Next Wednesday (June 13), the FIFA Congress is due to convene in Moscow to decide the host of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

 The German bid narrowly defeated the 2010 World Cup host South Africa in the 2006 race; Beckenbauer

round of both races, regardless of whether their home country was among the candidates.Chung Mong Joon (South

Nicolás Leoz (Paraguay)The 89 year-old Leoz, who headed the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL

 He stated this occurred at a meeting involving then UK Prime Minister David Cameron and South Korean

asked Chung to vote for England and Chung to have replied that he would if Thompson would vote for South

Kwesi Nyantakyi has resigned as President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the country's Government has begun a process to dissolve the organisation after the FIFA Council member was banned for 90 days.

journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas shows Nyantakyi, considered among the most powerful football officials in Africa

for their first World Cup in 2006 in Germany before competing at the 2010 and 2014 editions in South

Africa and Brazil respectively.Ghana reached the quarter finals in 2010 where they were knocked out

United States' Suzanne Hartwig-Gary was among the winners as action continued at the International Powerlifting Federation's (IPF) Classic World Championships in Calgary.

dominated a competition in which Canada's Jayne Egan was a distant second with 300kg.Carol Anthony of South

Africa was third with 252.50kg.Felicia Greenidge was a home winner after lifting 402.5kg in the

Defending champions New Zealand topped Group A of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship by beating rivals Australia in France today.

second in the group, with the European side coming out on top by a 30-26 score.France clashed with South

Africa in Group C to decide which nation claimed top spot in the standings.The host nation were able

24-20.Having accrued the more points in their group than fellow second placed teams Wales and Italy, South

Africa claimed a place in the semi-finals.They are now set to face England on Tuesday (June 12).New

Fiji's men will seek a fifth successive World Rugby Sevens Series win when the final leg of this year's season begins at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris tomorrow.

 They still only hold a seven point lead over South Africa at the top of the men's standings, however

, so there is still all to play for with 22 points available for a victory.Fiji beat arch-rivals South

Africa 21-17 to win in London last week.

 "We have a lot of respect for South Africa and the teams in our pool, but we're focusing on one

France 2019 have organised artistic events to mark the one-year countdown to the FIFA Women's World Cup.

secured places at the tournament, including France as the host nation.China, Thailand, Australia and South

place.Three automatic spots will be claimed by CONCACAF teams in their qualification process, with Africa

Top seed Rafael Nadal booked his place in the quarter-finals of the French Open with another straight sets victory as Serena Williams withdrew from a Grand Slam for the first time with an arm injury prior to her eagerly-anticipated clash with Maria Sharapova.

face Argentinian 11th seed Diego Schwartzman, who fought from two sets down to beat Kevin Anderson of South

Africa 1-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-2.The story of the day came off the court, however, as Williams

will play the Cook Islands in the next round of qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup after beating South

qualify for 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan and will go into Pool B along with world champions New Zealand, South

Africa, Italy and a yet-to-be confirmed African team.On a sweltering day at the Hong Kong Football Club

Stadium, the hosts came out of the blocks in impressive fashion and never really looked back with South

Hartley secured the all-important bonus point for Hong Kong with a 31-0 lead at half-time.Hong Kong beat South

39-5 in the Asia Rugby Championship final ©World RugbyThe heat took its toll in the second-half with South

Fiji claimed a fourth successive win on the World Rugby Sevens Series circuit by beating South Africa

reigning Olympic champions, were always favourites but were bound to be tested in the final by a strong South

June 3, 2018But the Irish recovered to beat England 21-19 in a nailbiting bronze medal match.South Africa

begin the day while Ireland had continued their superb run with a 22-10 success over Ireland.South Africa

Defending champions New Zealand showed ominous form in thrashing Wales 42-10 at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in France today.

then gained a second win to stay top of the group after beating Italy 43-5 in the same venue.South Africa

vanquished side proved competitive - but ultimately unsuccessful - for the second game in succession.South Africa

then prevailed 30-17 over Ireland at the Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié.Both France and the South Africans

Ireland impressed in reaching the quarter-finals of the World Rugby Sevens Series-leg in London today despite not being a core team on the circuit.

the US, who went through the day unbeaten after drawing 19-19 with Kenya in their opening match.South Africa

face Fiji in the quarter-finals while the US will take on Ireland, England will play Australia and South

Africa will be up against New Zealand.Action will conclude tomorrow.

Number one seeds Scotland booked their place in the quarter-final of the World Cup of Darts with a victory against Brazil at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt.

OfficialPDC) June 2, 2018The evening session saw defending champions The Netherlands inflict a 2-0 defeat on South

Africa to book a quarter-final meeting with unseeded Germany, who upset the odds to beat sixth seeds

Defending champions The Netherlands breezed into the second round of the World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt.

 Finland thrashed Greece 5-1 and South Africa beat Hungary 5-3.

Increasing sanctions associated with ball-tampering and creating a code of respect were among the recommendations made by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Committee at its two-day meeting in Mumbai.

game following the ball-tampering scandal which occurred during a Test match between Australia and South

Africa in March.The Committee was joined by ex-England captain Mike Gatting and David Boon, the former

were all banned for their involvement in a plot to tamper with the ball during the third Test against South

Africa in Cape Town.Smith and Warner were each banned for a year, while Bancroft received a nine-month

Olympic champions Fiji will aim for a fourth consecutive victory on the World Rugby Sevens Series circuit when London hosts the penultimate event of the season this weekend.

Twickenham Stadium, which begins tomorrow and concludes on Sunday (June 3).The top four teams - Fiji, South

Africa, New Zealand and Australia - are separated by just 37 points.The destination of the overall title

while hosts England will face Kenya, the United States and France in Pool CReigning series champions South

Africa have been drawn in Pool D with Canada, Russia and Samoa.