Financial uncertainty has gripped many sports in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the International Olympic Committee have suggested that the cost of postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is thought likely to be in the region of $800 million (£645 million/€712 million).

cricket 50 summers ago.In the days before official International Cricket Council rankings existed, South

Africa had established themselves as the leading team in the world.

The Supreme Council for Sport in Africa warned of similar action by African nations.Many were concerned

Africa all combined as one team to represent the Rest of the World for the Test series against England

Africa won gold.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced the launch of an "innovative" format which will see three teams

Solidarity Cup will take place on June 27 at SuperSport Park, with the event the first live sport in South

Africa since the coronavirus lockdown in March.The format will see 24 cricketers split into three teams

organisation was excited about the "thrilling new format" ©Getty Images"It’s been quite some time since the South

South African stars AB de Villiers, Kagiso Rabada and Quinton de Kock will captain the three teams for

An International Olympic Committee (IOC) survey found that 50 per cent of athletes struggled to stay motivated during the coronavirus pandemic.

 "It is very hard to train due to many of the restrictions," said an elite athlete from South Africa

The Super Rugby Aotearoa tournament is set to become the first major sports league to return without fan attendance limits after New Zealand lifted all COVID-19 restrictions except stringent border controls.

The 2020 Super Rugby season – comprising teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South

Africa – was postponed in March due to the COVID-19 crisis

The qualification process for the 2023 Rugby World Cup has been confirmed, with eight teams to join the 12 automatic qualifiers for the tournament in France.

Rugby World Cup in Japan, 12 of the 20 nations to take part have already qualified.These are champions South

Africa, runners-up England, New Zealand, Wales, Japan, France, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Italy,

Americas in 2022, with the same number of places going to Europe.Oceania, an Asia-Pacific region and Africa

involve four nations in a round-robin competition - one from Europe, one from the Americas, one from Africa

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has again changed the dates of its European Championships due to the coronavirus crisis.

are scheduled to run from December 10 to 13 and be hosted by Chinese city Xiamen, while Cape Town in South

Africa is due to stage the African Championships at the same time.The Oceania Championships are timetabled

The 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan won the "Outstanding Production Achievement – Event" category at the SVG Europe TV Awards.

 South Africa defeated England in the final to earn their third world title. 

Retired South African rugby union player Percy Montgomery is auctioning off the jersey he wore in the

893, is donating the funds raised from the jersey sale to the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation South

Africa, which is fighting the pandemic.In the semi-final match, South Africa defeated Argentina 37-13

reach the final in Paris with 17 of those points scored by Montgomery's boot.Montgomery, the first South

chance to meet Montgomery at the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix also a possibility for those who donate.To date, South

Africa is the most-affected nation in Africa from COVID-19, with more than 32,600 confirmed cases.This

South African sprinter Akani Simbine has reiterated his desire to break his Olympic medal drought at

Commonwealth Games and African Championships, he came fifth in the 100m final at the Rio 2016 Olympics.The South

season-best time of 9.93 seconds but was sill 0.03sec off the podium places.In an interview with Athletics South

Africa, Simbine underlined his desire for Olympic glory and said he was putting Tokyo 2020 "before everything

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has held four online development courses with officials and coaches of African Federations.

Representatives from Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia attended

WBSCPresident) April 21, 2020"I think we are heading the right way to develop Baseball5 in Zambia and all of Africa

The idea for the sessions came after meetings between the top baseball nations in Africa and WBSC in

Jamaica moved up to third in the International Netball Federation (INF) world rankings, updated to reflect the results from fixtures that took place before the suspension of sport due to the pandemic.

 The tournament saw New Zealand, England, South Africa, and Jamaica compete across 4 venues in England

runners-up at the Nations Cup, moved up to third, with England dropping down into fourth place.South Africa

World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has met with representatives from National Federations via video conference, to analyse the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on members.

Verde.An afternoon session saw representatives from Botswana, Canada, Chad, Jamaica, Namibia, St Lucia, South

Africa, United States and Zimbabwe.Discussions looked at calendar changes and concerns from nations

Authorities in South Africa have announced that all Varsity Sport events, the top level of university

universities across the nation, with very little of this year's competition completed.This is due to the South

instead taking place online.To date, there have been more than 22,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South

Africa – the highest infection rate on the continent.The virus has led to 429 people losing their lives

rights holder, Advent Sport Entertainment and Media (ASEM), University Sports Company, University Sports South

Africa and university representatives, agree that it is unlikely that there will be any normal sports

South Africa's former long jump world champion Luvo Manyonga has been fined for drinking in public -

, for testing positive for methamphetamine - commonly known as crystal meth.Luvo Manyonga broke the South

in his defence of his world title in Doha in 2019, finishing fourth with a distance of 8.28m.South Africa

PRO14 has agreed to sell a 28 per cent stake in the league to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners.

The professional league features teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.Under the

Alongside my PRO14 Board colleagues at the Irish, Italian, Welsh and South African rugby unions I would