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Netball World Cup 2023, 'Best Sporting Event of 2023'

  • Sports

The quadrennial event, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2023, was held in South Africa from 28

July to 6 August in its first appearance in Africa.

and hard work by World Netball, the Netball World Cup 2023 Local Organising Committee, and Netball South

Africa.

WORLD NETBALLNetball South Africa and the entire Africa delivered an incredible Netball World Cup that


IOC and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations caution about World Friendship Games

  • Olympics

The World Friendship Games are scheduled to take place in Moscow and Yekaterinburg from September 15 to September 29, 2024, featuring competitions in 27 sports, including basketball, boxing, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, beach soccer, sports programming, and even acrobatic rock and roll.

The original members of the group - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - their new members


South Africa secures a spot in hockey for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in both the men's and women's

  • Hockey

Following South Africa's victory in the men's competition, Egypt, finishing in second place, will now

In the women's competition, South Africa in Group A and Kenya in Group B comfortably won all their matches

Nigeria won their Group A match against Zimbabwe to finish second behind South Africa, while Ghana recorded

South Africa dominated the second semi-final, winning 7-0 against Ghana, with six different players scoring

, South Africa and Egypt recorded three wins in three to top their respective groups and qualify for

match-up against Egypt.The finals began with South Africa opening the scoring in the first minute


Africa Investment Forum: Rugby Africa President calls for investment in African excellence

  • Summer Sports

Herbert Mensah, the newly elected President of Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), the continental governing

body for rugby in Africa, participated in a one-to-one fireside chat at the 2023 Africa Investment Forum

The Africa Investment Forum, hosted by the African Development Bank and partners Africa50, Africa Finance

During the discussion, the President of Rugby Africa encouraged the investment in sport across Africa

With South Africa emerging triumphant as the world champions at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the world has

participants include Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South

Africa and Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana.Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com


Water Polo Tournament Draw Results for World Aquatics - Doha 2024

  • Water Polo

World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023 gold medallist Brigitte Sleeking of the Netherlands and 2023 World Aquatics Men's Water Polo World Cup winner Unai Aguirre of Spain led today's draw for the men's and women's events of the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships.

Italy (ITA), bronze medallists at the Aquatics World Championships - Fukuoka 2023 will be joined by South

Africa (RSA) and Canada (CAN), with the final spot to be confirmed after the European Women's Water

AQUATICSMen's TournamentGroup AThe first team drawn in the Men's Water Polo Tournament, in Group A, is South

Africa (RSA).


Pools and schedule announced for the start of HSBC SVNS 2024

  • Rugby Sevens

New Zealand are defending both titles, while South Africa and Australia will be looking to repeat their

Pool A alongside Canada, Cape Town 2022 champions Samoa, and Emirates Dubai 7s defending champions South

Africa, in a repeat of the recent Rugby World Cup final in Paris.Argentina, winners of last season's

headline Pool A alongside Fiji, Great Britain, and the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series champions South

Africa, who join the series this season.Australia, the defending Emirates Dubai 7s champions, will take

bronze medallists, the USA, face France, Spain, and their North American rivals Canada in Pool C.South Africa


Africa Investment Forum welcomes Rugby Africa President to discuss the business of sport

  • Rugby Sevens

The newly elected President of Rugby Africa, the continental governing body for rugby in Africa, Mr Herbert

Mensah, will discuss the business of sport in a one-to-one fireside chat at the 2023 Africa Investment

The annual three-day Africa Investment Forum Market Days event will commence on Wednesday November 8

Development Bank and Trade and Development Bank), the Africa Investment Forum is Africa’s investment

Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, H.E Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South

Africa, and H.E Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana.

across Africa.


Infantino, president of FIFA, confirms that the 2034 World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia: "Football unites the world like no other sport"

  • World Cup

Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, confirmed through a post on his Instagram account that the 2034 World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia, a country whose declaration of interest to host the event was submitted yesterday, Tuesday.

This will be the third World Cup organized in the Asian continent after South Korea and Japan hosted

The next two editions of the FIFA World Cup will be held in Africa (Morocco), Europe (Portugal and Spain

) - with three matches played in South America (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay) - in 2030, and in Asia


World Cup in France a "resounding success", Sir Bill Beaumont claims

  • Rugby Sevens

The Rugby World Cup in France was a "resounding success on every level", organisers have claimed.

The men's tournament reached its conclusion on Saturday (October 28) when South Africa defeated New Zealand

Congratulations to world champions South Africa, silver medallists New Zealand, bronze medallists England

Well done to world champions South Africa and thank you to all the participating teams who made history


French Interior Minister promises further increase in security from Rugby World Cup for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has promised security for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris will be further increased from the levels deployed at the men's Rugby World Cup.

with transport, the seven-week Rugby World Cup in France which finished on Saturday (October 28) with South

Africa beating New Zealand in the final at the Stade de France has been hailed as a major success.Around



Mike Rowbottom: Knowing when to say goodbye

  • Inside the Blogs

The Rugby World Cup just completed in France has amassed a new team from a range of countries - the Retirees XV - who have chosen this high moment to step away from the game. Some may be stepping back, of course.

tournament along with Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick and 34-year-old scrum half Aaron Smith.Meanwhile, South

Africa, winners for a fourth time, will be bidding farewell to their 37-year-old number eight Duane


Exclusive: Sevens to feature regularly at African Games, says Rugby Africa President

  • Ghana 2023

Rugby Africa President Herbert Mensah has revealed that the sport will be a regular feature at the African

Herbert Mensah said that the whole continent looks at South Africa, who won the World Cup yesterday,

he wants to increase the standard of the game in the continent so people will be able to look past South

We have 39 member nations in Africa."

Governments to do their part in providing economic help.He pointed to the emergence of Argentina in South

The Japanese are interested in entering a partnership with Rugby Africa."


South Africa pip New Zealand to record fourth Rugby World Cup win

  • Rugby Sevens

South Africa have won the Rugby World Cup with a 12-11 victory against New Zealand in a nail-biting finale

Handré Pollard kicked South Africa to glory in what was an attritional game at the Stade de France in

very upright position seemingly showing no attempt to lower the tackle height.Handré Pollard fired South

Africa to the win with four penalty kicks, amounting to all 12 of his side's points ©Getty ImagesMarksman

Pollard kicked South Africa into a first-half lead as his side went into the break with a 12-6 advantage.Beauden

We are honoured to play for the whole of South Africa and the Springboks.


When Coubertin watched cricket in an Olympic context

  • The Big Read

French nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin was such a driving force in the revival of the modern Olympics that it is tempting to consider how he would have reacted to the inclusion of the new sports for Los Angeles 2028.

Olympics in 1904.So it was that the IOC members went to Lord's during the Middlesex match against the South

after the lunch interval.It is thought they went on the second day of three and probably saw some of South

competition.Lacrosse was included and in October 1908, Canada defeated Britain at the White City in London.South Africa