The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Certified Gran Turismo Championships 2020 started yesterday with the hosting of the first three of 30 rounds in the Online Series.

and 16.It will also be split into five regions globally with those being Europe, the Middle East and Africa

, Asia, North America, Central and South America and Oceania.Those taking part in the competition have

Australia and Melbourne Rebels flyhalf Matt Toomua has said there should be a rethink of the Super Rugby competition once rugby union can restart after the coronavirus pandemic.

His comments come after South Africa Rugby (SA Rugby) announced it wants to launch a new domestic club

Africa, Argentina and Japan currently play in Super Rugby, although the Japanese Sunwolves are to be

Africa, the national governing body is planning to fill the void left by the suspension of Super Rugby

Africa."

Staging a new domestic competition this summer may prove wishful thinking as South Africa is currently

Argentina’s former scrumhalf and captain Agustín Pichot, who is running to be World Rugby chairman against the incumbent Sir Bill Beaumont in a vote that starts tomorrow, has acknowledged a late report of a possible split in the expected Six Nations bloc vote for his English rival.

unions in the Six Nations and Rugby Championship, another two each to the six regional associations - Africa

, Asia, Europe, Oceania, North plus Central America and South America - plus two for Japan and one each

Africa, New Zealand, Australia and his native Argentina as part of the SANZAAR group, plus the two votes

held by South America, but also calculating that the Six Nations - each of whom has three votes - would

and South America.Key to this will be the creation of new competitions for men and women, with rugby

As a superlative scrumhalf for Argentina’s rugby union team from 1995 to 2008, Agustín Pichot was known for his ability to run a game. Now this 45-year-old player-turned-administrator may be on the brink of earning the right to run the world game.

unions in the Six Nations and Rugby Championship, another two each to the six regional associations - Africa

Africa, New Zealand, Australia and his native Argentina as part of the SANZAAR group, plus the two votes

But months later when South Africa, the last world champions, Australia, New Zealand and Asia decided

I have a lot of optimism in Asia," he previously told the South China Morning Post."

I think the future [for rugby] long term is in Asia and Africa.

Tennis South Africa (TSA) has announced the conduct of its President Gavin Crookes and Board member Muditambi

Ravele will be reviewed amid the ongoing dispute over nominations for the South African Sports Confederation

TSA is bound - under its Memorandum of Incorporation and the Companies Act of the Republic of South Africa

resignation of the SASCOC Board.The conduct of Gavin Crookes and Muditambi Ravele will be reviewed by Tennis South

Africa ©Tennis South AfricaHe is one of several candidates for the SASCOC Presidency, with Alan Fritz

, Kaya Majeke and Winston Meyer also listed as candidates last month.Athletics South Africa President

Aleck Skhosana, Free State Rugby President Jerry Segwaba and Netball South Africa President Cecilia

Sixty wheelchair racers took part in a virtual Boston Marathon after the event itself was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

 Athletes from Australia, Canada, Brazil, Britain, Japan and South Africa also took part.

Barry Hendricks has claimed his suspension as South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

ImagesAlan Fritz, Kaya Majeke and Winston Meyer were also listed as candidates last month, while Athletics South

Africa chairman Aleck Skhosana, Free State Rugby President Jerry Segwaba and Netball South Africa President

the process.The three candidates had reportedly failed to submit all required documentation.Tennis South

Africa Board member Ntambi Ravele also lodged a challenge after she accused Hendricks of blocking her

On June 11, 1974, Brazil's Joäo Havelange defeated the English incumbent Sir Stanley Rous by 68 votes to 52 in an election for the Presidency of FIFA, the world football body.

Five Nations Grand Slam-winning squad of 1980.But could the parallels with 46-years-ago extend to the South

amalgams such as Asia Rugby and Rugby Africa.This means, for example, that whereas world champions South

Africa will have three votes in the contest to decide World Rugby's next leader, the rest of Africa

Fiji's Ratu Vilikesa Bulewa Francis Kean has resigned from the World Rugby Council after allegations of homophobia and discrimination emerged against him in a British newspaper.

Executive Committee was seconded by the French Rugby Federation.His withdrawal from the race means South

Robinson of Australia, who already had Executive Committee seats, are poised to retain their places.Rugby Africa

World Rugby has said it is taking allegations of homophobia and discrimination against Fiji's Ratu Vilikesa Bulewa Francis Kean "extremely seriously".

candidates standing for seven seats.Five of the candidates already have seats on the Executive Committee - South

of the United States and Brett Robinson of Australia.The other new nominees alongside Kean are Rugby Africa

Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) has paid tribute to development lecturer Raymond Clark, who has passed away.

Overseas.There he worked as field staff and later as a regional director for the Caribbean, East and West Africa

and the South Pacific.Later, he worked at the CUSO headquarters in Ottawa.Commonwealth Sport Canada

Ratu Vilikesa Bulewa Francis Kean's nomination for the World Rugby Executive Committee has been described as "rugby politics at its worst" by former Samoan international Daniel Leo.

candidates standing for seven seats.Five of the candidates already have seats on the Executive Committee - South

of the United States and Brett Robinson of Australia.The other new nominees alongside Kean are Rugby Africa

Former captain Graeme Smith has been appointed director of cricket on a permanent basis by Cricket South

Africa (CSA).

international level but throughout our pipeline development pathways as well but I am determined to get South

team in 100 Test matches ©Getty ImagesThe governing body's annual transformation targets stipulate South

Africa field an average of six players of colour - two of whom must be black African - in their starting

The Financial Times is reckoned to be, by some considerable distance, the world’s most influential business newspaper. Its chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, knows what he is talking about, so what he says in a five-minute video posted by the FT last Friday is worth listening to.

fledgling sports event.Before the week was out an Empire Games Federation had been formed, New Zealand and South

Africa had applied to be the hosts in 1934, and the future of the British Empire Games - from 1930 to

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) have made significant changes to their FEI Jumping Nations Cup for 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

States.The other six spots will be determined by the world rankings with two quota spots dedicated to South

America as well as Asia/Australasia while Africa and Eurasia are guaranteed one place each.Some of those