Games in Tokyo will be up for grabs at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Softball Europe/Africa

of the event at Sportpark De Paperclip.Group A is made up of Great Britain, hosts The Netherlands, South

Africa and Spain, while Group B comprises Botswana, Czech Republic, France and Italy.The top two teams

The Netherlands 3-2, while Britain defeated Czech Republic 5-1 in the bronze medal game.Botswana and South

Africa secured their spots by reaching the final of the Women's Softball Africa Qualifier in May.Held

at South Africa's Rietondale Stadium in Pretoria, Botswana overcame the hosts 8-1 to become African

Surfer Chelsea Tuach will carry her country's flag at the 2019 Pan American Games Opening Ceremony here with the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) announcing a 31-strong team of athletes.

American Surfing Games in Punta Rocas.She has prepared for competition here with victory in the women's South

Africa Open of Surfing last month.Tuach will be joined by 30 other Barbadian athletes, competing in

Three-times Olympic champion Katinka Hosszú claimed a fourth world championship title in the women's 200 metres individual medley at Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center in Gwangju.

Jimenez of Mexico had to settle for silver in Budapest two years ago but is in the driving seat in South

12-8 against the Netherlands.Elsewhere, Japan sealed 13th place with a crushing 21-2 victory against South

Africa as Cuba thrashed Japan 30-0 to claim 15th position.

New Zealand stunned defending champions and arch-rivals Australia with a 52-51 victory to win the Netball World Cup for the first time in 16 years in Liverpool.

England, who beat Australia by the same 52-51 scoreline in the gold medal match in Gold Coast, despatched South

Africa 58-42 to claim bronze in Tracey Neville's last game as head coach.New Zealand and Australia,

Mack Horton refused to step onto the medal podium on the first night of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships as his rivalry with controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang took another twist here in Gwangju.

United States 11-9 to progress to the quarter-finals.Spain won 15-7 against Japan and Germany crushed South

Africa 25-5 in sealing their passage to the next round.Kazakhstan defeated hosts South Korea 17-6 to

New Zealand produced a superb display to defeat England 47-45 at the Netball World Cup and set up a final with 11-times champions Australia in English city Liverpool.

defeat.Australia also had a testing route to the final, prevailing 55-53 in the face of a brave fightback from South

Africa.Australia made it through a testing clash with South Africa ©Getty ImagesThe Diamonds had appeared

left.However, Australia, clung on to make their fourth straight Netball World Cup final.England will face South

Africa in the bronze medal match tomorrow, the prelude to the final between Australia and New Zealand

Australian duo Matthew Carter and Maddison Keeney claimed gold at the World Aquatics Championships here in Gwangju despite being put together just a couple of hours before the mixed 3m synchro springboard final had been due to begin.

Zealand 17-6 and Greece won 12-8 against China.Australia recorded a 13-3 win against Kazakhstan.South Africa

defeated hosts South Korea 26-3 to set up a classification match with Japan, 21-9 winners against Cuba

Jamaica and Malawi will contest the fifth-place playoff at the Netball World Cup after both teams won their placement matches in Liverpool today.

competition.Action is scheduled to continue tomorrow.It will be headlined by the semi-finals between Australia and South

Africa, and England and New Zealand.The ninth-place playoff between Northern Ireland and Trinidad and

Amaju Pinnick has been sacked as first vice-president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) by the body's President Ahmad in a reshuffle of the top brass at the troubled organisation.

President Jack Warner, among the officials indicted by the United States Department of Justice.The South

agreement.It confirmed the appointment of FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura as "FIFA General Delegate for Africa

conditions at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South

men's water polo tournament saw Hungary qualify for the quarter-finals with a 23-5 victory against South

Africa in Group C.Despite their loss at Nambu University Grounds, South Africa also progressed to the

Moscow is set to host the last of the continental Qualifiers for this year's FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay.

 Brazil and Uruguay have also qualified from South America; Nigeria and Senegal from Africa; Japan

Russia's artistic swimmers Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina both won their third gold medal of the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju as they teamed up to win the duet free routine final today.

The duo had already topped the podium together in the duet technical routine in South Korea as well as

504.55.Xie is now a four-time world champion while double Olympic champion Cao has three medals from South

Olympic gold medallists United States topped the pile in Pool A with a third win from three, thrashing South

Africa 26-1.The Netherlands beat New Zealand 15-6 with the sides ending second and third respectively

play-offs.In Pool B, Russia saw off Hungary 12-7 to earn the automatic last eight place.Canada thrashed hosts South

A last-gasp Maria Folau miss handed Australia a 50-49 victory in the Group F decider against New Zealand at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool today.

champions Australia were able to celebrate winning Group F.Awaiting the Diamonds in the semi-finals are South

Africa after they lost their Group G decider against hosts England today.The Roses outclassed their

scheduled for Saturday (July 20).Hosts England secured first place in Group G with a 58-47 win over South

Africa ©Getty ImagesThey will be followed by the final and the third-place playoff on Sunday (July 21

Hosts England and South Africa booked their places in the semi-finals of the Netball World Cup after

Commonwealth Games champions England beat Trinidad and Tobago 72-46, while South Africa defeated Uganda

final quarter, England had enough in the tank to keep plenty in reserve for their upcoming games.South Africa

secured a last-four berth by beating Uganda 67-40 ©Getty ImagesLater in the day, South Africa were too

Hosts India enjoyed a commanding start to the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships as their men's and women's teams progressed to the next round in style in Cuttack.

matches today ©Getty ImagesIn the women's event, India were also dominant as they defeated Sri Lanka and South

Africa by 3-0 margins in Group B.There was a surprise result in Group C as Malaysia ousted Australia