University Sport South Africa (USSA) President Ilhaam Groenewald set a target of eight medals for the

In 2017, South Africa won five silver medals and Groenewald is eyeing up at least two golds as the athletes

at the Universiade, with a total delegation of almost 180 going to Italy.Mandla Gagayi, head of the South

 A big delegation ofathletes and support staff are set to represent South Africa at Naples 2019

Upcoming South African athletics star Chederick van Wyk recently competed alongside former Universiade

Africa.

The Royal Caledonian Curling Club (RCCC), mother club of the sport and its governing body in Scotland, have announced Graham Lindsay as their new chairman.

Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, South

Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United States and Wales.Graham Lindsay will oversee Scotland competing

Australia secured a spot in the semi-final of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship after beating Ireland in Argentina.

WorldRugbyU20s pic.twitter.com/6aSZqHbMJE— World Rugby (@WorldRugby) June 8, 2019In Pool C, New Zealand and South

Africa both secured their second victories.The Kiwis defeated Scotland 52-33, while South Africa scored

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Nigeria's Osinachi Ohale secured the 3-0 victory for Norway ©Getty ImagesIn the Group B clash between South

Africa and Spain, Thembi Kgatlana scored an impressive opener for South Africa ©Getty ImagesJennifer

Olympic champions Germany opened their account at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup with an unconvincing 1-0 victory against China in Rennes.

In the remaining Group B match, Spain relied on two penalties to get past South Africa, winning 3-1.Spain

beat South Africa 3-1 in Group B of the FIFA Women's World Cup ©Getty ImagesThembi Kgatlana scored first

for South Africa with an impressive individual goal, with the side going into halftime ahead.It unravelled

The United States and Japan will clash for the only automatic berth in the semi-finals from Group B at the International Hockey Federation Series Finals in Bhubaneswar after both teams claimed their second victories today.

form as they thrashed Mexico 9-0 at Kalinga Stadium.Japan also kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win over South

just before halftime.Kazuma Murata put Japan 2-0 in front in the dying stages of the third quarter and South

Africa were unable to respond.The tournament continues when Russia play Poland tomorrow.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) reversed a decision made by Athletics South

Africa (ASA) to ban Russian athletes from competing in the Comrades Marathon after it was found they

The annual race takes place between the South African cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg.Sixty-nine

Russian runners had been told they could not participate, as reported by South Africa's Sunday Times.It

runners turned away from the race was Alexandra Morozova, who finished third last year and second in 2017.South

Hosts France overwhelmed South Korea to triumph 4-0 in the first game of the 2019 FIFA Women's World

had a couple of goals by that time.Wendie Renard scored twice for France in their 4-0 demolition of South

World Cup (@FIFAWWC) June 7, 2019Amandine Henry made the result certain when she curled the ball round South

with two-times World Cup winners Germany taking on China at Roazhon Park in Rennes and Spain meeting South

Africa at Stade Océane in Le Havre.

Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad has been released by French authorities following his arrest over corruption charges yesterday.

to him and that after attending the opening match of the FIFA Women's World Cup - between France and South

Ahmad's CAF Executive Committee that their President must stand down to allow them to prepare for its Africa

Russia recovered quickly from their 10-0 defeat against hosts India yesterday by beating Uzbekistan by an even bigger margin of 12-1 in Pool A of the men’s International Hockey Federation Series Finals event in Bhubaneswar.

half.Competition is due to continue tomorrow with two matches in Pool B – the US against Mexico and Japan against South

Africa.

Australia bounced back from a terrible start to beat West Indies by 15 runs at the Cricket World Cup in England today.

matches and will face Pakistan on Wednesday (June 12).West Indies, with one win and one defeat, take on South

Africa on Monday (June 10).Action is due to continue tomorrow when Pakistan meet Sri Lanka.

India brought joy to their home fans with an impressive 10-0 success over Russia in their first game of the men’s International Hockey Federation (FIH) Series Finals event in Bhubaneswar.

The United States beat South Africa 2-0 in the Pool B opener ©FIHIn today's other Pool A game, Poland

distance which flew in millimetres under the crossbar.The first game of the day sawcontinental champions South

Africa take on the United States in Pool B with the latter registering a 2-0 victory.Christian De Angelis

then on, the Americans made every effort to control the game and continued to defend well against a South

France’s women will seek to emulate the feat of their male counterparts in 1998 by winning the FIFA World Cup – which gets under way tomorrow - on home soil.

the first match tomorrow night at Parc des Princes in Paris, where they will meet Group A opponents South

their five most recent games.A 5-3 win over Australia has been followed by victories over Belgium, South

Africa, New Zealand and Mexico with 17 goals scored and none conceded.They are drawn in Group F, along

Top seeds Shingo Kunieda and Gustavo Fernandez are on course for a French Open final repeat as they won their first-round matches at Roland Garros.

, all three Dutch players in action progressed to the semi-finals.Diede de Groot made light work of South

Africa's Kgothatso Montjane, who was making her Roland Garros debut.Unfortunately for the South Africa

Triple Olympic gold medalllist Gail Devers was one of eight Olympic champions to take part in the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) Run 24-1 as part of Global Running Day.

Fiji.From there the baton was handed over to Melbourne before the relay continued through Asia, Europe, Africa

and South America.Run 24-1 was the first international sporting event to be held in Gaza ©IAAFThe troubled