The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has released the latest baseball world rankings following the conclusion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

climbed to number six in the world with 2,063 points, tying its highest-ever ranking, as number seven Australia

Surfing's first Olympic champion Italo Ferreira has been knocked out of the World Surf League Championship Tour (WSL CT) Corona Open Mexico at the hands of fellow Brazilian Mateus Herdy in Barra de la Cruz.

in Mexico as she could not get hold of a good wave, scoring 7.33.Her opponent Stephanie Gilmore of Australia

event in California, lost 12.67-9.67 to Hawaiian Malia Manuel.In the final heat Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia

Paralympics Australia has launched its "Green and Gold Virtual Seat" campaign in time for the Tokyo 2020

netball player Kimberlee Green posted on Twitter her purchase of her seat.Chief executive of Paralympics Australia

behind our fabulous Australian Paralympic team, watch on Channel 7 August 24 - September 5— Paralympics Australia

CEO (@APC_CEO) August 8, 2021"Our goal is to advance the Paralympic Movement and Para-sports within Australia

At the time of writing, Paralympics Australia has raised over AUD$38,000 (£20,200/$27,900/€23,800) of

New dates for the European qualifier for the next women's Rugby World Cup have been announced, with Italy to play host next month.

France, South Africa and Fiji are in Pool C, while hosts and defending champions New Zealand, Wales, Australia

Home players Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime are both out of the men's Canadian Open, following second-round upsets in Toronto.

Lajović.Four further seeded players were eliminated in their first matches of the tournament.Alex de Minaur of Australia

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are not even a week old, yet the fight for sports to feature at future Games is hotting up. This week one which lays claim to being the biggest outside of the Olympic Movement, cricket, formally joined the race for a Los Angeles 2028 place.

England and Wales Cricket Board - two of the "Big Three" national governing bodies, along with Cricket Australia

in the Olympics now, for Los Angeles - not four years later when Brisbane in cricketing powerhouse Australia

Brazil’s Filipe Toledo, who sits third in the World Surf League Championship Tour’s (WSL CT) season standings, was knocked out at the round of 32 stage, in a big upset on the second day of the Corona Open Mexico.

defeated by Kolohe Andino of the United States, who sits 38th in the season standings.Morgan Cibilic of Australia

second in the season’s standings, won with a score of 14.00, in a close contest with Wade Carmichael of Australia

advanced with scores of 9.07 and 10.84 respectively.In the final elimination heat Connor O’Leary of Australia

Mali and the United States swept aside their respective opponents in their round of 16 games as the knockout stage started at the Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Debrecen.

Czech Republic defeated Brazil 74-64 and will face the hosts in the next round.Finalists from 2019 Australia

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has criticised a South Australian Government decision which will see athletes based in the state returning from Tokyo 2020 required to quarantine for a further two weeks at home after completing hotel quarantine.

Coast, Perth, Melbourne and Howard Springs.Fifty-six members of the team are due to return to South Australia

The top surfers in the men's and women's World Surf League Championship Tour standings advanced straight to the round of 32 as the seeding round opened competition at the World Surf League Corona Open Mexico.

’s rankings with a score of 13.00.The favourite also triumphed in heat three with Morgan Cibilic of Australia

who won the heat with 13.83.A closely fought seventh heat was won by Adrian Buchan of Australia with

of Conner Coffin of United States, second in the heat on 11.77.Heat eight was won by Mikey Wright of Australia

Leonardo Fioravanti of Italy claimed heat ten with a score of 15.17.Heat 11 was won by Ethan Ewing of Australia

victory in the heat going to Courtney Conlogue of the United States with 14.24.Stephanie Gilmore of Australia

The United States handed a heavy defeat to their third and final group stage opponent Egypt, to start their Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup campaign undefeated before the knockout stages begin.

in Debrecen.Azzi Fudd scored 18, contributing the most to the one-sided scoreline.Finalists in 2019 Australia

Netball New Zealand has named 17 athletes in its Silver Ferns netball squad and nine further athletes in its development squad for upcoming training camps as preparations for next summer's Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games begin.

medals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.At Gold Coast 2018, England won the gold medal, beating Australia

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed it will bid for the sport to be included at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

Paris.After Los Angeles 2028, the next Olympic Games will be held in a cricketing hotbed - Brisbane in Australia

Former world number one James Willstrop was beaten by compatriot Patrick Rooney in an all English clash on the first day of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Manchester Open.

meeting 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.Lisa Aitken also caused an upset by beating world number 24 Donna Lobban of Australia

The men's and women's Corona Open Mexico is set to get underway tomorrow in Barra de la Cruz as the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) reaches its penultimate event.

there is just over a 10,000 point gap between France's Johanne Defay in second and Isabella Nichols of Australia