Gift Ngoepe: First Africa-born player in top-flight baseball

South Africa's Gift Ngoepe has become the first Africa-born player to feature in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game. He made his top-flight debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday evening against the Chicago Cubs. Ngoepe, 27, grew up in Randburg, near Johannesburg, where his mother worked at the local baseball club. He signed for Pittsburgh in 2008 but has been playing in the lower leagues