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Birmingham 2022 ask for public input on Commonwealth Games

  • Birmingham 2022

Birmingham 2022 have launched a consultation period where local people will be given the chance to shape the next edition of the Commonwealth Games.

August 7 in 2022.The city was only awarded the Commonwealth Games in December 2017 after Durban in South

Africa was stripped of the hosting rights for financial issues, so has a shorter time to prepare.


Lange and Ryf out to retain titles at 2018 Ironman World Championships in Hawaii

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Germany's Patrick Lange and Switzerland's Daniela Ryf will be vying to defend their respective men's and women's titles when the 2018 Ironman World Championships take place in Kailua-Kona in Hawaii tomorrow.

IRONMANtri) October 12, 2018In addition to earning her fourth Ironman 70.3 World Championship title in South

Africa last month, the Swiss also claimed victories at the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt



International Cricket Council lobby Sri Lanka and India to make match-fixing illegal

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Match-fixing in cricket could soon become a criminal offence across India and Sri Lanka, according to a report in the British newspaper The Telegraph.

month jail term under UK law ©Getty ImagesMatch-fixing is already a criminal offence in Australia and South

Africa under specific sports laws and a bribery act in the United Kingdom allows courts in the country


Exclusive: Coe asks Senegalese President to help extradite Papa Massata Diack to France so can answer bribery allegations

  • Athletics

Sebastian Coe has personally asked Senegal's President Macky Sall to intervene and help have former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) marketing consultant Papa Massata Diack extradited to France for questioning in connection with corruption allegations.

receipts from sponsors".These included Chinese broadcaster CCTV, Russian state bank VTB, Samsung of South

million/€1.8 million) bribe for Lamine Diack’s vote and for him to convince other IOC members from Africa


Djokovic progresses to last 16 of Shanghai Masters

  • Tennis

Serbia's Novak Djokovic beat Jérémy Chardy of France 6-3, 7-5 to progress to the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in China.

The world number three will now play either South Korea's Hyeon Chung or Italy's Marco Cecchinato in

6-2, 6-1.The action will continue tomorrow, when Roger Federer of Switzerland and Kevin Anderson of South

Africa enter the competition.


WBSC launch promotional video for Under-23 World Cup

  • Baseball and Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has unveiled the official promotional video for this month's Under-23 Baseball World Cup in Colombia.

feature 50 games from October 19 to 28.Japan, Chinese Taipei, Mexico, The Netherlands, hosts Colombia and South

Africa will play in Group A with South Korea, Australia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic

at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Last time out, Japan won the gold, with Australia taking the silver and South


Do the Youth Olympic Games have a future?

  • The Big Read

Thomas Bach has been forced to deal with several considerable challenges during his tenure as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

This is also true for Argentina itself, which is one of several South American countries to have felt

face their own challenges ©Getty ImagesBeyond Lausanne 2020, the immediate future of the YOG lies in Africa

considered brave as the IOC are taking a product which has an uncertain fate into uncharted territory; Africa

Games last year after the city failed to meet a series of financial deadlines.This is not to tar all of Africa


Jordaan loses third attempt to sit on FIFA Council

  • Football

has been elected to the vacant Confederation of African Football (CAF) seat on the FIFA Council over South

I am a proud Malawian and a proud African ready to serve the interests of Africa to the best of my ability

got a 50 per cent majority, Tenga was eliminated and a second round of voting commenced.Jordaan, the South

election despite corruption and rape allegations and was reelected as SAFA President in May.The South

President who has been indicted on corruption charges by the United States Department of Justice.The South


Full schedule released for WBSC Under-23 Baseball World Cup

  • Baseball and Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have released the game schedule for the 2018 Under-23 Baseball World Cup in Colombia.

closing proceedings on the first day.Reigning champions Japan will begin their competition against South

Africa in Group A ©WBSCThe top three teams from each group, which both feature six sides, will advance

President Riccardo Fraccari.Last time out, Japan won the gold, with Australia taking the silver and South


Roberts announced as Cricket Australia chief executive

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Kevin Roberts has been appointed as the new chief executive of Cricket Australia.

with sandpaper, effected his resignation.The incident was caught on camera during a Test against South

Africa in Cape Town and resulted in the suspension of three players.Steve Smith and David Warner are


Alan Hubbard: Why "Dust-Up in the Desert" could be Olympic Games-changer for Saudi Arabia

  • Inside the Blogs

Understandably it was somewhat lost in the European euphoria of that Ryder Cup triumph and the agony of beleaguered Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho "drowning in his own bile" as one newspaper columnist put it, but nonetheless the weekend witnessed one of the most significant events in international sporting history.

If they did not comply, one of the world's wealthiest sporting nations could face expulsion, just as South

Africa did over their own form of discrimination.At the time Saudi Arabia was nation still excluding


Chupkov and Sjostrom seek to maintain FINA World Cup leads with second cluster due to start in Eindhoven

  • Swimming

Anton Chupkov of Russia and Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom head into the second cluster of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup season in Eindhoven tomorrow in dominant positions as they seek more points - and more prizes.

Beligum, Laszlo Cseh of Hungary, Felipe Lima of Brazil, Emily Seebhom of Australia, Chad le Clos of South

Africa, Blake Pieroni of the US, Alia Atkinson of Jamaica, Mehdy Metella of  France, Daiya Seto


Cricket Australia name Marsh and Hazlewood as test vice-captains

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Cricket Australia have named all-rounder Mitchell Marsh and fast bowler Josh Hazlewood as their new Test vice captains.

role in an orchestrated plot to tamper with the ball during the third day of the third Test against South

Africa in Cape Town.Previous head coach Darren Lehmann also announced he would step down after the incident


World Flying Disc Federation release new ultimate world rankings

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has released an updated set of world ultimate rankings, following the results of three recent major championships. 

moved up three spots to 17th, 18th and 19th respectively.Moving up six spots in the rankings were South

Africa, to 28th, Hong Kong, to 29th, and Dominican Republic to 31st.Four other teams have made their