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Last Para-Cycling Road World Cup of season heads to Emmen

  • Cycling News

The final International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-Cycling Road World Cup event of the season is set to begin in Emmen tomorrow.

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


ISA gains recognition from International Paralympic Committee

  • Surfing

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has been handed recognition as the official International Federation for adaptive surfing by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

in the event.Member Nations such as France, Australia, Chile, Brazil, the United States, Hawaii, and South

Africa have all held their own National Championships to select teams for the event.At the World Surfing



Former Olympian Bates set to reach cricket landmark

  • Non-Olympic Sports

the first Olympian to appear in 100 One-Day Internationals (ODI) when she leads New Zealand against South

Africa in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's World Cup tomorrow in Derby.


England comfortably beat Pakistan at ICC Women's World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England recorded the second-highest total at an International Cricket Council Women's World Cup as they beat Pakistan by 107 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method in a rain-affected match at Grace Road in Leicester.

reduce Pakistan to 107-3 before the weather intervened.Action at the tournament continues tomorrow as South

Africa play New Zealand at the County Ground in Derby.


South Africa name team for World Games in Wrocław

  • Wroclaw 2017

A total of 26 athletes have been selected to represent South Africa at next month's World Games in the

The squad, announced by the South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), will compete

across 10 of the sports due to take place at the event, which runs from July 20 to 30.South African

archery, cue sports, gymnastics, powerlifting, sport climbing and tug of war.Jean Kelly has been named as South

I'm humbled to lead team South Africa to yet another world prominent event," said Kelly."

The World Games are due to be held from July 20 to 30 ©IWGASouth Africa claimed four medals at the last


Philip Barker: Ireland's journey to cricket's top table

  • Inside the Blogs

The Irish flag has been fluttering proudly at Lord's Cricket Ground in London ever since their national team played an official one day international (ODI) there for the first time.

 Founded in 1909 by Australia, South Africa and England, the ICC had granted Test status to only

The match caused great interest and Australia won.American, Canadian, South African and Indian teams


Education in FISU

  • FISU Section Pages

member of FISU's Education Committee, and Marissa Langeni, the chief executive of University Sport South

Africa.


Professional Squash Association Foundation recognised as official charity

  • Squash

A website and logo has been unveiled by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) to celebrate the PSA Foundation becoming officially recognised as a charity in the United Kingdom.

recycled squash equipment was provided to children in disadvantaged communities in India, Colombia, South

Africa, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.Thanks to the support of the initiative, South African Urban Squash programme


South Africa hold off Pakistan at ICC Women's World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

South Africa beat Pakistan by three wickets in the third group game of the International Cricket Council

The South Africans put Pakistan into bat after winning the toss at Grace Road in Leicester.They restricted

did not receive adequate support, however, and Pakistan's total never looked to be good enough.South Africa

won despite a flurry of late wickets ©ICCAn opening stand of 113 from South Africans Laura Wolvaardt

and Lizelle Lee looked to have put South Africa on course for a massive victory, and although wickets


Netball South Africa praised by SASCOC for good governance after accused of financial mismanagement

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Netball South Africa (NSA) has met with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

The National Federation has been accused of "financial mismanagement" in reports by the South African

Netball South Africa has been accused of "financial mismanagement" ©Getty ImagesIn 2016 NSA were one

of four South African Federations banned from hosting or bidding for major events for a year by former

the role for nearly seven years having been first appointed in November 2010.He prohibited Cricket South

Africa , Athletics South Africa, NSA and the South Africa Rugby Union from bidding for or staging sporting


Michael Pavitt: Sometimes there's no place like home

  • Inside the Blogs

World champions New Zealand were in fine form as they clinched the opening victory of the eagerly anticipated series against the British and Irish Lions yesterday morning.

South Africa held them to an 18-18 draw back in 1994.

qualifying once, their home venue has proved one of the trickiest and most unwelcome assignments in South


Philip Barker: Modern women's cricketers had their trail blazed by Heyhoe Flint and co back in 1973

  • Inside the Blogs

Olympic style countdown clocks are ticking down to the start of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, which starts tomorrow and is shaping up to be one of the sporting highlights of 2017.

suitably impressed by what he had seen.In July 1971, he was in Eastbourne, a seaside resort on the South

tournament”.Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago completed a seven team line-up.South Africa

 They avoided “a direct invitation” to the South Africa and Rhodesia Women’s Cricket Association

Instead, they invited five South African players to join the International team, but even these were

greeted the teams his residence in Downing Street.The competition proper was to begin at Kew Green in South


Lanning says Australian focus is on ICC Women's World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Defending champions Australia are only paying attention to on-the-field matters for the International Cricket Council Women’s World Cup which begins tomorrow in England.

to be remembered by that.”The World Cup will consist of one group of eight teams with New Zealand, South

Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka also participating.The top four will progress to the semi-finals being


Choue re-elected WTF President for new four-year term

  • Taekwondo

Chungwon Choue has been re-elected President of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) for a new four-year term here today.

The WTF announced in April that the South Korean, who was first elected to the role in 2004, was standing

replaced the controversial Kim Un-Yong following his arrest on embezzlement and bribery charges in South

disclosed.Three positions were available for members from Asia, Europe and Pan America, with two on offer for Africa

majority required for victory.The trio of representatives for Asia are Chinese Taipei's An-Chin Hsu, South