New Zealand certainly love playing in Dubai, as they ensured back-to-back titles there in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, defeating Canada 17-14 in a thrilling final.

two rounds, New Zealand top the series standings alongside the United States on 36 points.Cape Town, South

Africa, hosts the series next week, starting on Friday (December 13).

South African rugby continues to go from strength to strength, defeating New Zealand in the final of

a crucial try in the dying moments to send the men in black into the final, with a 19-12 win.South Africa

next weekend ©World SevensThat semi-final victory appeared to take a lot out of the All Blacks, with South

Africa perfectly placed to take advantage.A try from Soyizwapi just on halftime gave them a 5-0 advantage

, and when Dry added a second five-pointer on 10 minutes, the match was as good as won.The South African

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced an extension to its global partnership with OPPO for an additional four years.

until the end of 2023.The first event under the extension will be the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South

Africa, to be held between January 17 to February 9, while OPPO will also provide technological needs

Fiji have missed out on the Cup quarter-finals for the first time in the 21-year history of the World Rugby Sevens Series round in Dubai.

the game and cause the shock of the day at The Sevens Stadium in the United Arab Emirates city.The South

and Japan lose 41-5 to France and 33-7 to Argentina.Australia, defending champions New Zealand and South

Africa had the biggest scare in their Pool D decider with England, having to come from 14-0 down with

 Earlier in the day, South Africa defeated Spain 35-5 and England overcame Kenya 12-5.Spain registered

Africa meet Fiji's conquerors Argentina in the third quarter-final and Australia face Samoa.Fiji and

Melbourne, Düsseldorf and Durban have all submitted final bids to host the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Table Tennis Championships Finals.

World Table Tennis Championships Finals is really exciting, as we have two candidates, Australia and South

Africa, who are vying to host the event for the very first time, while Düsseldorf [Germany] put on one

appeal of the sport, with this year's event having been held in Budapest, Hungary.Next year sees Busan, South

Fiji, South Africa and the United States all survived scares to claim wins on the opening day of the

Australia, who were the day's top scorers with seven tries in a 43-14 victory over Scotland.As for Pool D, South

Africa had to come from behind to defeat Kenya 17-12 in the last match of the day.South Africa scored

 However, South Africa's returning stars Rosko Specman and Seabelo Senatla scored tries with their

New Zealand will be looking to defend their title when the opening men's tournament of the 2019-2020 World Rugby Sevens Series is held in Dubai over the coming three days.

Kong earlier this year, and Scotland.As the only team last season to top their pool at every event, South

Africa will field a strong and experienced squad for the season opener, with the likes of Chris Dry,

captained by Siviwe Soyizwapi, who made his World Rugby Sevens Series debut in Hong Kong in 2016.Joining South

Africa in Pool D are England, who qualified Great Britain for Tokyo 2020 by winning the Rugby Europe

England's Sam Norton has reflected on an unlikely bronze medal at the International Surfing Association World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship after qualifying for the Surf City El Salvador event in his first official competition.

Championships, which finished here yesterday, that he had missed going to his grandfather's funeral in South

Africa because of his school exams when the chance to attend a long distance paddleboard race arose.

actually quite big already as It makes up one of the disciplines of surf lifesaving, a big sport in the south

Barry Hendricks has been elected as first vice-president of South African Sports Confederation and Olympic

Hendricks, the President of Squash South Africa, saw off competition from Jerry Segwaba to secure the

take over as President of the organisation, which has been hit be controversy in recent years.Netball South

Africa President Molokwane was elected as a SASCOC Board member to succeed Les Williams, who also retired

last year.Molokwane faced competition from Softball South Africa’s Mashilo Matsetela, South African

SASCOC has the responsibility to deliver Team South Africa to international multi-coded events and major

Australia have defeated the Rest of the World in a thrilling World Bowls Challenge at Moama Bowling Club, by the slimmest margin possible.

The New South Wales venue witnessed the best the sport has to offer during the two-day event - based

Asch.The next two matches, between Arron Sheriff and Bester, and Kelsey Cottrell and Colleen Piketh of South

Africa, were halved.But the host nation refused to buckle, as Aaron Teys sparked the fightback with

CAF) is facing a race against time to find a host for the 2020 Women’s African Cup of Nations, after South

Africa turned down a request to host the event.

 CAF turned to South Africa to step in as hosts.The move came with South Africa locked in a bidding

race for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.The South African Football Association (SAFA) Executive Committee

ImagesEight FIFA member associations are part of the bidding process for the 2023 Women's World Cup.South Africa

face competition from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, whose

Africa in the final.

Spain's Esperanza Barreras won the women's stand up paddle long distance gold medal in chaotic circumstances as day two at the Surf City El Salvador International Surfing Association (ISA) World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship began here in controversial fashion.

Tyra Buncombe of South Africa was crowned as the women's prone long distance winner after three hours

The confusion spread to the women's prone race too where South African Tyra Buncombe was officially declared

Former South African cricketer Steve Elworthy has been appointed as independent chair of the Vitality

 Elworthy, who spent more than 14 years playing professional cricket and representing South Africa

Defending men's hockey champions Argentina have been drawn in the same group as world number one ranked side Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after the pools were confirmed.

Pool B and will come up against Rio bronze medallists Germany, The Netherlands, Britain, Canada and South

out a 3-3 draw and they will face off again in the opening round in Tokyo.Germany, Ireland, India and South

Africa complete Pool A.In Pool B, New Zealand, who placed fourth in Rio, have been drawn against Australia

South Korea booked their place in the Tokyo 2020 men’s rugby sevens tournament by beating favourites

Kong team had not conceded a point in their four matches at the tournament, but their run was ended by South

, which saw the match head into a sudden death extra-time period.Seong-min Jang proved the hero for South

make their rugby sevens debuts at Tokyo 2020.The qualification will serve as a breakthrough for the South

Africa, Argentina, Canada, Britain, Australia and Kenya at Tokyo 2020.Hong Kong are now compete in the

beat the Philippines 19-14 to keep their hopes of Olympic qualification alive.Brazil and Chile are South