Afghanistan's hopes of qualifying for next year's Cricket World Cup are hanging by the slenderest of threads after they crashed to a third straight defeat today in Bulawayo.

teams who have already qualified - the host nation, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, South

Africa and Bangladesh.

Afghanistan are in danger of missing out on competing at next year's Cricket World Cup after they were beaten by hosts Zimbabwe by two runs in a thrilling contest at the qualification tournament in Bulawayo.

teams who have already qualified - the host nation, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, South

Africa and Bangladesh.

Brazil have retained their position as the number one blind football side in the world in the latest rankings update provided by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA).

The South American nation, the reigning Paralympic champions, remain ahead of Argentina, China and Spain

account results at all major tournaments in 2017, including regional and sub-regional championships in Africa

, America, Asia, Central America, Europe and South-East Asia.

Former world champion Dai Greene has been added to the Welsh athletics squad for next month's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

year-old broke the 50 second barrier for the first time in three years in running two qualifying times in South

Africa last week to secure his place, including a best of 49.38sec.Hammer thrower Carys Parry, hurdler

United States demolished Argentina 28-0 to win their home leg of the men's World Rugby Sevens Series in Las Vegas.

semi-finals, with Argentina seeing off defending Las Vegas winners and overall Seven Series champions South

Africa 12-10."

Fiji beat South Africa 26-22 to win the bronze medal match.South Africa still lead the overall standings

Twenty-three countries and territories are set to take part at the Bowls World Cup in Australia from tomorrow.

women's singles tournaments with action taking place at the Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club in New South

bowlers from Botswana, Guernsey, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Malta, The Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, South

Africa and United States.In section two, the home bowler David Ferguson will be joined by rivals from

Rebecca Van Asch as well as players from India, Isle of Man, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, South

Africa and the US.Play will be nine ends and two sets."

Suriname were crowned Pan American Championship winners as Dominican Republic claimed a vital win over Brazil to secure qualification to the International Korfball Federation (IKF) World Championship.

fourth place, with two wins and three defeats.The World Championships will take place next year in the South

Africa city Durban.

Scotland got their pursuit of a place at next year's Cricket World Cup off to the best possible start as they beat Afghanistan by seven wickets at the qualification tournament in Zimbabwe.

teams who have already qualified - the host nation, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, South

Africa and Bangladesh.

Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) President Brian Lewis has claimed the continued absence from the Commonwealth Games programme would be a "loss for cricket".

South Africa emerged as the winners the last time cricket appeared on the Games programme 20-years ago.The

With negotiations over hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games at a close and its predecessor Gold Coast 2018 now just a month away, you could be forgiven for thinking that Birmingham would take a back seat for the next couple of months.

Games sports.This category would be titled preferred sports and would include one name.Cricket.South Africa

cricket was set to feature at Durban 2022 before the plug was ultimately, and rightly, pulled on the South

Hosts United States and reigning Olympic champions Fiji each enjoyed narrow victories to set-up a semi-final clash at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Las Vegas.

over New Zealand for the Fijians in comparison with 47 victories for their opponents.Argentina and South

Africa completed the semi-final line-up in the bottom half of the draw.The Argentinians were given a

17-12 in the quarter-finals after tries by Conrad Roura, Felipe del Mestre and Renzo Barbier.South Africa

crossed in the second.Both semi-finals are due to take place tomorrow before the medal matches.South Africa

Two-time champions the West Indies are among the 10 teams aiming to book their place at the 2019 Cricket World Cup at the qualification event in Zimbabwe, due to begin tomorrow. 

teams who have already qualified - the host nation, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, South

Africa and Bangladesh.The West Indies, the UAE, Papua New Guinea, Ireland and The Netherlands comprise

Newcomers Suriname finished the opening day of the Pan-American Korfball Championship in Cali as the shock leaders after beating both the defending champions Brazil and the hosts and the 2014 runners-up Colombia. 

 The South American nation, which used to be a constituent country of The Netherlands, has only

and Argentina 15-3, it leaves Brazil and Colombia both currently outside the qualifying positions for South

Africa as they lay in third and fourth positions.Suriname will be hoping to protect their position at

The United States made an inspired start to the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Las Vegas with two impressive victories over Samoa and Australia.

Africa.

 South Africa erased a 14-0 deficit to defeat Wales 26-21 then closed the night with a 19-12 victory

over Canada,South Africa’s Pool B rivals England were also unbeaten, running in six tries in a 40-12

rout of Canada before a 33-12 win over Wales in which Tom Bowen scored a hat-trick.South Africa and

 South Africa, whose run to the Series title last season included a triumph in Las Vegas, lead the

The Parade of Nations kick-started the latest leg of the men's World Rugby Sevens Series in Las Vegas today, with competition set to start tomorrow.

contest Pool A with Kenya, France and Russia, while defending overall Sevens Series champions South

Africa, also the winners in Las Vegas last year, have been drawn in Pool D alongside England, Canada

Argentina and Uruguay together.The four legs of the season so far have all produced different winners with South

Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Fiji all topping the pile.It is South Africa who currently lead the

tournaments, no doubt the crowds really get behind you and it's an awesome venue to play in," said South