The first six netball teams to have qualified for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been confirmed, and represent four continents.

Australia have reached every Commonwealth Games netball final ©Getty ImagesUganda, Scotland, Wales, Trinidad

Birmingham 2022, having won a maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal at Gold Coast 2018.They beat hosts Australia

That unforgettable final between Australia and England will always be remembered as one of the iconic

On this date, 17 years ago, Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford. The rivalry between these teams has always been strong, and never more so than in the late 1990s and early 2000s when they were vying for the English Premier League title.

, when he was 17, to 1986, when, in a seismic result for the sport, he was beaten by Ross Norman of Australia

Indonesia looks set to stage the 2023 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games - but can only be awarded the event if a ban on the country's National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) is lifted.

umbrella body also announced during its General Assembly here today that Russia, New South Wales in Australia

manipulation of the Moscow Laboratory data expire in December 2022.It has joined Chinese Taipei and Australia

World number one Ashleigh Barty of Australia has opted not to defend her Women’s Tennis Association (

year due to fears over the risk of contracting COVID-19 and did not play in a tournament outside of Australia

Peder Fredricson won the Global Champions Tour (GCT) title after finishing tenth in the Grand Prix of Slovakia, the season’s finale in Šamorín.

s line-up of Fredricson, riding both H&M All In and Catch Me Not S and Edwina Tops-Alexander of Australia

Holders West Indies were heavily beaten by England on the first day of the International Cricket Council Men’s T20 World Cup Super12 stage, as the second phase of the tournament got underway in the United Arab Emirates.

underway ©Getty ImagesIn the earlier game in Group One, held at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Australia

to 81-5, before Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade added 40 for the sixth wicket to secure victory for Australia

with two balls to spare.Steve Smith top scored for Australia with 35, who sit second in the group table

Scotland and Namibia have reached the so-called Super 12 stage of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup for the first time.

with nine wickets and 108 runs across three games.Bangladesh and Sri Lanka go into Group 1, joining Australia

who reached the Super 12 have also secured qualification for next year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia

The International Cycling Union (UCI) Women's WorldTour season will conclude with Ronde van Drenthe, with the one-day race scheduled to take place tomorrow.

previous winners.The duo will take to the start line tomorrow, with fellow sprinters Chloe Hosking of Australia

The 2021-2022 Australian Baseball League (ABL) season has been cancelled before it has even started due to "too much uncertainty" surrounding COVID-19 restrictions in the country.

mid-November to "mid-to-late December".But the season has now been abandoned altogether with Baseball Australia

Australia has imposed strict border controls and snap lockdowns in a bid to combat COVID-19, but is struggling

A few days after witnessing the lighting of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Flame, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is set for more duties in Greece at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in Crete.

headed a Coordination and Study Committee which included experienced officials such as Hugh Weir from Australia

South African prodigy Matthew Sates won his second consecutive men's 400 metres freestyle race of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup circuit, this time at leg three in Doha.

freestyle, The Netherlands' Ranomi Kromowidjojo swam the season's best time, 23.46, to stop Emma McKeon of Australia

Mahjabin Hakimi, a member of the Afghanistan women's youth volleyball team, has reportedly been beheaded by the Taliban in the country's capital of Kabul because of its objection to women's sport.

including female players, again to Qatar.Seven female taekwondo athletes from Afghanistan were taken to Australia

All players and football department staff who are part of the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW) will need to be fully vaccinated to train and play as part of the AFL's COVID-19 policy.

19 and the second by December 17.Stage three incorporates all players and football staff at Western Australia

, South Australia and Queensland clubs and states that doses one and two must be completed by January

The final round of qualifying matches for the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup is set to be held at centralised venues due to the coronavirus pandemic.

flagship event along with five of the best runners-up.Hosts China, Japan, Syria, Qatar, South Korea, Australia

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has effectively opened the door for prospective hosts to design the event whichever way they please, after a strategic roadmap was approved at the organisation's General Assembly last week.

surely be thrilled to return to.Given that there has only been one edition of the Games held outside Australia