Great Britain beat Japan today to make a successful start to the defence of their title at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Women’s Under-25 World Championships in Suphanburi.

claimed a 47-30 win at Suphanburi Stadium.Joining them in securing an opening-day Pool A victory were South

Africa, who defeated hosts Thailand 35-16.

Germany in Pool B ©Basketball AustraliaAction in Suphanburi is due to continue tomorrow.In Pool A, South

Africa face Japan and Britain meet Thailand.The US go up against Germany in the day's first Pool B clash

Fiji and Samoa have participated in their first World Rugby Council meeting in Dublin following confirmation of their admission last year.

Minister Tuilaepa Malielegaoi, the Council members of Fiji and Samoa respectively, to the meeting.Rugby Africa

President Khaled Babbou, South Africa’s Vanessa Doble and Argentina’s Sol Iglesias also attended their

first Council meeting.Babbou had replaced Aziz Bougja as Rugby Africa President last year."

We have worked hard to achieve this goal and I would like to thank Rugby Africa, who guided us, all the

Great Britain are set to begin their bid to retain their title when they face Japan on the opening day of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Women’s Under-25 World Championships in Suphanburi tomorrow.

The defending champions have been drawn into Pool A, which also includes hosts Thailand and South Africa.They

the four teams in Pool B ©IWBFFollowing the Opening Ceremony, Thailand are scheduled to go up against South

Africa in the tournament opener at Suphanburi Stadium.Also scheduled for tomorrow are the first two

Poland are set to host a FIFA event for the first time with the Under-20 World Cup beginning tomorrow.

D.Panama, Mali, France and Saudi Arabia meet in Group E, with record six-time winners Argentina, Portugal, South

Korea and South Africa in Group F.The two top teams in each group will advance to the knock-out stage

England's Jamie Walker and Scotland's Darren Burnett moved back to the summit of sections one and two, respectively, as the men's singles continued at the World Bowls Atlantic Championships in Cardiff today.

Walker recorded victories against overnight leader Pierre Breitenbach of South Africa, 21-3, and Jersey's

Fourteen-year-old Waris Thamla-Aied is among the 12 players who have been named on hosts Thailand’s team for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Women’s Under-25 World Championships in Suphanburi.

 South Africa also return following their absence four years ago, while Turkey will join Thailand

England’s Jamie Walker lost his lead in the first section of the men’s singles competition at the World Bowls Atlantic Championships in Cardiff as he suffered his first defeat at the hands of home bowler Daniel Salmon, who won Commonwealth pairs gold last year.

That allowed South Africa’s Pierre Breitenbach, who extended his unbeaten record today against Jersey

Wilson lost their position at the top of the section two standings after losing 14-9 to England, with South

Africa and Scotland now jointly topping the section, unbeaten.Welsh duo Sarah-Marie Nicholls and Ysie

England's netball gold at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games was a "pivotal" moment for the sport, former international Sara Bayman has claimed.

 "So now you look at South Africa, Jamaica, some of the African nations – Uganda and Malawi – genuinely

Japan overcome hosts Israel in the quad final at the International Tennis Federation World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event in Ramat Hasharon.

and Mitsuteru Moroishi winning 6-4, 6-2 against Gershony and Weinberg to give Japan the title.South Africa

face Japan tomorrow.The bronze medal match took place today, with Britain claiming a 2-0 win against South

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has unveiled the draw for this year's Under-18 Baseball World Cup.

Hosts and 2017 runners-up South Korea headline Group A and are placed with two other teams in the world's

Japan, four-time defending champions United States and a strong Chinese Taipei team, alongside Panama, South

Africa and Spain."

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) hosted a Continental University Sports Federation (CUSF) staff seminar in a bid to foster closer cooperation.

Sports Federation presented on their redevelopment of their sport calendar in 2017, while Federation of Africa

Pontes raised the issues of funding and resources across three subcontinental associations, one for South

China are set to be confirmed as hosts of the 2032 Asian Cup after sole rivals South Korea withdrew from

South Korea’s withdrawal comes with the country seeking a potential joint bid the Women’s World Cup,

which is scheduled to take place in the same year as the Asian Cup.Last month FIFA confirmed North and South

and Paralympic Games together.Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, New Zealand and South

Africa have also registered.None of the nine countries have staged the tournament in its 28-year history.The

withdrawal came with the country stating it would focus on bidding for the 2027 edition of the event.With South

Host nation Israel reached the quad final with a 2-1 win over South Africa at the International Tennis

Israel's Ruti Gilor beat Guernsey's Lucy Beere in the women's singles final as action continued today at the World Bowls Atlantic Championships in Cardiff.

semi-finalists, shared third place.The women's fours final was also held today with hosts Wales defeating South

Africa 15-9.In men's competition, the pairs and triples finals were won by England and South Africa

respectively.Both victories came at the expense of Scotland with England prevailing 14-13 and South Africa

South Africa’s women made history by earning their first semi-final place at the International Tennis

South Africa, winners of the World Team Cup African Qualification earlier this year, beat Russia, winner

been world number six Kgothatso Montjane, whose wheelchair tennis journey started when she was 19 and South

Africa was one of the first nations to be supported by the ITF’s Wheelchair Tennis Development Fund

first singles rubber.Montjane took nine minutes less to defeat Viktoria Lvova by the same score, with South