Numerous International Federations (IFs) have confirmed bans on athletes from Russia and Belarus following International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendations to prohibit participation in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

team from the Washington/Santo Domingo Qualifying Tournament will be entered into the tournament in Australia

World Netball (WN) has released the latest WN world rankings along with an annual update compiled by statistician David Kendix to certify that the standings reflect the most current shape of the international teams.

pic.twitter.com/0j3VG2roRN— World Netball (@WorldNetball_) March 1, 2022The ranking is currently led by Australia

Alexander Zverev has reversed his decision not to play in the Davis Cup for Germany and will look for redemption after his Mexican Open shame at qualifiers over the next two days.

singles players for the host nation.United States will play Colombia on hard courts in Reno, while Australia

Australia have chosen Alpine skiers Mitchell Gourley and Melissa Perrine to carry the country's flag

International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's Basketball World Cup has taken place, with hosts Australia

from semi-finalists Belgium and an undetermined team who are yet to replace Russia in Group A.Hosts Australia

also the Olympic champions after beating the hosts of the Games, Japan, in the final 90-75.Japan join Australia

Mexico and the Oceania Champions have been drafted in to next week's MMA Super Cup in Bahrain to replace the teams from Russia and Ukraine.

Dhabi in January and are currently 14th in the world rankings.The Oceania team will see New Zealand and Australia

England are set to defend their title at the delayed Women’s Cricket World Cup, which is due to get underway in New Zealand tomorrow (Friday).

London.Eight teams are set to contest the tournament, with the first stage a league format in which England, Australia

eagerly-anticipated matches of the league stage takes place on Saturday (March 5) with England playing rivals Australia

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin has hailed the progress of the Queen’s Baton as it reached the halfway point of the Relay in its 294-day journey to Birmingham.

wearing a grass skirt holds the Baton during its visit to Nauru ©Birmingham 2022It is set to arrive in Australia

March 17 where officials have designed an itinerary which will reflect the previous occasions that Australia

Commonwealth Games history.The following day it will visit Sydney Cricket Ground, the centrepiece when Australia

Olympic and world triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas, with her hair dyed purple, provided the final World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of the season in Madrid with a suitably regal performance tonight, finishing just two centimetres adrift of the world indoor record of 15.43 metres.

loser for the final of the 60 metres hurdles, did not show for the second race.Eleanor Patterson of Australia

Australian Taekwondo President Hassan Iskander and the Vietnam Taekwondo Federation President Truong Ngoc De have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) over the weekend to offer periodic training and development opportunities for both coaches and athletes.

cooperation between them will include an international conference for professional coaches and athletes of Australia

between the two National Federations will include an international conference for coaches and athletes of Australia

has always been at the top of the world rankings in continental and regional Poomsae Championships, Australia

Swiss motor racing driver Simona de Silvestro has launched a campaign to qualify in the bobsleigh for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

has enjoyed a diverse racing career.She has competed in IndyCar for several years before moving to Australia

career, including taking part in IndyCar and Formula E ©Getty ImagesDe Silvestro spent three years in Australia

Loes Adegeest of the Netherlands and Jay Vine of Australia were crowned respective women’s and men’s

Ward Lemmelijn successfully defended his open men's 2,000 metres title at the World Rowing Indoor Championships, which were held virtually instead of in Hamburg, Germany, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

way to victory in the PR2 class, Russia's Valentina Zhagot 1:45.0 in the PR3 and Bronte Marshall of Australia

The Combat Institute of Australia's boxing head coach Kevin Smith is to leave his role to take up the post of technical director at the Saudi Arabia Boxing Federation.

Smith has held the head coaching position since 2014, and helped Australia to win its first boxing medal

Championships in 2017 and 2019, and the Women's World Boxing Championships in 2016 and 2018.At Gold Coast 2018, Australia

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games where boxing is scheduled from July 29 to August 7 at the NEC Hall 4.Australia

Arabia's new boxing programme were cited among the reasons for Smith's departure.The Combat Institute of Australia

Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Shanghai Communique in which the United States and China pledged to work towards the normalisation of relations following the strange but effective table tennis initiative that has come to be known as Ping Pong Diplomacy.

, he answered, "Well, I'd like to see any country I haven't seen before - Argentina, Australia, China