Argentina produced the upset of the opening day of the fifth tournament in this season's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series as they earned a late two-point victory over hosts and defending champions United States in Las Vegas.

outshone another surprising scoreline as invitational side Chile held back-to-back World Series champions South

Africa to a 5-5 draw at the Sam Boyd Stadium.This three-day stop marks the halfway point in a World

González, and Santiago Mare's conversion snatched victory out of the hands of the hosts.In Pool C, South

Africa beat Japan 26-0 but found Chile harder going.South Africa were held by Chile in a thrilling pool

the Blitzboks on the final play but instead lost control trying to slide over the line.In contrast to South

South Africa was represented by just one athlete at the 2016 Winter YOG in Lillehammer - Alpine skier

finishes for the nation at Innsbruck 2012, where Sive Speelman became the first black athlete to represent South

Africa at any Winter Olympics.Speelman was the country's sole representative.

This week the cricketers of the West Indies fell only 29 runs short of a remarkable one day international victory against England in Grenada.

Africa and England began a contest that lasted for 10 days and even then finished in a draw.It came

Africa, where a timeless Test match was played ©Getty Images"Judging from South Africa's form they will

Africa but lost wickets throughout the day.The tourists were finally dismissed in their first innings

for 316, when it was already well into the fifth day.South Africa had a first innings lead of 214 but

Africa pressed on and scored their runs more swiftly.

The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) has appointed a total of 23 technical officials for this year's Women’s Under-25 World Championships in Thailand.

 South Africa also return following an absence four years ago, while Turkey and hosts Thailand will

The United States will look to win a HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in front of a home crowd in Las Vegas after finishing second in the last four events this season.

with Spain, Canada and Samoa.Fiji are in Pool D alongside Australia, Wales and Scotland, with England, South

Africa, Japan and Chile playing in Pool C.

Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, South

recognised by ANOCA and feel it is an important milestone for us to extend our reach to countries in Africa

Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South

Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.Teqball featured as a demonstration sport at the African

 FITEQ is working hard to provide opportunities for teqers to play the sport throughout North, South

Tanzanian referee Oden Charles Mbaga has been banned from football for life after he was found guilty of taking bribes, FIFA announced today.

certain matches so their outcome could be manipulated as part of a betting scam.Warm-up matches before South

Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup were among those fixed by Perumal, who has twice served prison

bribery.In January, Niger's Ibrahim Chaibou - who famously awarded three penalties for handball in one of South

Katie Zaferes lost the final race of the women’s Super League Triathlon Series by millimetres in Singapore, though the result was still enough for the US athlete to seal the overall season title.

February 25, 2019Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee came second in 59:27, while Henri Schoeman from South

Africa came third in 59:34.It means Luis also takes the overall title on 107 points, just two ahead

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has said a decision on the high-profile Caster Semenya case will be announced on or before March 26.

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

Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing in the arbitration procedure between Caster Semenya, Athletics South

Africa and the International Association of Athletics Federations concluded today at 5pm," the CAS said

Fourteen-time Major winner Tiger Woods will play in Mexico for the first time in his career this when he tees off at the World Golf Championships (WGC)-Mexico Championship.

begin at 11:03 local time tomorrow when a three-ball of Tryell Hatton from England, George Coetzee from South

Africa and the US’ Chez Reavie tee-off.Woods is due to start his first round at 13:03 and Thomas at

Members of the FIFA Council will select the host country for the 2023 Women's World Cup rather than the full Congress, world football's governing body has confirmed.

process ©Getty ImagesAustralia and Japan have already publicly announced their intention to bid, with South

Africa and Colombia among other potential candidates.FIFA has set a deadline of April 16 for the submission

the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) plan to launch a new professional basketball league in Africa

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) will feature 12 club teams from across the continent and is due to

by FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis and NBA commissioner Adam Silver at the NBA All-Star 2019 Africa

The Basketball Africa League will enable us to build on the solid foundation laid by FIBA Africa and

It is hoped the league will help improve the standard of basketball across Africa ©Getty ImagesFIBA Africa

represent several African countries, including Angola, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South

Lawyers for South Africa’s two-time Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya have accused the International

be rescinded and the US based Women’s Sport Foundation said it goes against the spirit of sport.The South

African Government has also backed Semenya, as has Cricket South Africa and the South African women’

Both South Africa’s men’s and women’s teams have qualified for the International Tennis Federation 2019

Playing in the finals of the World Team Cup Africa Qualifier at the Nairobi Club, both of South Africa

’s teams advanced with comfortable 2-0 wins on clay.In the women’s event Mariska Venter put the South

, 6-0 to put them through.Earlier, Alexande Skhosana had beaten Collins Omondi 6-0, 6-7, 6-1 to put South

Africa 1-0 up.The World Team Cup Finals are due to ahead in Israel’s Larry and Mary Greenspon Israel

Tennis Centre in Ramat Hasharon from May 13 to 18.Their wins today see South Africa join the United

Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the country’s national women’s football team have both pledged their support

for fellow South African Caster Semenya as the two-time Olympic 800 metres champion prepares for a landmark

", while the group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has labelled it discriminatory.On Friday, (February 15) South

Africa’s Sports Minister Tokozile Xasa echoed HRW’s stance and now both CSA and the South African women