Thirteen-year-old pair Chen Yuxi and Lu Wei claimed a 1-2 in the women's 10 metres platform at the World Aquatics Championships as China's diving domination continued in Gwangju.

prevailed over the shortest today at the Yeosu Expo Ocean Park.She won in a time of 57min 56sec on the South

men's water polo tournament at Nambu University.In Group A Olympic champions Serbia thrashed hosts South

off Kazakhstan 17-8.In Group C, Hungary edged Spain 13-11 for a second success with New Zealand and South

Africa playing out an 8-8 draw after both had started with defeats.Group D saw a second win for Italy

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has unveiled the schedule for its 12-nation Softball Americas Qualifier in Canadian city Surrey, where the top two teams will secure a place at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

here.One of the other two qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 tournament will come from the Softball Europe/Africa

Championship in Czech Republic and Poland.They will join the two previously qualified African nations - South

Africa and Botswana - in Utrecht.Another Tokyo 2020 berth will be up for grabs at the Asia/Oceania Qualification

It seemed highly appropriate that Sunday's (July 14) Cricket World Cup final should virtually be decided on a run out.

 And there are other sporting hotspots where cricket leaves them cold: Africa, (excluding South

Africa of course), East Asia and South America.

Even more of a Rainbow Nation than South Africa.The Kiwis were desperately unlucky, too.

Germany's Florian Wellbrock won the men's 10 kilometres open water swimming gold medal by just two-tenths of a second following a dramatic race at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju.

of France's Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist Marc-Antoine Olivier who timed in at 1:47:56.1 on the South

Group A as they beat European champions Netherlands 12-9.New Zealand got off the mark by subjecting South

Africa to a second defeat, 17-4.Russia added to their artistic swimming gold medal haul in the team

Group B Hungary and Russia both recorded their second wins with the former pipping Canada 15-14.Hosts South

African nations earned a record total of 26 medals at the Naples 2019 Summer Universiade that finished on Sunday (July 14).

when 22 medals were won in Belgrade in 2009.Leading the way was the biggest African delegation from South

ended with 18, beating their previous best tally of 14 won at the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade.Of South

podium in both the 50m and 100m butterfly and Zane Waddell claimed gold in the 50m backstroke.South Africa

FISUThe nation's last gold medal came on the track as Milton Kekana won the men's 10,000m final.South Africa

Africa finished tenth in Naples – their second top-ten placing in their 13 Universiade appearances since

Problems obtaining visas have prompted Pakistan to pull out of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships due to start in Cuttack in India tomorrow.

competing will be Australia, Bangladesh, Cyprus, England, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Scotland, South

Africa, Singapore and Wales.The Commonwealth Games' importance has led to diminished prestigue at the

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) President Gideon Sam has said the country's

It has been announced that South Africa will be represented by 153 athletes and officials at the 12th

Antonio Alkana is among the stand-out names in South Africa's athletics team for the 2019 African Games

©Getty ImagesAs usual at the African Games, South Africa's biggest contingent will come from athletics

 The four athletes are ranked first in Africa in their respective events.Leading a strong canoeing

Africa won a total of 122 medals – 41 golds, 41 silvers and 40 bronzes –  to finish third in the

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has been awarded $79 million (£63 million/€70 million) by a New York judge after the body won its lawsuit against disgraced former President Jack Warner.

admitted accepting bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 World Cup bid processes, won by France and South

Africa, respectively.The case against Warner was separate to one filed by the United States Justice

China continued their dominance of the diving events at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju by adding two more gold medals on day four.

The sport's undisputed powerhouse nation has now won all seven events contested so far at the South Korean

World League champions, were held to a 10-10 draw against neighbours Montenegro.Greece hammered hosts South

Getty ImagesGroup C saw two massive wins with Hungary brushing aside New Zealand 24-4 and Spain beating South

Africa 23-3.Italy beat Brazil 14-5 in Group D with Japan and Germany contesting a 9-9 draw.The top side

Great Britain will play in the men's and women's rugby sevens tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after England triumphed in both European qualification events.

nation Japan in the men's tournament at Tokyo 2020 as well as Fiji, United States, New Zealand and South

Africa who qualified as the top four of this season's World Rugby Sevens Series.Argentina have also

qualified from South America with Canada earning the North American slot.Four more spaces are available

through qualifying events in Oceania, Asia and Africa, as well as the repechage tournament.Japan, New

England matched the joint-highest score of the competition so far as they swept Samoa aside to complete their Group D campaign with three wins from three in the Netball World Cup at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool today. 

up a 51-49 victory in the Group A encounter.There was a similarly tense finish in the clash between South

Africa and Jamaica, where the Proteas shocked the world’s number two-ranked side 55-52 in Group C.Trinidad

China won three gold medals across diving and open water swimming on day three of the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju.

available in the sport on the first day of finals yesterday and swept up both on offer today at the South

champions, eased past New Zealand 22-3 at Nambu University.European champions The Netherlands beat South

Africa 33-0 in the group's other game.Russia's Svetlana Kolesnichenko won her second artistic swimming

medal of the Championships alongside Svetlana Romashina ©Getty ImagesIn Group B, Hungary demolished South

Morocco maintained its position at the top of the medals table after day two at the African Karate Federation (UFAK) Senior and Junior Championships in Gaborone in Botswana.

Angama.Cameroon claimed gold in the junior kumite male under-55kg class as Harold Amandia beat Jaden Niemack of South

Africa.

Favourites England and Australia continued their impressive form on the second day of the Netball World Cup with convincing victories at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

Singapore 87-38.Jamaica claimed their second win of the tournament by beating Trinidad and Tobago 68-43.South

Africa did likewise with a comprehensive victory over Fiji, recording the tournament’s highest score

Holders Australia began their Netball World Cup campaign in scintillating fashion with a convincing 88-24 win over Northern Ireland at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

day.They are joined at the top of the standings by Barbados, who overcame Singapore 69-34.Jamaica and South

Africa both made winning starts in Group C with the former beating Fiji 85-29 and the latter claiming