Reigning mixed doubles champions Joelle King and Paul Coll suffered a surprise defeat in their opening match at the World Squash Federation World Doubles Championships in Manchester.

standings.Coll and King bounced back in their next tie as they beat Christo Potgieter and Milnay Louw of South

Africa 11-6, 11-7 as they look to defend their title.King has already progressed to knock-out stage

Defending champions the United States beat Panama today to remain undefeated at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 World Cup in Chinese Taipei.

round as the number one seeds.Today’s other matches in Group B saw Nicaragua defeat Australia 10-4 and South

defeated Australia 10-4 today ©WBSCIn the one game that was completed in Group A, Czech Republic beat South

Africa 10-0.Five matches were postponed yesterday due to rain caused by the Nesat typhoon and will be

played instead tomorrow.Mexico and Brazil were due to lock horns in Group A, as were Japan and South

Africa.In Group B, all three scheduled games - the US v Germany, South Korea v Nicaragua and Panama

South Africa’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) has announced the appointment of advocate Vincent Maleka SC

The 87,000-seater stadium, the largest in South Africa and the venue of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final

The League‚ affected clubs‚ service providers‚ sponsors‚ supporters‚ the South African Police Service

The 87,000-seater stadium, the largest in South Africa, was hosting the derby between Soweto rivals Orlando

Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs ©Getty ImagesThe South African Football Association (SAFA) had promised a

Baseball Softball Confederation Under-12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan thanks to a huge 27-6 win over South

 There was also a victory for Brazil who beat winless South Africa 10-0.Hosts Chinese Taipei were

Bermuda's Flora Duffy continued her superb World Triathlon Series (WTS) campaign as she stormed to her fourth consecutive victory in Edmonton.

furiously for the line in the last kilometre to beat Australian Jake Birtwhistle.Richard Murray of South

Africa, fourth at last year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, secured bronze.Britain's Jonathan Brownlee

Brazil claimed a sensational beach handball double on the penultimate day of competition at the Wrocław 2017 World Games.

The South American country retained both their men's and women's gold medals from Cali 2013 at Marsowe

final of the women's indoor 540 kilograms final at the city's University of Physical Education.South Africa

Mexico pulled off a surprise result at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 Baseball World Cup in Chinese Taipei today by defeating the tournament's top ranked side Japan in Group A.

Japan.Today’s other Group A matches saw host nation Chinese Taipei in dominant form as they routed South

Africa 18-0 to claim their second win of the tournament and the Czech Republic beat Brazil 8-2.South

first victory of the tournament by beating Australia 8-0 ©WBSCFollowing a defeat on the opening day, South

Egypt claimed a sixth consecutive women’s title at the World Squash Federation Junior Championships with their victory against Malaysia in New Zealand today.

seventh after a 2-0 win against Germany.Canada claimed ninth place with a 3-0 victory over Australia and South

Africa came 11th after a walkover against South Korea.

Anya Shrubsole’s heroics in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Cup final have seen her move to a career position of seventh in the bowling rankings.

has broken into the top 10 bowlers for the first time, moving up from 16th place.Marizanne Kapp of South

Africa has stayed top of the leaderboard, while India’s Jhulan Goswami has gone from sixth to second.Meg

Host and defending champions United States defeated Puerto Rico 8-3 as Championship round action began at the Junior Women's Softball World Championship in Clearwater - meaning they are guaranteed a medal at the event.

while The Netherlands claimed a 2-0 victory over Great Britain.Mexico comfortably beat Brazil 10-3 and South

suffered a humiliating 18-0 loss to Argentina inside three innings.India recovered to narrowly beat South

Africa 5-4 to claim their first-ever win at this event and the Philippines also won a close game after

Suggestions that the ongoing pay dispute and contract row in Australian cricket should be resolved through arbitration have been dismissed by the association representing the players at the centre of the disagreement.

©Getty ImagesThe row has already forced the cancellation of the Australia A cricket team's tour of South

Africa, which had been scheduled to begin on July 12.The Australians were due to play two four-day matches

against their hosts.They were then set to play a three-way one-day series against South Africa and India.Contracts

Morocco will launch a bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee member Amaju Pinnick has claimed.

competition from the North American effort.Morocco, which played host to the recent CAF Symposium, where the Africa

the opening match of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.Countries from the member associations of CAF, the South

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari hailed host city Tainan with the Under-12 Baseball World Cup due to begin tomorrow.

Chinese Taipei 7-2 in the 2015 final at the Tainan Municipal Stadium.They will play in Group B with South

and Germany.The home side will contest Group A alongside Japan, Mexico, Czech Republic, Brazil and South

the hosts play Brazil and the US begin their defence against Australia.Other games see Mexico play South

Africa, Czech Republic meet Japan, Panama clash with South Korea and Nicaragua face Germany.The final

Japan have booked their place in the Championship round of the Junior Women's Softball World Championship in Clearwater in the United States.

the two qualifiers in the process.Chinese Taipei preserved their unbeaten record in Pool A by beating South

Africa 14-0, with hosts United States recording their fourth straight win by overcoming Italy 8-0.The

positions.Canada remain unbeaten after four matches ©WBSCThey won 10-0 against Turkey and 3-0 in their match with South

Africa to move their record to four wins and one loss, placing them third overall.Canada are the only

unbeaten team in Pool D, as they recorded a 5-1 win over South Korea before edging Britain 4-2.They

Germany stunned Canada to upset the seeding and qualify for the quarter-finals of the women's team event today at the World Squash Federation Junior Championships in New Zealand.

New Zealand beat Australia 2-1 to set up a quarter-final against Pool B winners Malaysia.England beat South

Africa 3-0 to win Pool C.Hong Kong and United States both progressed from Pool D after respective 3-

0 victories over Ireland and South Korea.Hong Kong had earlier edged the US 2-1 to ensure they topped