The United States beat Venezuela 7-4 today to collect their fifth victory and secure third place in Group B at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Men's Softball World Championship in the Czech Republic.

Venezuela ended in fourth place.Canada, meanwhile, made it a perfect seven wins out of seven by defeating South

Africa 10-4.They topped Group B ahead of Australia, who overcame The Netherlands 7-3 today.Elsewhere

Hosts Spain had to settle for a 1-1 draw in their opening Pool A match at the International Hockey Federation Women's Series Finals event in Valencia.

Nastassia Syrayezhka and Yuliya Mikheichyk chipping in with one each.In Pool B, highest-ranked team South

Africa were held to a 2-2 draw by Wales.Captain Erin Hunter reflects upon @sawomenshockey 2-2 draw with

Valencia is due to continue tomorrow with Pool B matches between Wales and Thailand, and Italy and South

Africa.

Japan secured first place in Group A with a 2-0 win over Cuba as action continued today at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Men's Softball World Championship in the Czech Republic.

moved onto five victories with an 11-1 trouncing of Mexico.The win clinches a play-off spot for the South

 Also triumphing today in Group B were South Africa, who picked up their first win by defeating

with a four-wicket win in their International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's World Cup contest against South

Africa in Birmingham today.

 Sent in to bat, South Africa got off to a shaky start, losing opener Quinton de Kock early in the

second over for five after some Trent Boult brilliance - it was the fifth time the South African became

 Aiden Markram also shared a crucial 52-run stand with Amla, but the latter’s wicket saw South Africa

Africa with his unbeaten 67 from 64 balls lifting his side to 241-6.New Zealand too lost an early wicket

Africa failed to take their chances on the field.And it was ultimately Williamson who sealed victory.The

Japan made it five wins out of five in Group A with victory over defending champions New Zealand at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Men's Softball World Championship in Czech Republic.

scored three runs in the first two innings of play to clinch an important 3-2 victory over Cuba.The South

standings.Venezuela are now level on four victories and one loss with Australia, who thrashed winless South

Africa 11-0 in six innings today.The United States lie in fourth spot after thumping Singapore 7-0.Denmark

England smashes a series of records as they thrashed Afghanistan by 150 runs at the International Cricket Council World Cup to move top of the group standings.

five of their matches.The next Cricket World Cup match takes place tomorrow between New Zealand and South

Africa at Edgbaston.

Holders France and Australia will contest the World Rugby Under-20 Championship final after both won their last four clashes today in Rosario.

The defending champions saw off South Africa 20-7 at the Racecourse Stadium as the Australians ended

semi-finals as the best-runners up across the three groups.They proved too strong for Pool C winners South

Carbonel, who won the golden boot when France won the tournament last year on home soil, made it 14-0 but South

It was a very hard game, credit to South Africa."

2010.The final will be held at the Racecourse Stadium on Saturday (June 22) with Argentina meeting South

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system took centre stage as France edged to a dramatic 1-0 victory over Nigeria at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

headed into the last 16 as Group A winners.Norway also progressed after scoring two penalties against South

Hansen converts from the spot ©Getty ImagesYeo Min-ji’s late effort proved only a consolation for the South

Koreans.Germany topped Group B having roared to a 4-0 win against South Africa, who were not helped

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Sara Dabritz doubles Germany's lead after a glaring error from South Africa goalkeeper Andile Dlamini

©Getty ImagesAlexandra Popp increases South Africa's woes with Germany's third ©Getty ImagesChina defender

the frustration of Nigeria's players ©Getty ImagesCaroline Graham Hansen puts Norway 1-0 up against South

increases Norway's lead, converting from the spot ©Getty ImagesYeo Min-ji, centre left, pulled one back for South

Men's Softball World Championship victory in 27 years as they produced a stunning comeback to defeat South

Africa 4-3 at in Havlíčkův Brod in Czech Republic.

victory was Singapore's fourth at any World Championship, in their third participation.At Hippos Arena, South

Africa raced into the lead in the first innings with a two-run homer by Javier Frost to centre field.Singapore

their first run of the tournament in the fourth with a run batted in single from Ivan Ng Ee Han, but South

Africa restored a two-run lead with a solo homer from Mandla Matswenyane.In the bottom of the sixth,

Mexico dented New Zealand's chances of retaining the World Baseball Softball Confederation Men's Softball World Championship title after defeating them in Havlíčkův Brod.

nbsp;The Netherlands recorded an impressive 13-0 drubbing of Singapore, while the United States beat South

Africa 8-1.The group stage continues tomorrow.

The United States won their first World Rugby Women's Sevens Series round and confirmed their place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

 These teams have qualified for Tokyo 2020, joining Fiji, United States, New Zealand and South Africa

and women's teams at the Games as hosts, while Brazil’s women confirmed their place after winning the South

American regional qualifier in Lima this month.The second regional qualifier will be the South America

WorldRugby7s) June 16, 2019Regional qualification tournaments for North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa

Gary Woodland will head into tomorrow's final day at the US Open carrying a one-stroke lead after negotiating a relatively trouble-free third round at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California.

overnight.Koepka, who shares third position with fellow-American Chez Reavie and Louis Oosthuizen of South

Africa, is definitely not to be ruled out as the trio trail by just four strokes at Pebble Beach.Last

Aaron Finch hit the highest score by an Australian at the Cricket World Cup to guide his side to a comfortable 87-run victory over Sri Lanka in England.

of the ground.His 153 surpassed the unbeaten 140 amassed by Ricky Ponting at the 2003 World Cup in South

Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya.After Finch had been removed by Karunaratne, Steve Smith scored 73 and Glenn

through the middle order to seal their fourth win of the tournament.In the other match played today, South

Africa picked up their first victory as they thrashed Afghanistan by nine wickets at Cardiff Wales Stadium.Afghanistan

collapsed from 69-2 to 125 all out in an innings disrupted by rain.In reply, a cautious South African

There is enough talent waiting to ignite at tomorrow’s sixth leg of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League series here in the Moroccan capital for it not to be recalled in future times as the event Caster Semenya did not make.

ruling in Semenya’s favour yesterday – following an attempt by the IAAF to rescind the judgment that the South

, but that was too late,” adding that it would have taken more than 20 hours to have travelled from South

Africa to Morocco.Last week, the Swiss court ordered an immediate suspension of the IAAF ruling that

champion Jeff Henderson of the United States, who has reached 8.38 this year, and two other dynamic South

be expected from the Russia's European indoor champion Anzhelika Sidorova, who will be competing in Africa