Day one of the Open Championship ended with three players sharing the lead at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

Local hero Tommy Fleetwood, Christo Lamprecht of South Africa and Emiliano Grillo of Argentina shot a

China and Cuba have both sealed playoff spots in Group B of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Cup in Valencia, despite the latter suffering their first defeat to Puerto Rico.

nation left fifth on 0.250 with only one match remaining against Puerto Rico, and then thrashed winless South

Africa 11-1.Maxime van Dalen provided a home run in the third inning, and seven Dutch players notched

at least one RBI against South Africa.Round robin action in Group B is set to conclude with a further

A total of 13 projects across 10 African countries have been selected to receive a slice of €365,000 (£317,000/€407,000) before next year's Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.

Skateboarding Union and 237BMX in Cameroon have been chosen along with the Senegalese projects PULSE AFRICA

million/$1.6 million) since the Impact 2024 International programme was launched in 2021.Initiatives in South

Africa, Algeria, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Morocco, Uganda

which the international sports movement can be a catalyst for investment in sustainable development in Africa

China backed up yesterday's shock win against Puerto Rico with a thrilling victory over The Netherlands at the Women's Softball World Cup Group B.

world, also stayed undefeated as they played twice on the second day of Group B action.They crushed South

Africa 10-3 before narrowly getting the better of host nation Spain 2-1.Pitcher Yilian Tornes starred

go-ahead score from second base.The only other match saw Puerto Rico deliver another heavy defeat for South

Africa, cruising to an 8-1 win.Competition is set to continue with Spain facing The Netherlands first

before Cuba play Puerto Rico.The Dutch are then back in action against South Africa and the hosts play

Host nation Spain obliterated South Africa in their opening game of the Women's Softball World Cup Group

#SoftballWorldCupW pic.twitter.com/vXjcGabn7o— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) July 18, 2023The only South African

four hits.The Chinese meet the Netherlands in the first match of day two tomorrow before Cuba play South

Africa.

 South Africa are then in action in the next match against Puerto Rico and Spain play Cuba in the

China finished top of the overall medals table, while four more world records were set on the final day of action at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, France.

second field world record of the final day came in the women’s discus throw F38, where Simone Kruger of South

Africa triumphed with a distance of 38.10m.In the women’s 400m T38 final, Luca Ekler of Hungary became

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has described Victoria’s decision to withdraw from hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games as "beyond disappointing."

second successive edition of the Commonwealth Games where the original host has pulled out.Durban in South

Africa was originally awarded the 2022 edition but pulled out after it failed to meet various financial

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has secured training bases in three

cities in the south of France to boost preparations for next year’s Olympics in Paris.

Agreements have been made with Montpellier, Sète and Millau that will allow South African athletes to

to Paris 2024.The SASCOC claimed that the training camps were a "crucial component" in ensuring the South

South Africa will be aiming to improve on their performance at Tokyo 2020 where they picked up just three

Sète is one of three places where South African athletics will train before Paris 2024 ©Trip AdvisorMillau

Africa picked up one gold and two silvers at Tokyo 2020 – seven fewer medals than they secured at Rio

Sky News is running a feature this morning on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries - reason being that England, already European champions, will shortly seek the FIFA Women's World Cup lacking two of their leading players due to this affliction.

team-mates, following a dispute with the home federation ©Getty ImagesPlayers from Canada, Nigeria and South

Africa have also been voicing their frustrations over conditions and issues around compensation with

their Federations.South Africa even boycotted their send-off game over fears about the quality of the

France pulled off a stunning second-half showing to put Ireland to the sword in the final of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Cape Town.

rout.It was France’s third successive world under-20 title having succeeded in 2018 and 2019.Hosts South

Africa sealed third spot with a 22-17 win over England at the Athlone Sports Stadium.All the points

Two of the most popular weightlifters in Oceania and a record-breaking young woman from Ireland are on the list of 10 athletes who will receive financial help in their quest to qualify for next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

Support Programme include a Ugandan who has to "sell stuff on the streets" to fund his training, and a South

Ireland in Tokyo 2020, at the Olympic Games.Genc is ranked 11th in the 73kg category.The two chosen from Africa

are both highly placed in the Paris 2024 rankings: Reza Dehdar from Iran at 102kg and the outstanding South

Zimbabwe have been pitted against the likes of Nigeria and South Africa in the African qualifiers for

tournament after FIFA lifted the country’s 18-month suspension yesterday.The official draw for the Africa

United States scheduled to begin in November.Zimbabwe have been drawn in Group C along with Nigeria and South

Africa as well as Benin, Rwanda and Lesotho.Morocco, who made history by becoming the first African

champions Senegal headline Group B that features Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritania, Togo, Sudan and South

with winner advancing to the FIFA playoff tournament, due to be staged in March 2026, that could see Africa

development (DSD) will remain in place, despite the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling in favour of South

Government rather than World Athletics, which means they are not bound by the judgement.Caster Semenya of South

Africa won Olympic gold medals in the women's 800m at London 2012 and Rio 2016, but could not compete

Sri Lanka have beaten the Netherlands by 128 runs in the final of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Harare, but both teams advance to the World Cup finals in India this October.

October 6 in Hyderabad.Sri Lanka, World Cup winners in 1996, are set to open their campaign against South

Africa in New Delhi the following day.

Japan Cricket Association (JCA) chief executive Alex Naoki Miyaji has suggested that sponsorship opportunities for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya would increase if cricket was included on the programme.

Many of the squad had taken part in the 2020 ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa.Miyaji also pointed

Rugby World Cup in 1987, their victory over Zimbabwe in 1991 was their only win until they shocked South

Africa in their opening match of the 2015 tournament."