They may be considered a tier-two nation in rugby terms, but United States coach Gary Gold believes his country is more than ready to host the 2027 World Cup.

 A South African who has coached in four countries, Gold said that when World Rugby awarded the

The Brave Blossoms won three games, including a memorable 34-32 triumph over South Africa in Brighton

Ghana are set to make their debut at tomorrow's Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Championships, which doubles

 Pool B comprises Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa, while Tunisia, Madagascar, Morocco

are unable to book an Olympic place, however, with South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

We are very pleased and express our gratitude to the Tunisia Rugby Federation (FTR) to host the Africa

Women's Sevens 2019 edition," said Rugby Africa President Khaled Babbou."

rugby has a great potential to promote and reveal our talents in Africa and to get more players on the

Kenya's women's rugby sevens team has been given an Olympic boost ahead of this weekend's Rugby Africa

Women's Sevens tournament, with South Africa confirming they will not send a team to Tokyo 2020.

Ben Jannet Stadium on Saturday (October 12), with the finals scheduled for the following day.Rugby Africa

President Khaled Babbou announced: "South Africa will only compete for a chance to qualify for the World

He added: "This is because South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee's internal rules

It is understood South Africa will instead use the African tournament as a warm-up to December's World

Rugby Africa Women's Sevens on the October 12 & 13.

Mozambique has been announced as African hosts of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament.

The southern Africa nation was named tournament host by FIBA, as they confirmed host cities in all continentsMalaysia

winners will qualify for the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in February.New Zealand will host South

Australia, Germany, Kuwait and South Africa have all expressed interest in hosting the 2023 International

Three of the candidates, Australia, Kuwait and South Africa, are all vying to host their first-ever World

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Player of the match RG Snyman led the way for South Africa ©Getty ImagesHe's not even a starting halfback

ImagesMeanwhile, the first-choice halfback, Faf de Klerk, was happy to play water-carrier ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa

brave in defeat, scoring a try in the second half ©Getty ImagesBut being drawn in the same pool as South

Africa and New Zealand was always going to take its toll ©Getty ImagesDamian de Allende and Pieter-Steph

In a desperately one-sided Pool B affair, South Africa scored 10 tries to obliterate Canada 66-7 at the

 South Africa's line-up at Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe City, was full of second-string players, but

see the Canadians crumble, but the manner of defeat was particularly galling.It took two minutes for South

Africa a 47-0 lead at the break.However, a determined Canada come out firing in the second half, with

Africa lost their fluency and could only produce three more tries – for Schalk Brits, Damian Willemse

and Frans Malherbe.While South Africa will be in good spirits as they head into the last eight, such

Giosue Zilocchi and Danilo Fischetti could face a daunting Rugby World Cup debut after the two props were called up to Italy's squad for their final pool match against defending champions New Zealand.

Riccioni have suffered injuries at the tournament.Italy's woes were compounded in their match against South

Africa, which ended in a 49-3 defeat.Andrea Lovotti was sent off for a dangerous tackle on South Africa

France qualified for the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup but only after being given a major fright by Tonga in Kumamoto.

 The World Cup resumes on Tuesday (October 8) when South Africa, who should finish second behind

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has offered encouragement to Kenya's proposed bid for the 2025 World Championships.

 Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa have also expressed an interest in hosting the

We have always supported the idea of the World Championships being held in Africa," Coe told the Kenyan

 "The attendance in events held in Africa has always been top,"The 2017 Under-18 Athletics Championship

have run against some of them like Mike Boit, Henry Rono, Nickson Kiprotich,"Hosting championships in Africa

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was on the wall ©Getty ImagesPerfectly balanced and elusive, Cheslin Kolbe scored the opening try for South

Africa ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa were head and shoulders above Italy in all departments ©Getty ImagesThe

9in RG Snyman ©Getty ImagesItaly had their moments but couldn't cross the tryline ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa

The Keep Rugby Clean campaign this weekend will provide a global stage to educate the next generation of rugby stars about the dangers of doping.

 The most high-profile case was South Africa wing Aphiwe Dyantyi, voted World Rugby Breakthrough

South Africa impressively took care of Italy in Pool B at the Rugby World Cup, cruising home with a 49

The South Africans knew a loss would send them out of the tournament, but that was never on the cards

Africa breathing space.Livewire halfback Faf de Klerk is crucial to South Africa's all-round excellence

©Getty ImagesSouth Africa are blessed with one of the strongest packs in world rugby and it was no surprise

Africa refused to take their foot off the gas, scoring a sixth try through the giant RG Snyman, after

  South Africa conclude pool play against Canada on Tuesday (October 8), while it gets no easier

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is taking part in the newly created Women's Sport Leadership Academy for High-Performance Coaches (WSLA HPC) alongside a number of other International Federations. 

of female coaches at a continental, international and Olympic level.ITU have selected Kate Murray of South

Africa, Ljudmila Medan of Serbia, Najila Aljeraiwi of Kuwait, Pamela Fulton of Zimbabwe and Pooja Chaurushi

Rugby World Cup 2019 is going out of this world, quite literally, with a broadcast in space.

Station some 408 kilometres above Japan, he will still get to see Italy in their do-or-die clash with South

Africa tomorrow.World Rugby is providing a special feed for Parmitano, who sees many parallels between

surprise to get out of Pool B, with New Zealand expected to go through unbeaten having already beaten South

Africa.

   Italy captain Sergio Parisse will make his 142nd test appearance against South Africa to