The 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games has begun in Jerusalem with an Opening Ceremony at the Teddy Stadium.

pic.twitter.com/tHQdVeuEND— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) July 6, 2017The first gold medal of the Games was won by South

Africa in the rugby sevens.

Canada will begin the defence of their World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Men's Softball World Championships title on home soil tomorrow, when action begins in Whitehorse.

round.Canada are joined in Pool A by Argentina, Australia, the Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, India, South

Africa and the United States.Pool B includes New Zealand and Venezuela, the third-place finishers in

taking on Botswana in the tournament's curtain raiser.Canada are due to begin their campaign against South

Africa in the evening, immediately following the Opening Ceremony on the main competition field.The

A mobile gym has arrived in South Africa to develop athletes and coaches in the country as part of the

International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) Year of Africa project.

The Year of Africa truck entered the country last Saturday (July 1) and AIBA promised it will provide

As the first of AIBA’s important legacy projects for the sport, seeing the impact of the Year of Africa

in South Africa reminds us of the power boxing has to capture the imagination of young people and how

local schools.More than 190 places are available to those seeking to advance their careers, with the South

Africa and beyond," Andile Mofu, president of the South African National Amateur Boxing Organisation

Malcolm Arnold describes himself as "just a retired 77-year-old pensioner" - but we all know there is a little more to it than that.

the last track races of his career in his home country, of the new rising talent Wayde Van Niekerk of South

Africa testing himself with a prospective 200m/400m double.It is on the other side of next month’s athletics

Hosts England beat South Africa in the highest scoring women’s one day international to leapfrog their

Beaumont in racking up the runs.Both women made impressive centuries as they continued to pressure the South

imposed target before falling for 67 and 72 respectively.There was a half-century from Chloe Tryon but South

Africa still struggled against the rising run rate to eventually fall 68 runs short of their target

on 309-5.Victory saw England move up to third place in the standings on six points.South Africa are now

 A victory for New Zealand would take them above South Africa into fourth place. 

in the Gold Coast having risen into the top 12 of the world rankings following their triumph at the Africa

South Africa and Malawi are the only African nations sitting above Uganda in the world rankings at fifth

and Tobago just missed out on Gold Coast 2018 qualification having ranked 13thUganda’s victory at the Africa

There is another new host for the 2017 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) AfroBasket after it was switched for the second time.

Republic of Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South

Africa, Tunisia and Uganda.It will be the second consecutive occasion that Tunisia have hosted AfroBasket.They

An Australia A cricket team tour of South Africa will be boycotted by the players unless disputes over

two four-day matches against their hosts.They are then due to play a three-way one-day series against South

Africa and India.Other matches that could be affected if new deals are agreed include the upcoming Ashes

India ended up cruising past rivals Pakistan here today as they continued their fine run in the International Cricket Council Women’s World Cup on a day where all eight teams chasing the title played.

in 38.1 overs.Perhaps the most intriguing scorecard of the day came at Grace Road in Leicester.South Africa

beating the West Indies by 10 wickets after bowling the current World Twenty20 champions out for just 48.South

Africa romped to victory after bowling the West Indies out for 48 ©ICCDane van Niekerk was the pick

Australia’s Carol Cooke claimed victory as road races began at the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Cup in Emmen.

final event before the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships taking place in Pietermaritzburg, South

Africa, between August 31 and September 3.Emmen is scheduled to host the 2019 Para-Cycling Road World

The accreditation of two laboratories based in Kazakhstan and South Africa has been revoked by the World

The Athletes’ Anti-Doping Laboratory in Almaty and the South African Doping Control Laboratory (SADoCoL

their accreditations removed.The result of this is that there are now no accredited laboratories in Africa

the Athlete Biological PassportThey also claimed it "does not impact" testing of urine samples by the South

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and Major League Baseball (MLB) have announced a global professional players agreement for the 2017 Under-18 Baseball World Cup in Canadian city Thunder Bay.

made up of Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, South

Africa, South Korea and the United States.National governing bodies will have until August 27 to finalise

Ireland’s Eve McCrystal and Katie George Dunlevy were among the winners on the opening day of the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Cup in Emmen.

final event before the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships taking place in Pietermaritzburg, South

Africa, between August 31 and September 3.Emmen is scheduled to host the 2019 Para-Cycling Road World

Australia’s cricketers and their national governing body Cricket Australia (CA) could find themselves on the way to war after no agreement is reached on a Memorandum of Understanding.

the touring party was led by Syd Gregory.For the first and only time, Australia joined England and South

Africa in a Triangular Test tournament which called for each team to play against one another.Without

their “Big Six”, Australia were still good enough to defeat South Africa.

A squad of 72 athletes, aged between 14 and 18, have been selected to represent England at this year’s Commonwealth Youth Games in The Bahamas.

has taken part in every edition since.At Samoa 2015, England finished third in the medal table behind South

Africa and Australia after winning 12 golds, 16 silvers and 16 bronzes.This year's Games will be the