It was a strong opening day for England at the first edition of the FIFA eNations Cup in London, as Argentina and Brazil secured places in the knockout stage.

by France, who got six wins, two draws and four defeats from their matches.Saudi Arabia, Finland and South

Africa lie outside the qualification places for the knockout stage of the tournament.There was South

United States were among four teams to progress to the quarter-finals of the World Rugby Sevens with unbeaten records in Singapore.

secured with a 22-7 win over England.The US team will face Argentina in the quarter-finals, after the South

Pacific Island thrashed Canada 50-12, but suffered a 19-12 loss to Scotland and a 17-7 success against South

Africa.Fiji still progressed as runners-up to unbeaten South Africa in Pool A.South Africa will face

A hugely popular Olympic weightlifting champion has been excluded from the Pan American Championships which start in Guatemala next weekend because of his failure to update his whereabouts information.

Colombian who is hoping to qualify for his fifth Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020, is also ineligible for the South

a fifth Olympic appearance.His team-mate Jhon Serna, a former youth world champion and the reigning South

which will change considerably by the end of this month after “gold” qualifying events in Europe, Asia, South

America and Africa.

“I am not selected for the national team for these two events (Pan American Championships and South American

Some 40 players from 20 countries are set to contest the first edition of the FIFA eNations Cup in London.

countries represented.They will be joined by teams from New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South

Africa, Spain, Sweden, Russia and the United States.As part of the format of the first FIFA eNations

each of the four groups progress to the knockout stages.Hosts England have been drawn against Finland, South

Africa, France and Saudi Arabia in Group A.The first-ever #FIFAeNationsCup will take place on April

United States, Fiji and New Zealand could clinch Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification at the eighth event of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Singapore.

understand the competition and the history of these traditional rugby sevens nations like Fiji, New Zealand, South

Africa, England and Australia.

third-place New Zealand, who have 123 points.The battle for the fourth qualification spot is between South

Africa and England, who will look to secure Britain’s place at Tokyo 2020.South Africa boast 99 points

, with England nine adrift in fifth position.The South Africans have been given a tough challenge in

University Sport South Africa (USSA) President Ilhaam Groenewald claims the country is set for a bumper

strategies which seek to ensure the smooth running and success of the university sports movement in South

Africa."

Universities continue to contribute towards the development of sport in South Africa and the provision

) senior sports director Nomsa Mahlangu was voted in as President of the Federation of Africa University

Congratulations to Nomsa Mahlangu of UJ Sport in becoming the newly-elected President of FASU Africa,

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has signed a new partnership with global bank Citi.

Britain, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South

Africa, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.It will aid their preparations for Tokyo 2020 and major

Emirates has revealed a special livery for its A380 airliner in the build-up to the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup.

with teams competing from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South

Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies."

Fiji created history by securing a record fifth consecutive Hong Kong World Rugby Sevens title as they earned a 21-7 victory over France.

remain on top with 130 points, having earned bronze in Hong Kong with a 22-10 win over Samoa, while South

Africa, beaten here by Argentina, are fourth on 99 points, nine ahead of England in fifth.Ireland celebrate

The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) has released the schedule for the Women’s Under-25 World Championship in Thailand.

competition, which will take place from May 23 to 28, will begin with a Pool A match between the hosts and South

Africa in Suphan Buri.That will come shortly after the Opening Ceremony, on a first day which will also

One hundred years ago, on April 5, 1919, Olympism was revived after one of the darkest episodes in European history.

pre-war Games at Stockholm in 1912.The marathon cup, “a gift of Prince Constantine”, is said to be in South

Africa, “whence its return is not yet assured”.There was a simple reason for this: the winner of the

Olympic marathon, contested on a sweltering hot day by 68 runners, half of whom did not finish, was a South

Indeed, South Africans finished first and second.The decathlon trophy was in the United States.

Former South Africa all-rounder Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie has been killed in a car accident at the age

of 25, Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed.

internationals and a single T20 match, the last of them coming against Bangladesh in 2013.She was part of South

of Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie https://t.co/TiMQMFroCf #RIPElriesa pic.twitter.com/n0yRIs5uJR— Cricket South

Africa (@OfficialCSA) April 6, 2019“This is a dreadful tragedy in the true sense of the word,” said

Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) President Ben Nunoo Mensah has blamed an “over-focus” on negative news stories for a lack of funding across African sport.

Agency , he made the comments during a speech at the Association of International Sports Press (AIPS) Africa

helped expose corruption across African football and the stripping of Cameroon as host of the 2019 Africa

against several former members of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya and an ongoing row between the South

World Rugby Sevens Series overall leaders the United States will meet South Africa in the quarter-finals

South Africa, winners of last season's World Rugby Sevens Series, beat Scotland 26-10 and Samoa 21-7

the Hong Kong Sevens, despite losing both of their pool matches today ©World RugbyTheir clash with South

Africa will have a considerable impact on the overall standings as the American team led the Blitzboks

World Rugby has announced five Spirit of Rugby partners to mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.

around 30 countries.This is expected to include Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South

Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia in Africa.Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka