China claimed a thrilling 16-15 win over Kazakhstan today but still missed out on first place in Group B of the men’s event at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup in Perth.

over New Zealand.In Group A, hosts Australia closed out the opening stage with a third win, downing South

Africa 19-6.Japan clinched second with a 13-10 victory over Canada.The United States beat New Zealand

Africa going up against Kazakhstan and Australia doing battle with New Zealand.In the women's event,

Africa 16-4 for second place.Among tomorrow’s quarter-final matches are China’s clash with Kazakhstan

and Japan’s encounter with Canada.The US lock horns with South Africa and New Zealand take on Australia

Australia’s men’s team forced a penalty shoot-out to beat Japan 17-15 on the second day of action at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup in Perth.

attempt from Yusuke Inaba.In the other Group A game, Canada gained a first win by comfortably defeating South

Africa 18-4.Kazakhstan took control of Group B with a second victory, this time overcoming Argentina

 Hosts Australia, meanwhile, showed far too much experience and pace in seeing off South Africa

Australia's men’s team begun their quest for home glory at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup by sneaking a 9-8 win over Canada in Perth.

points in the Group A clash at the HBF Stadium.Today’s other match in the same section saw Japan beat South

Africa 19-14.In Group B, Argentina defeated China 14-13 before Kazakhstan overcame New Zealand 11-10

Australia (@WaterpoloAus) 26 March 2019They share top spot in Group B with Kazakhstan, who defeated South

Africa 12-9.In Group A, the United States and Japan both made winning starts with the former overcoming

News earlier this week that authorities in France had issued an arrest warrant for two Russian officials in connection with their investigation into former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President and leading International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Lamine Diack seemed to indicate we are entering the end game of a case that started more than three-and-a-half years ago. 

support Pyeongchang’s bid to host the Games in exchange for marketing and sponsorship contracts with South

African boycott of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal in protest at a New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South

Africa.

 The first black leader of a major international sport at the IAAF, he was a man revered in Africa

The United Nations (UN) has again weighed in on South African athlete Caster Semenya’s controversial

athletes into undergoing unnecessary, humiliating and harmful medical procedures.”According to the South

and gender discrimination in sport in time for June 2020.Five days of hearings on the case between South

African news website IOL, Athletics South Africa claimed it was "humbled" to see the UN adopt the

resolution, which was first put forward by the South African Government."

athletes like her across the world, based on the premise that their human rights are being violated," South

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has said that its verdict in the Caster Semenya testosterone case will now not be announced until the end of April.

Federations (IAAF) who are hoping to bring in new rules on female participation.The IAAF claim the South

impact ©Getty Images"The arbitration proceedings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport involving the South

African athlete Caster Semenya, Athletics South Africa and the International Association of Athletics

expressions of interest in hosting the Women’s World Cup in 2023 with a joint effort from North and South

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa have also formally

 The expression of interest from North and South Korea marks the latest show of sporting diplomacy

follows softening of tensions after last year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, where North and South

talk of joint teams in several sports at Tokyo 2020 Olympics remain ongoing.Athletes from North and South

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Special Olympics International (SOI) have today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase the growth, quality and frequency of badminton participation around the world.

the highlights of today's action was an impressive 3-0 win for hosts the United Arab Emirates against South

 The team previously beat Jamaica 4-1 and South Africa 4-0 in the opening stage.

FIFA has confirmed the full line-up of participating countries who will compete at the first-ever FIFA eNations Cup, which it has revealed will be hosted in London on April 13 and 14. 

England, Finland, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South

Africa, Spain, Sweden, Russia and the United States.Players selected by their member association for

FIFA is set to expand the size of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from 32 teams to 48 after the FIFA Council agreed the idea was "feasible" at a meeting in Miami today.

new version, if approved by the FIFA Congress, would include eight teams from Europe alone, six from South

America, three each from Africa, Asia and North and Central America and one from Oceania.It would be

days after a period of 2022 World Cup qualifiers and finishing just one day before the start of the Africa

Two continental road cycling championships are set to begin tomorrow with Ethiopian city Bahir Dar hosting the African event and the Australian state of Tasmania staging the Oceania competition.

We expect tough challenge from African teams like South Africa, Morocco, Eritrea and hosts Ethiopia but

At least two high-profile FIFA officials, including the body's senior vice-president, are set to miss a crucial Council meeting due to start in Miami tomorrow, although the exact reasons why are unclear.

recently for his supposedly "autocratic" decision-making style.In January the CAF was criticised by the South

African Football Association (SAFA) after they missed out on replacing Cameroon as hosts of this year's Africa

Cup.It has reportedly been decided Argentina and Colombia will co-host the 2020 Copa America after the South

Ten-year-old star Sky Brown is among a team of five skateboarders who will benefit from UK Sport's recent Aspiration Fund award to help them try to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, it has been announced here today. 

icons of women's sport, including American gymnast Simone Biles and track athletes Caster Semenya of South

Africa and Dina Asher-Smith of Britain.Speaking about Brown, Skateboard GB chief executive James Hope-Gill

South Africa beat a resurgent France 21-12 to win the World Rugby Canada Sevens event in Vancouver, the

loss.Playing at the BC Place, France did initially take the lead through a try from Pierre Gilles Lakafia, but South

Africa then scored three converted tries of their own before conceding again.Selvyn Davids ran more

France, the 295th of the weekend, but it was too little, too late for his side.Thanks to their win South

Africa now sit fourth in the standings and will look to push on in the defence of their overall title.Highlights

much-needed win for our team and I think the boys played some fantastic rugby throughout the tournament," South

Pyeongchang has emerged as a potential host of a future edition of the Winter Universiade.

Potential interest from the South Korean county comes one year on from their hosting of the Winter Olympic

South Korea have hosted the Winter Universiade on one previous occasion, with Muju staging the event

I met with the director of Johannesburg University in South Africa and they are thinking about either

A Universiade has only ever been held once in South America, with Porte Alegre in Brazil staging the

third edition of the summer event in 1963.A Universiade has never been staged in Africa or Oceania.