India eased past South Africa in the final of the men's International Hockey Federation Series Finals

later.Varun and Harmanpreet scored their second goals of the game, split by a strike from Vivek Prasad.South Africa

consolation effort, Richard Pautz scoring in the 54th minute to pull the scoreline back to 5-1.India and South

Africa had achieved their main aim of the tournament yesterday, with semi-final victories ensuring the

ensured an ecstatic finish to the @FIH_Hockey Men's Series Finals Bhubaneswar Odisha 2019 by beating South

Africa in the Final!

Reinier Vera and Yurisamdre Ramos homered as Cuba defeated the Philippines 11-2 in five innings to join New Zealand at the top of Group A on day two of the World Baseball Softball Confederation Men's Softball World Championship in Czech Republic.

against Botswana, while Japan won 2-1 against Mexico.Venezuela won an intense pitching duel against South

Africa to claim their first victory in Group B at Svoboda Ballpark in Prague.Herwin Querales scored

Joe Root hit his second century of the Cricket World Cup as hosts England thrashed West Indies by eight wickets in Southampton.

-team table.The tournament continues tomorrow as Sri Lanka play Australia at The Oval in London and South

Africa take on Afghanistan at Cardiff Wales Stadium.

Hosts India will face South Africa in the final of the men's International Hockey Federation Series Finals

South Africa secured a narrow victory over the United States in their semi-final at Kalinga Stadium.The

Spooner converted the winner in the 60th minute to take his side through to the final.The result ensured South

Africa of a place at one of seven Olympic qualifiers taking place later this year.India also secured

#ICYMI: No. 16 South Africa scored in the final seconds to defeat the No. 25 USMNT 2-1 in the #FIHSeriesFinals

Africa in tomorrow’s final, following the United States' match against Japan for third place.The fifth

Australia completed a pulsating comeback to beat Brazil at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France as they condemned their opponents to a first group-stage defeat in 24 years.

Jamaica tomorrow.In the late game, a terrific first-half volley from Li Ying gave China a 1-0 win over South

Africa in a Group B clash at Parc des Princes in Paris.The beneficiaries of the result were Germany,

who are now guaranteed a spot in the last 16, while South Africa are on the brink of exiting the tournament

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Australia a famous comeback victory ©Getty ImagesChina's Li Ying scored the only goal of the game against South

Africa ©Getty ImagesLi celebrates converting her excellent volley ©Getty ImagesChina's coach Xiuquan

Jia applauds his side ©Getty ImagesChina revel in their victory over South Africa at Parc des Princes

Defending champion Diede de Groot beat Britain's Lucy Shuker in straight sets today to book her place in the women's singles semi-finals at the BNP Paribas Open de France in Paris.

Netherlands.Kamiji overcame Dutchwoman Marjolein Buis 6-3, 6-4, while van Koot claimed a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 win over South

-4.In the quads singles, top seed David Wagner of the United States and sixth seed Lucas Sithole of South

Africa completed the quarter-final line-up by winning their matches.Wagner thrashed Chile's Pablo Araya

Jacksonville in Florida will host the final qualification match for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup - when the fate of the USA Hawks will be decided.

The Hawks are due to face the Cook Island, who beat South Africa 66-6 in Sydney last week in a preliminary

Hosts Argentina roared to a superb 47-26 victory over defending champions France as pool play concluded at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship.

Africa, with Argentina now locking horns with Australia.Argentina knew that only a victory would keep

Africa defeated New Zealand to win their pool as the Kiwis were knocked out ©Getty ImagesThe hosts won

Africa beat New Zealand 25-17 in a winner-takes-all clash at the Racecourse Stadium which decided who

Mescht crossed again for them after a fine burst from halfway.South Africa were able to keep their opponents

Africa captain Phendulani Buthelezi."

Hosts France edged past Norway 2-1 to top Group A and inch closer to a place in the knockout rounds of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Riviera in Nice, France lacked the dominance which they had displayed in their opening victory against South

the solitary goal in her side's 1-0 win against Spain at the FIFA Women's World Cup ©Getty ImagesWith South

triumph over Spain.Sara Daebritz got the game's only goal, with Germany through to the knockout stage if South

Africa fail to beat China tomorrow at Parc des Princes in Paris.

Japan and South Africa have qualified for the semi-finals of the men's International Hockey Federation

 The other semi-final will see South Africa, who progressed after defeating Russia 2-1, take on

Africa, the second highest-ranked team in the tournament, and Russia came in the second half.Halfway

 Ryan Julius supplied the South African winner in the 53rd minute."

We’re feeling pretty good," South Africa’s Nicholas Spooner said."

 "It’s always hard from a South African point of view as we don’t have a lot of time together.

The world's number-one ranked side, New Zealand, will begin the defence of their title tomorrow when they play host nation Czech Republic in the first game of the Men’s Softball World Championship at Svoboda Ballpark in Prague.

fourth and second in the world, respectively.They are joined by Denmark, the Netherlands, Singapore, South

Africa, the United States and Venezuela.The first round of Group B matches will be held in Prague on

Friday with South Africa versus Venezuela, Denmark against Canada, Singapore versus Australia and the

An unwanted record for organisers of the Cricket World Cup in England and Wales was broken today as Sri Lanka's clash with Bangladesh became the third to be washed out.

rainfall.Sri Lanka's match against Pakistan was also rained off last week, as was yesterday's contest between South

Africa and West Indies.It is the first time that three matches have been abandoned because of the weather

games called off was two, in 1992 in Australia and New Zealand and in 2003, a tournament co-hosted by South

Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe.The match at Bristol County Ground was called off due to persistent rainfall

South Africa's fading chances of reaching the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup were dealt a further

play was possible at Hampshire Bowl before the umpires called the match off at 4.15pm local time.South Africa

Aiden Markram down the leg side.Both sides earned one point following the abandonment, which makes South

Bowl before the rain returned ©Getty Images"We are in a bad position but it's our own fault," said South

Africa captain Faf du Plessis."

Hosts India and the United States earned direct qualification to the semi-finals at the group phase at the International Hockey Federation Series Finals concluded today.

after but Suguru Hoshi salvaged a point for Japan in the dying stages.In the other match in the group, South

Africa beat Mexico 6-0.Japan are due to play Poland in the crossover round, while South Africa are scheduled