Veteran Martin Legner led Austria’s men’s team to a 2-1 win over the United States on the opening day of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup in Ramat Hasharon in Israel. 

secured 3-0 victories on the first day of round robin competition in Group Three, defeating Israel and South

Africa, respectively.In Group Four, 2017 bronze medallists Belgium overcame China 3-0, while 2015 champions

and 2018 silver medallists Great Britain were 2-1 winners at the expense of South Korea.Noam Gershony

over France.There was also a 3-0 win for the US over Switzerland in Group One.Elsewhere, Thailand and South

Africa had 2-1 victories over Brazil and Colombia, respectively, with the former competing in Group

Italy, the United States and Russia are due to send the largest delegations when Naples hosts the Summer Universiade in July.

while Ukraine and Germany are slightly lower on 233 and 198, respectively.Japan (352), China (254) and South

which hosted the last Summer Universiade in 2017, weighs in with 236.India has the largest group from South

Asia with 135, well ahead of Sri Lanka on 72 and Indonesia on 64.Of the South American countries, Argentina

Sicily in Italy ©FISUAustralia's total is 250, making them the biggest-hitting Oceania country, while South

Africa leads the way for Africa on 160.At the other end of the spectrum, some 20 countries have three

Andy Street – Mayor of the West Midlands – has claimed a final figure for the city's 2022 Commonwealth Games budget will be announced in the coming weeks. 

Athletes' Village ©Birmingham 2022Birmingham was awarded the Games in December 2017 after Durban in South

Africa was stripped of hosting rights due to financial problems.This gave the city a shorter time to

Athletics South Africa (ASA) will lodge an appeal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS)

body was naturally occurring and so to ban her would be unfair.A spokesman for Sport and Recreation South

Africa, Vuyo Mhaga, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) an appeal would be filed by the ASA at the Swiss

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of the IAAF in its landmark legal case against South

African double Olympic champion Caster Semenya earlier this month ©Getty ImagesTimesLIVE reported that South

Africa and around the world".In a question-and-answer document posted on its website, the IAAF dismissed

South Africa continued to enjoy success at the World Bowls Atlantic Championships in Wales in both the

Spain’s Maggie Holmes, before overcoming Brazil’s Fernanda Spelta 21-5.Piketh’s efforts have place South

Africa top of the section one standings in the women’s singles, following six wins and one defeat.South

Africa have a total of 18 points in the standings, with Guernsey, Israel and Ireland all following on

England.The women’s fours event sees Jacqui Van Rensburg, Nici Neal, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman of South

Africa top of the section one standings on 16 points.The quartet beat Turkey 23-8 today, before overcoming

Sir Craig Reedie was keen to highlight the changes the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had made during his tenure as President at the Annual Symposium in Lausanne in March.

Bańka’s main aims is to increase the number of WADA accredited laboratories worldwide and especially in Africa

, which has just one such facility, located in Bloemfontein in South Africa.Money generated through the

standards for the whole world but it is difficult to put them together in a third-world country, such as in Africa

Botswana and South Africa reached the final of the Women's Softball Africa Qualifier to secure their

spots at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Europe-Africa Softball Qualifier for the Tokyo

Held at South Africa's Rietondale Stadium in Pretoria, Botswana defeated the hosts 8-1 to become African

softball world ranking.Nigeria will become the seventh African nation to enter the world rankings after South

Africa, Uganda, Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Lesotho.Hosts South Africa finished second at the Women's

Softball Africa Qualifier ©WBSCBotswana and South Africa will now aim to become the first African softball

teams to reach the Olympic Games.They will compete with Europe's top six teams in the Europe-Africa

Israel is set to hold the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup for the first time with competition beginning tomorrow.

 In the men's competition, the United States, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Austria progressed, while

Colombia, South Africa, Thailand and Russia reached the women's event.

Seventy children graduated from a taekwondo programme organised at the Korean Cultural Centre (KCCN) in Nigeria.

Cultural Centre, based in Abuja, aims to promote the exchange of culture, sports and tourism between South

the KCCN hosted the Ambassador Cup Taekwondo Championships, welcoming around 400 athletes from West Africa

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg has written to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) with the view to holding discussions with the governing body over their differences in sexual development (DSD) regulations.

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favour of the IAAF in its landmark legal case against South

having triumphed in both the women's 800m and 1500m here last year when Gold Coast hosted the event.The South

Africa, we wanted to understand in more detail the facts, position and approach of the IAAF.

It is the CGF’s intention to engage with South Africa when we have more information on their particular

Africa and around the world".In a question-and-answer document posted on its website, the IAAF dismissed

Four bowls clubs in Wales are preparing to host the World Bowls Atlantic Championships, which star tomorrow and run until May 23.

An event that has previously been hosted by Cyprus and South Africa will attract male and female bowlers

will team with Rose Ogier.Matt Le Ber will hold the banner for Guernsey in the men’s singles.South Africa

Kim Rhode of the United States made a steady start to the defence of her women’s skeet title at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Changwon.

Finland’s Satu Mäkelä-Nummela in the women’s trap.A mixed trap event is also set to be held in the South

Championships.Eight quota places for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are on offer at the event.Forty nations from Africa

Eight quota places for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be up for grabs at the third stage of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Changwon, where action is due to begin tomorrow.

Finland’s Satu Mäkelä-Nummela in the women’s trap.A mixed trap event is also set to be held in the South

Korean city that hosted the 2018 ISSF World Championships.Forty nations from Africa, the Americas, Asia

Birmingham City Council Leader Ian Ward praised the "innovative" way his city had prepared for the 2022 Commonwealth Games at a ceremony marking the start of construction of the Athletes' Village.

Birmingham was awarded the Commonwealth Games on December 2017 after Durban in South Africa was stripped

World Rugby has confirmed a record 11 unions have formally expressed their interest in hosting the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens. 

Argentina, Cayman Islands, France, Germany, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Qatar, Scotland, South Africa and

have a regular Hong Kong Sevens that year," Hong Kong Rugby Union chief executive Robbie McRobbie told South