Scotland beat Northern Ireland 52-31 in Perth today to ensure they finished top of the European qualifying tournament for the 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool.

countries currently are defending World Cup champions Australia, New Zealand, England, Jamaica and South

Africa.

 Australia, New Zealand, England and South Africa are currently playing in the Quad Series at the

 After England beat New Zealand 64-57 and Australia defeated South Africa 54-50, action is due to

Africa are scheduled to play New Zealand on Thursday (January 25).

Northern Ireland and Scotland have booked their places in the 2019 Netball World Cup.

due to face world champions Australia on Monday (January 22), before heading to Johannesburg to play South

Africa in the next stage of the Series.

 Earlier, world number one side Australia had beaten South Africa 54-50.

A superb all-round display by Rachin Ravindra powered New Zealand to victory over South Africa today

from their allotted 50 overs as Ravindra top scored with 76.He then took four wickets for 32 runs as South

Africa were bowled out for 208 in 46.2 overs.Hermann Rolfes scored 108 but had precious little support

Yadram then took five for 18 as Kenya were bowled out for 96.Both teams failed to progress, though, as South

Africa qualified in second despite their defeat.In today's other matches, Liam Banks scored 120 as his

Scotland put themselves in a good position to claim one of the two remaining European places at the 2019 Netball World Cup with a 52-40 victory over Wales in Perth tonight.

 The Quad Series, features Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa and is played twice

have one eye on the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.The opening matches tomorrow are due to see South

Africa meet Australia and hosts England take on defending champions New Zealand.

Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad has reiterated his support for Morocco hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup as the country stepped up its attempt to bring the tournament to the continent by appointing Hafid Elalamy as bid chairman.

Ahmad, who goes by a single name, said Africa deserves to host the event and claimed they were "convinced

previously called on the rest of the CAF members to get behind Morocco's attempt to bring the World Cup to Africa

for the first time since South Africa in 2010.Morocco, which unsuccessfully bid for the 1994, 1998,

World champion Peter Sagan won stage four of the Tour Down Under in Uraidla today and also assumed the overall lead in the race.

the six kilometres long Norton Summit, 7km from the end, before attacking thereafter.He overhauled South

Africa''s Mitchelton-Scott rider Daryl Impey to win in 3 hours 21min 07sec at the end of a 128.2km stage

Nathan McSweeney and Jason Ralston produced a batting and bowling masterclass as Australia thrashed Papua New Guinea today at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand today.

while there are two Group A matches.Kenya play West Indies at Lincoln Green before New Zealand meet South

Africa at the Bay Oval.

South Africa won their match against the West Indies at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand

South Africa's Jiveshan Pillay was given out for obstructing the field after he handled the ball when

to questions about the spirit of the game, which many say this incident betrays.Writing on Twitter, South

South Africa eventually scored 282 runs for the dismissal of five wickets in their 50 overs and bowled

Home rider Caleb Ewan, representing Mitchelton-Scott, claimed victory on stage two of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide.

Australian now leads the overall tour by 10 seconds over closest rival and team-mate Daryrl Impey of South

Africa, who finished second in today's race.Ewan's compatriot Jay McCarthy, riding for Bora-Hansgrohe

India produced another dominant display as they thrashed Papua New Guinea by 10 wickets at the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.

Zimbabwe play Australia, New Zealand entertain Kenya and defending champions West Indies go up against South

Africa.

Britain's Kyle Edmund won a five-set epic against Kevin Anderson of South Africa ©Getty ImagesVenus Williams

Referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for life because he intentionally made wrong decisions in an attempt to make "certain bets successful", FIFA has revealed.

last year for match-fixing following a number of suspect decisions in a World Cup qualifier between South

Africa and Senegal in November 2016.The reason behind the decision, which Lamptey unsuccessfully appealed

Africa won 2-1.Senegal booked their place at the 2018 World Cup after winning the replayed qualifier

[He] clearly took two wrong decisions, which led to two goals being scored by South Africa."

Neither South Africa nor Senegal broke any rules and were not involved the "match manipulation" outlined

Chile and Uruguay have successfully come through the two-tournament Sudamérica Rugby Sevens Series to complete the 24-strong line-up for the men’s competition at this year’s World Cup in San Francisco.

They join Argentina to give South America three participants, while North America will be represented

American team in third place overall - behind two of the invited teams in South Africa and France."

and France 17-14.It was followed by a 14-7 victory over Brazil to set up a semi-final encounter with South

Africa that they lost 26-7.Ireland then pipped Uruguay to the bronze medal after winning the third-place

The South African side, comprising players from their national sevens academy, had not had it all their

India, South Africa and Sri Lanka each enjoyed victories today at the International Cricket Council

overs.Opener Jack Edwards managed a top score of 73 for the beaten side as they lost by 100 runs.South Africa

121-ball 143 from Raynard van Tonder.Raynard van Tonder produced a superb innings today in a winning South

Botswana thrashed hosts South Africa 15-1 to win the 2018 Women's Softball African Championships 

of the bronze medal match between Lesotho and Zimbabwe have not yet been published.Both Botswana and South

Africa have now qualified for the World Championships.South Africa had to settle for second place on

scheduled to take place in Chiba, in Japan, from August 2 to 12.Botswana are the best ranked team in Africa

and are ranked 17th in the world with 180 points, with rivals South Africa in position 21 with 40 points.Kenya