Fiji and Samoa have joined an expanded World Rugby Council, it has been announced following its latest meeting in Dublin. 

Pat Whelan, who stood down earlier this year.Alexander joins the 12-person group, which also includes South

South Africa has had a strong representation on the Executive [Committee] over time, and I am proud and

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) are confident that the Africa Union

Sport Council (AUSC) Region 5 U20 Games next month will help prepare young South African talent for

December 7 to 16.The 10 participants consist of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South

Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.South Africa topped the medal table at the 2016 event in Angola after

 Michael Houlie, who won gold for South Africa in the men's 50m breaststroke at the 2018 Youth Olympics

, is also competing at the Africa Union Sport Council Region 5 U20 Game ©Getty Images"I have no doubt

A total of 220 South African athletes are due to travel to Gaborone to compete in sports such as  

Japan and Mexico's Group B tie ended as a 1-1 draw which was enough for both teams to progress to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay.

Domingo Burgueno Miguel in Maldonado.With Brazil comfortably winning the other Group B game against South

Africa 4-1, Mexico needed to at least equalise to advance.Alison Gonzalez did this for Mexico in the

spot on goal difference.Despite Brazil's assertive win, they exited the competition on four points and South

Africa finished bottom of Group B with one point.Ghana and New Zealand met at the Estadio Charrúato

already qualified Canada play quarter-final hopefuls Spain, while Colombia will try to progress against South

Cameroon got their second win in as many games to lead Group A at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations in

Ghana 1-2 MaliGroup A #TotalAWCON18 pic.twitter.com/Kn4CfQ9583— Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations (

points.Tomorrow will see action in Group B as Nigeria take on Zambia and Equatorial Guinea meet South

Africa in Cape Coast.

Hosts West Indies beat England by four wickets in the final game of Group A to finish top and set-up a semi-final tie with Australia at the International Cricket Council Women's World Twenty20.

In the other Group A game, South Africa got a consolatory victory over Bangladesh, winning by 30 runs

New Guinea won the opening game of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Women's Nations Cup as South

Africa and Zambia won in the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

Zambia 5-0 EQ GuineaGroup B #TotalAWCON18 pic.twitter.com/0FDnbY26eK— Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations

begin their games tomorrow when New Zealand plays Tonga and Cook Islands meet Fiji.In Group B of the Africa

Cup of Nations, South Africa beat Nigeria 1-0 with Thembi Kgatlana getting the solitary goal.

Often when I meet those who have scrambled to the top of international sport's greasy pole, I conclude that they are politicians first and administrators second.

So I would say it is a lot in Europe, a lot in South America.

It is also in Africa because it is a relatively easy discipline to practice: you do not need a lot of

"We have different situations in Africa and Asia for instance, but that is covered in there."

Hosts Ghana and Cameroon got off to winning starts at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations taking place

Cameroon 2-1 MaliGroup A #TotalAWCON18 pic.twitter.com/3Fg622lpF8— Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations

now both have three points in Group A.Tomorrow will see the first games of Group B as Nigeria play South

Africa and Zambia meet Equatorial Guinea.The Oceania Football Confederation Women's Nations Cup will

Sweden's Sarah Sjöström and Russia's Vladimir Morozov won three races between them today to finish as the overall winners of the 2018 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup season.

butterfly at the OCBC Aquatic Centre.She finished in 55.73sec in front of Tayla Lovemore from South

Africa and China's Xintong Lin.The South African and Chinese swimmers touched the wall in 56.95 and

England beat South Africa and hosts West Indies defeated Sri Lanka to reach the semi-finals of the International

England's Anya Shrubsole got a hat-trick to help her team beat South Africa by seven wickets at the Darren

Ghana and New Zealand have become the first two teams to qualify for the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay after winning their second Group A games. 

 Group B also continued today, with Japan thrashing South Africa 6-0 and Mexico beating Brazil 1

Kenya has lost its Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appeal to be reinstated to the 2018 Women's Africa

Zambia's women's football team arrive in Ghana for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations which begins tomorrow

©Africa Cup of NationsThe tournament begins in Ghana tomorrow, with eight teams participating.

 Nigeria play South Africa in the first game of Group B in Cape Coast, before Zambia take on Equatorial

India have progressed to the semi-finals of the International Cricket Council Women's World Twenty20 tournament after comfortably beating Ireland in the competition hosted in the West Indies. 

Tomorrow will see England and South Africa play in Group A at Gros Islet in Saint Lucia. 

A record 48 countries and territories are now featured in the new men's softball world rankings, with 14 nations making their historic debuts, it was revealed today.

Havlickuv Brod, Kostelec nad Orlicí in the Czech Republic; the Asian Softball Championship in Jakarta; the South

Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, also in Colombia.All five Olympic continents - Africa

 After 10th-place finish at the Junior Men's Softball World Championship, South Africa advanced

to a historical high of 12th in the world, overtaking Botswana to become the top-ranked country in Africa

The West Indies are top of Group A with their second win as South Africa dropped to fourth in the International

for seven but it was enough to take the victory as a superb captain’s performance with the ball and a South

African batting disaster helped the hosts take the points.South Africa looked set to overhaul the West

Africa slipped to 64 for five.It was the beginning of the end as a South Africa lost their last five

wickets for just one run.It finished with South Africa all out for 76 as Taylor was awarded player of

the match in the 31-run victory.There were differing fortunes for South African captain Dane van Niekerk