off the field on a stretcher in October's victory over Toulon. But the 13-time Sprin ...

The government of Guinea, the world's third largest producer of bauxite, signed on Monday a $3 billion (2.6 billion euro) deal to tap reserves of the mineral in two new regions as well as build a railway and plant to process it into alumina. The consortium includes the Guinean bauxite mining company SMB and transport firm UMS, the Singaporean fi ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday accused Washington of sparking needless fear after the US embassy in Kinshasa warned of a possible terrorist threat against its mission in the country as it heads towards key elections. You have to distrust information coming from people who want to spread needless fear and uncertainty among the Co ...

The November Tests ended this weekend and the next time the Northern hemisphere's finest meets their Southern hemisphere counterparts will be at the World Cup in Japan. AFP Sport looks at three countries from each hemisphere who are the likeliest to lift the Webb Ellis trophy on November 2, 2019 in Yokohama. NEW ZEALAND http://c ...

Stade Abidjan of the Ivory Coast will debut in the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup this week -- 52 years after becoming champions of Africa. They overcame a two-goal first-leg deficit against Real Bamako of Mali to win the 1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs (since renamed the CAF Champions League). But the Abidjan outfit have never come cl ...

There are five former CAF Champions League trophy-holders among the 52 clubs involved in the first series of 2018/2019 season matches this Tuesday and Wednesday. Orlando Pirates of South Africa and ASEC Mimosas of the Ivory Coast begin the two-leg preliminary round with home fixtures. Ismaily of Egypt, Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and Cl ...