England defender Geva Mentor is hoping for a "dream" Netball World Cup final against Australia at their home tournament as the two sides prepare to get their campaigns underway in Liverpool tomorrow.

of the biggest upsets of the tournament, Barbados and Singapore in Group B.Group C includes Jamaica, South

Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and Fiji, while England and Uganda are joined by Scotland and Samoa in Group

to reach the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations in Egypt with narrow victories over Benin and South

Africa respectively.

 The three-time winners Nigeria then beat South Africa 2-1 with an 89th minute winner at the Cairo

 William Troost-Ekong's dramatic late goal broke the hearts of a South African team who had only

of 16.Samuel Chukwueze had put Nigeria ahead in the 27th minute before Bongani Zungu equalised for South

Africa in the 71st minute with a header initially ruled out for offside before it was allowed to stand

 Troost-Ekong's winner came following a mistake by South African goalkeeper Ronwen Williams who

A record number of people are playing rugby worldwide as the sport continues to grow and prosper across the globe, according to the World Rugby Year in Review 2018.

first-ever Rugby World Cup to be hosted in Asia – is the most impactful Rugby World Cup to date.In Africa

also had 460,000 children take part in Get Into Rugby activities, 42 per cent of them female, while South

Africa topped the global table with the highest number of participants per country.South Africa also

The draw for the Asia/Oceania and Europe/Africa qualifying competitions for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's

hosting the Asia/Oceania event in Shanghai between September 24 and 28.They will play in Group A with South

Australia and New Zealand, the best ranked sides from Oceania.The Netherlands will host the Europe/Africa

23 and 27.They are ranked at number 10 in the world and will contest Group A with Britain, Spain and South

the softball tournament to leave just four places available.As well as the Asia/Oceania and Europe/Africa

Annemiek van Vleuten of The Netherlands, favoured to retain her overall title in the women’s Giro d’Italia - or Giro Rosa - took a significant step today as victory in stage five earned her the pink leader’s jersey.

Amanda Spratt, Rio 2016 gold medallist Anna Van Der Breggen of The Netherlands, Ashleigh Moolman of South

Africa and Italy’s Erica Magnaldi and Elisa Longo Borghini.Van Vleuten now leads the general classification

has announced the full list of nations that have qualified to compete in this month’s Softball Europe/Africa

France completed the top six, all of which will join the two previously qualified African nations - South

Africa and Botswana - in Utrecht.

recently-concluded Women's Softball European Championship ©WBSCThe eight-team WBSC Softball Europe/Africa

It was a night of double South African gold with victory for Tayla Lovemore in the 100 metres butterfly

an hour after Tatjana Schoenmaker took gold in the 200m breaststroke, making her the most successful South

, who won two gold medals at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, is set to to jet to Gwangju in South

She has been guided by the legendary South African swimmer Penny Heyns, who won Olympic 100m and 200m

She always comes up to me when I am back in South Africa.

As the world’s best battle it out on the lush greens of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon for one of tennis’ four major titles, an increasingly bitter and splenetic contest is gathering pace away from the court.

and its Ethics Commission.The challengers have so far been barred from attending regional meetings in Africa

and South America to promote their ideas and proposals under the regulations, drawn up by the ITF Ethics

Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF) technical director Chika Chukwumerije has expressed his delight over the successful completion of national trials for the 2019 African Games.

make sure the athletes are able to medal among the contingent that will represent Nigeria in the All-Africa

Taekwondo.The Nigerian gained the accolade after taking part in a course at the Taekwondowon in Muju in South

Japan continued their impressive medal haul at the Naples 2019 Summer Universiade with victories in the men and women's rugby sevens. 

 "We are very proud.”Bronze went to Russia after they narrowly defeated South Africa 12-10.

 There was more disappointment for the South Africans in the men's competition, after Japan edged

 They overcame Russia, while Germany and South Korea took bronze.

 In the men's event, Russia defeated South Korea, with Azerbaijan and Japan completing the podium.China

women's team épée, losing 45-40 to Russia.Poland edged a tight bronze medal match against France 45-43.South

Italy won the Women's European Softball Championships title for the 11th time after beating The Netherlands 3-2 in today's final in Ostrava.

finished fifth at the tournament with France sixth.All of the top six have qualified for the Europe/Africa

2020 which will be held in Utrecht in The Netherlands between July 23 and 27.They will be joined by South

Africa and Botswana with one place at the Games in Japan's capital available.Softball is making its

Egypt were tonight knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations last 16 by South Africa, who shattered home

South Africa’s opponents in the quarter-finals will be Nigeria, who had earlier earned a 3-2 win over

Stadium.A breakaway goal from Thembinkosi Lorch in the 85th minute ended Egypt’s title ambitions.The South

the third goal as his side beat defending champions Cameroon 3-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Africa

India finished top of the round robin table after they beat Sri Lanka and Australia lost to South Africa

264-7 with 6.3 overs to spare.The win moved India top of the standings, a position they kept after South

Africa inflicted the second loss of the tournament on Australia at Old Trafford.South Africa beat Australia

to consign their opponents to second place ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa, who were already eliminated, posted

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Committee member Sergey Bubka rejected claims made by the former Rio State Governor that he was involved in corruption and warned he would use "all the legal means" in his power to clear his name.

Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack, to secure up to six votes to help Rio 2016 bring the Olympics to South

to Diack, who told him he could guarantee up to six votes from a group of IOC members representing Africa

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reach the fourth round ©Getty ImagesThere was a shock loss, however, for fourth seed Kevin Anderson of South

Africa ©Getty ImagesArgentina's Guido Pella was his conqueror as the South American progressed to the