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Teqball Federation of Ghana receives more than 50 tables from FITEQ

  • Teqball

The International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) has donated 56 tables to the Teqball Federation of Ghana (TFG) in a bid to help develop the sport in the African nation.

Teqball has grown across the world, including in Africa, where the sport can be found in nations such

territories.National Teqball Federations in Venezuela, Iraq, Papua New Guinea, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Uruguay, Ukraine, South

Africa, Thailand and South Korea were all granted membership by FITEQ earlier this month.


ICC Women’s T20 World Cup moved to 2023 due to calendar congestion in 2022

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s T20 World Cup has been moved to February 2023, with the world governing body citing the number of major events scheduled in 2022.

Competition had been scheduled to take place in South Africa at the end of 2022, with the exact dates


SANZAAR chairman Impey resigns, calling for an independent chair

  • Rugby Sevens

New Zealand Rugby (NZ Rugby) chairman Brent Impey, has resigned from the same post at SANZAAR, calling for change within the body and requesting that it looks for an independent figure instead.

tier-two nations join the organisation in the future too, with the current organisation formed of just South

Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina.Impey will continue his position at NZ Rugby and will vacate

would be able to be reunited with their families for Christmas, but the competition was cancelled when South

Africa withdrew.Impey stressed that his resignation had nothing to do with the recent conflict and more

Zealand's men's rugby team suffered an infamous 25-15 defeat to Argentina last week, the first loss to the South


Reigning champions New Zealand to play Australia in 2021 Rugby World Cup group stage

  • Rugby Sevens

Hosts and defending champions New Zealand are set to play Australia in the 2021 Rugby World Cup group stage following the completion of the draw for the women's tournament. 

 Rugby World Cup 2017 runners-up England were drawn in Pool C with bronze medallists France, South

Africa and Fiji, who are set to make their tournament debut.The World Rugby women's rankings were used

runners-up England, bronze medallists France, losing semi-finalists US, Canada, Australia and Wales.Fiji and South

Africa confirmed their places through the regional qualification process in 2019.The remaining three


ECB confirms dates of England's first visit to Pakistan since 2005

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Tom Harrison has hailed the organisation's decision to play in Pakistan for the first time in 16 years as a "significant moment for both nations".

The nation has waited patiently for cricket to return sustainably to Pakistan and the 2021 tours by South

Africa, New Zealand and England will only ensure international cricket is played uninterruptedly," said


Official match ball unveiled for 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup ahead of draw

  • Rugby Sevens

The official match ball for the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup has been unveiled as anticipation builds ahead of the draw for the competition.

comprised of New Zealand, England and Canada, with band two featuring France, Australia and the US.Wales, South

Africa and the European qualifier will be in band three, while the Asian qualifier, Fiji and the repechage


Birmingham 2022 qualification process for historic women's cricket tournament announced

  • Birmingham 2022

A maximum of two Caribbean countries will be able to compete at Birmingham 2022 where women's cricket is set to make its Commonwealth Games debut.

tournament.Australia are currently top of the rankings with England second.India are third, New Zealand fourth, South

Africa fifth and Pakistan seventh with these countries in pole position to qualify for the Games, due


Saudi Arabia to host virtual NOCs Conference as part of G20 Summit

  • OCA

The Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) is set to host a National Olympic Committees (NOC) Conference tomorrow titled "The Olympic Movement during and after COVID-19."

Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South

Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and United States.Additional invitations were made to

National Olympic Committees, European Olympic Committee and Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa



Sri Lanka reportedly eyeing 2026 Commonwealth Games bid

  • Victoria 2026

Sri Lanka has emerged as a potential bidder for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, at a time when attempts to stage the event in Hamilton have stalled.

Commonwealth Games before 2027, leaving the CGF in a bind.With Adelaide firmly ruled out of the running by the South

both held in the nation in 2012.Birmingham in England is putting on the 2022 Games, after Durban in South

Africa was stripped of hosting rights.


Four-way tie for the lead after day two of The Masters

  • Golf

Four players share the lead after two days of action at The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, although the tournament is still playing catch-up owing to a day-one weather delay.

further back there is a four-way tie for fifth place at eight under par between American Patrick Cantlay, South

Willett and Justin Rose - CT Pan of Chinese Taipei, who has played 16 holes, and Louis Oosthuizen of South

Africa who has played 12.One shot behind them is a further group of five players which includes England's


Bern awarded 2023 IFSC Climbing and Paraclimbing World Championships

  • Sport Climbing

Bern has been awarded the 2023 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Climbing and Paraclimbing World Championships.

Alpine Club President Françoise Jacquet.Bern received a total of 28 votes from the IFSC members, with South

full membership.A total of 94 National Federations are now members of the IFSC, including eight in Africa


Cricket South Africa Members Council refuses to appoint Interim Board

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Members Council has announced it has refused to appoint the nine-person

Interim Board proposed by South Africa’s Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa.

resigned on October 26 after facing mounting pressure, with Mthethwa urging them to comply with the South

maladministration and malpractice" at CSA.The latest developments see CSA face further conflict with the South

to the Members Council.The rejection of the Interim Board could place CSA on a collision course with South

South African newspaper The Daily Maverick reported that the Interim Board has pledged to continue its

Africa."


England and Jamaica set for four-game netball series in January

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England Netball has announced plans to host a four-match series against Jamaica in January, which would mark the team's first home games for a year.

testing positive for COVID-19.Jamaica have not played since last January, when they faced England, South

Africa and New Zealand in the Nations Cup."