The 23rd World Taekwondo Championships are set to begin here on Saturday (June 24) with a record 971 athletes from 183 countries registered to compete in an event due to be attended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. 

s Ivan Dibos, The Netherlands’ Camiel Eurlings and Singapore’s Ser Miang Ng.Completing the list are South

Choue is set to be re-elected for a new four-year term as President.The WTF announced in April that the South

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

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

take place once every two years.Muju will mark the seventh time the Championships have been held in South

Germany’s Heiko Kroeger will aim to defend his Para World Sailing Championships title when competition begins tomorrow.

It is also pleasing to see sailors from Chile, China, Latvia, Macau, Namibia, South Africa, Turkey and

fleet.Men’s and women’s keelboat competitions are also due to take place.Sailors from Turkey, Namibia, South

Africa, Chile, Portugal and The Philippines have all received funding to attend a specialised pre-event

The winners of this year's International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's World Cup will receive a record total of $660,000 (£518,000/€592,000), the governing body has announced after they unveiled the prize structure for the tournament.

countries will secure $20,000 (£16,000/€18,000) for each win in the group stage.Hosts England, Australia, South

Africa, India, the West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are the teams due to compete in

Birmingham hope that hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games will help them re-establish itself as England's second city after they admitted they have lost ground to Manchester.

England's nomination to stage the Commonwealth Games in 2022.The event was originally awarded to Durban in South

Africa but they were stripped in March of the rights to host the event following their failure to submit

New Zealand dethroned defending champions England in brutal fashion with a thumping 64-17 victory in the final of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Georgia.

South Africa claimed the bronze medal as they beat France 37-15, while Scotland took fifth place by edging

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) have named their team for the Commonwealth

A squad of 24 will represent South Africa in six sports at the Games, which will take place from July

“Previously Team South Africa has performed exceptionally at these Games and we therefore hope that the

Africa finished second on the medals table at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa

The delegation leaves the shores of South Africa during a month where all South Africans and the world

change their lives and become better persons in future through sport’.”South Africa will have their

Hosts England will face the challenge of Olympic gold medallists Argentina in the pool phase of the first Hockey World League (HWL) semi-final, which will begin tomorrow.

England and Argentina, the world number one ranked team, will also meet China, Malaysia and South Korea

India, Pakistan, Scotland and Canada in Pool B.Action will begin tomorrow with Argentina taking on South

France in the pool.Rio 2016 silver medallists Belgium will take on Germany, reigning African champions South

Africa, Ireland and Egypt in Pool B.The HWL, along with the Champions Trophy, has been axed from the

Organisers of tomorrow’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo have broken with long tradition by according a men’s under-20 race the status of Dream Mile in order to showcase the prodigious talent of home runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

present would be an improvement on her early season’s best of 22.29.Olympic 800m Caster Semenya of South

Africa will seek to maintain her recent domination of the event against a field that the women who chased

Africa’s best fencing stars got together at the Cairo International Stadium in Nasr City to battle for gold in the sport’s continental championship.

Morocco with Senegal winning bronze.Tunisia got the better of their hosts in the women’s team épée, with South

Africa finishing third.There was double gold in the foil team contests, with the men beating Tunisia

England captain Zach Mercer scored a late converted try to put his country through to their fifth consecutive final at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Georgia.

remaining to score his second try of the match.Max Malins then added the conversion as England beat South

Africa 24-22 at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi.Tries from Mercer and Alex Mitchell put England

17-7 in front after just 20 minutes with Juarno Augustus also getting on the score sheet for the South

Turkey are the only unbeaten team after four rounds of action at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Under-23 Championships in Toronto.

 The US have suffered a poor tournament but did beat South Africa today ©IWBF/TwitterThey lost their

first four matches before a consolation 76-17 thrashing of South Africa today.Great Britain defeated

A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing between European Swimming Federation President Paolo Barelli and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) is due to be heard on Wednesday (June 14) as the Italian continues to row with key members of the world governing body.

the hearing, but insidethegames understands that FINA will be represented by another vice-president, South

insidethegames article last month highlighting comments from the former about the growing influence of Africa

Senator and former Olympic swimmer, suggested in a letter distributed among European Federation that Africa

The only comment I passed about Africa (and Asia) is, as you know, regarding the increments which have

or demanded the allocation of financial contributions for the development of aquatic activities in Africa

India put together a ruthless performance today at the Oval in London as they thrashed South Africa by

A chaotic batting display from the South Africans, who entered the tournament as the top ranked One-Day

Africa will head home.A solid start had been made by the Africans as openers Quinton de Kock and Hashim

Africa dug themselves into a hole.Perhaps the more embarrassing of the two ended with Faf du Plessis

Africa, finishing on 20 not out, as wickets fell at regular intervals before Imran Tahir’s run out rounded

Africa of getting something from the game.Dhawan was eventually caught by Du Plessis off Tahir’s bowling

Aaron Gwin backed up his qualifying performance by winning the International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup today in Leogang.

The reigning World Cup champion was 2sec faster than his nearest rival Greg Minnaar of South Africa in

The Lebanon Rugby League Federation have announced the appointment of Brad Fittler as the head coach of the national team.

2017 World Cup, being held in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, by winning the Middle East-Africa

play-off against South Africa in 2015.They will be in Group A at the tournament alongside defending