The International Boxing Association (IBA) has revealed plans for an inaugural African Boxing Cup in the South African city of Durban named after the country's former President Nelson Mandela.

World number one players Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha secured a Chinese clean sweep at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban as the country won all five gold medals on offer.

Chinese singles top seeds Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha entered the fray with routine second-round victories at the International Table Tennis Federation World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Durban.

Brazilian men's singles sixth seed Hugo Calderano was on the end of the biggest upset at the first round of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Durban, losing to Puerto Rico's Brian Afanador.

Chinese players are set to defend their titles in four of the five events at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Table Tennis Championships Finals, starting in Durban from tomorrow.

Liebherr, a German technology company, will be celebrating two decades worth of partnering with the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the ITTF Championship Finals in Durban in South Africa next month.

Egypt's run of success continued on the second day of the African Karate Championships in Durban as their young athletes added seven more titles to the 10 secured buy senior, junior and cadet competitors on day one.

Egyptian world champions Ahlam Youssef and Youssef Badawy successfully defended their continental crowns on the first day of competition at the African Karate Championships in Durban.

Egypt's reigning world champions Ahlam Youssef and Youssef Badawy will seek to add continental gold to their collections at the 2022 African Karate Championships, starting in Durban tomorrow.

Durban has been entrusted with staging the African Karate Championships later this year.

South Africa have unveiled their kit for the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here, which it is claimed is inspired by "all things South African".

Floods have led to a provincial disaster being declared in KwaZulu-Natal, whose capital city Durban had formerly been the host of this year’s Commonwealth Games.

Durban has been awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships after comfortably seeing off a rival bid from Düsseldorf at the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF) virtual Annual General Meeting.

South Africa Table Tennis Board (SATTB) President Joe Carrim believes Durban’s bid to host the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships signals the continent’s intent to be a "significant player" in the sport.

South Africa's celebrated karate exponent and administrator Sonny Pillay has been elected unopposed as President of the Commonwealth Karate Federation - and is tasked with getting the sport into the Commonwealth Games.