Cricket Australia have announced a four-year shirt sponsorship deal with Alinta Energy.

another boost for Cricket Australia following the ball-tampering scandal during the Test series with South

Africa in March.Former captain Steve Smith and David Warner were banned for 12 months for their role

UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin has accused FIFA of trying to sell the soul of football in a stinging attack on Gianni Infantino's proposal to revamp the Club World Cup and develop a new Nations League.

League winners from the previous four seasons, with the European contingent joined by four clubs from South

America and two each from Africa, Asia and North America.One club would also come from the host country

with the last side from either South America or Oceania.The event currently features seven-teams.Infantino

One of the most exciting things about watching Italian track and field athletes is the excitement they generate among their own supporters.

Fiasconaro during his brief but star-bursting career over 400 and 800 metres in the early 1970s.Born in South

Africa, but with an Italian father, Fiasconaro only switched from rugby to athletics at the age of 20

Getty Images  Sadly, injuries had already put paid to the meteoric career of Italy's reclaimed South

Three high ranking German football officials have been charged with tax evasion as part of an alleged plot to fix the race for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Swiss Attorney General opened an investigation into the accusations in 2016.The German bid defeated South

Africa by a narrow margin of 12 votes to 11 back in 2000 after New Zealand's Charlie Dempsey abstained

The head of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi is to face an investigation ordered by the country's President Nana Akufo-Addo.

for their first-ever 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

Credit to Gianni Infantino. His plans for a revamped 24-team Club World Cup have already made the tournament far more entertaining than the existing one.

numerous officials have appeared to cry.Meanwhile, over in South Africa, Barcelona secured a 3-1 win

Officials expressed concern over the strain on players while Barcelona were playing a friendly in South

Africa before their domestic season ended ©Getty ImagesIt is understandable that UEFA would be opposed

is no surprise, given the clear financial disparity between the continent's top teams and those from Africa

, Asia, Oceania, North America and South America.If anything, a 24-team tournament would probably make

Tim McFerran, President of the World Skateboarding Federation (WSF), has described next weekend's Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Pro Open at London's Copper Box as appearing like "a marketing gimmick".

If you are a skateboarder in Turkey, or South Africa, how are you going to qualify for Tokyo 2020?"

A 2009 survey found that there were 11.8 million active skateboarders in the world. It also estimated that skateboarding was worth an estimated $4.8 billion (£3.5 billion/€4 billion) in annual revenue. Neither figure is likely to have diminished in the meantime.

 "If you are a skateboarder in Turkey, or South Africa, how are you going to qualify for Tokyo 2020

"No skaters from Africa, Oceania or Asia are invited."

Hosts Canada will meet world number one ranked New Zealand in the groups stage of the Junior Men's Softball World Championship.

to progress to the next round.They will face competition from Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Denmark, South

Africa and India."

Confederation of African Football President Ahmad Ahmad has attempted to persuade South African Football

It comes on the back of South Africa’s Sports Minister Tokozile Xasa recently pressuring the SAFA to

 SAFA President Danny Jordaan announced last month that South Africa's vote in the 2026 race would

, warned the SAFA not to "go against the mandate of a country" by supporting the Moroccan bid.South Africa

two countries have still not fully healed.Morocco withdrew its ambassador from Pretoria in 2004 when South

Africa recognised the independence of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, also known as the Western

UEFA's Professional Football Strategy Council (PFSC) have expressed "serious reservations" over FIFA's proposal to revamp the Club World Cup and develop a new Nations League.

League winners from the previous four seasons, with the European contingent joined by four clubs from South

America and two each from Africa, Asia and North America.One club would also come from the host country

with the last side from either South America or Oceania.Opposition has risen to the proposals, with

English city Liverpool has been awarded the 2022 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.

the 2022 Commonwealth Games.Rival Birmingham was selected as England's candidate to replace Durban in South

Africa, which was stripped of the Games due to financial issues.Birmingham was eventually confirmed

British sprinter Reece Prescod produced the biggest surprise of the second International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meeting of the season as he won the concluding men’s 100 metres in a rainy Shanghai Stadium.

farthest achieved so far this season.World and Commonwealth long jump champion Luvo Manyonga of South

Africa showed his class once again as he produced a final effort of 8.56m to earn a clear-cut win, having

It has already been a year of celebration for Irish sport. Back in March, they clinched the Grand Slam in rugby union on St Patrick's Day.

to make their Test debut against Pakistan today but the first day was washed out ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa

In 1907, Sir Abe Bailey, then President of the South African Cricket Association, wrote a letter to MCC

Africa and England met in a Triangular tournament of Test matches but the idea was shelved after the

Africa.

South Africa lost their last eight second innings wickets for only 25 runs to give the West Indies victory.Indian

Spanish star Rafael Nadal's long unbeaten run on clay came to an end as he was knocked out of the Mutua Madrid Open at the quarter-final stage by Austria's Dominic Thiem today.

and considered one of the best clay-court players on the tour, will face sixth seed Kevin Anderson of South

Africa in the last four.Anderson battled past Serbian Dušan Lajović with a 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 win to progress