The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has added its voice to the chorus of disapproval directed at FIFA for its controversial proposal to hold the men's World Cup every two years, warning it could "pose a threat to the survival" of other Olympic sports.

in an intervention at the ANOC General Assembly ©ANOCAssociation of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Holders West Indies were heavily beaten by England on the first day of the International Cricket Council Men’s T20 World Cup Super12 stage, as the second phase of the tournament got underway in the United Arab Emirates.

wickets with more than 11 overs to spare at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.Australia beat South Africa

earlier game in Group One, held at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Australia defeated South Africa

by five wickets.South Africa lost wickets regularly on the way to posting 118-9, with Aiden Markram

Abu Dhabi Sports Council general secretary Aref Hamad Al Awani underlined their ambition to make the United Arab Emirates a "central hub for sporting events" after being awarded the rights to stage the delayed 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.

place early next year with the UAE confirmed as the new hosts at the recent FIFA Council meeting.South Africa

The second leg of the 2021 World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold season is due to take place tomorrow in Amorebieta in Spain, with Ugandan runners Thomas Ayeko and Joel Ayeko leading the men's field at the 67th Cross Internacional Zornotza.

replace the challenge and permit series.The series is expected to have stops in North America, Asia, Africa

Scotland and Namibia have reached the so-called Super 12 stage of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup for the first time.

wins from three.Captain Gerhard Erasmus was Namibia's highest scorer, with 53 runs, while former South Africa

and 108 runs across three games.Bangladesh and Sri Lanka go into Group 1, joining Australia, South Africa

New dates for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Men's Under-23 World Championship have been confirmed by organisers in Japan.

receive a spot as hosts, with three teams from the Asia-Oceania zone, two from the Americas and one from Africa

A few days after witnessing the lighting of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Flame, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is set for more duties in Greece at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in Crete.

In 1952, there were only four NOCs in Africa.

different ethnic groups under apartheid.The IOC President's ambivalence towards the expulsion of South Africa

Beaumont had called for a programme to be established, to assist new nations which were emerging in Africa

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named Dettol as the official hygiene partner of the Men's T20 World Cup 2021.

world and hygiene has never been more important," said Tahir Malik, Reckitt's senior vice-president for Africa

The Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay has arrived in The Gambia, two weeks after departing Buckingham Palace in London.

Tottenham Hotspur fans arriving for their match at Newcastle United on Sunday must have thought they had wandered into a Saudi souk by mistake. Scores of male home supporters dressed in Arabian clobber thronged in a typecast entrance to St James' Park selling price souvenir shirts, scarves and programmes while dancing gigs of joy.

Not even those once behind the Iron Curtain or South Africa during the dark days of apartheid run it

on a blank sheet of notepaper.Yet who, say, less than half a century ago could've dreamed of South Africa

The FIFA Council has approved a global summit on the international calendar - and principally the proposal to stage World Cups every two years - on December 20.

"organised in one country are probably a thing of the past" and touted cross-border bids from both Africa

Kampala will host the All-African Badminton Championships from tomorrow, with seven days of competition scheduled in the Ugandan capital.

ImagesJoining Uganda at the event will be Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Madagascar, Cameroon, South Africa

100 per cent ready having passed all the qualifications required by the Badminton Confederation of Africa

Paralympian Patrick O'Leary has been added to the International Canoe Federation's (ICF) Athletes' Committee.

Hungary.Britain's Eilidh Gibson will represent slalom alongside Prskavec, while Bridgitte Hartley of South Africa

Uruguayan football star Diego Forlán has received a teqball table from the country's national federation.

for Uruguay, winning the Copa América with his country in 2011.At the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

Four members of India's junior men's hockey team are believed to have tested positive for dengue at a training camp at the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Southern Centre in Bengaluru.

person.The players were all unnamed, but the outbreak appears to have seen the planned tour of South Africa