Canada and Olympic silver medallists New Zealand booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Rugby Sevens Series with unbeaten records on the opening day of the event in Las Vegas.

in good form as they hammered Japan 41-0 and then ousted Scotland 24-12.New Zealand, current leaders South

Africa and the United States also secured two wins apiece.The event in Las Vegas continues tomorrow.

Hosts New Zealand and defending champions Egypt are among 14 countries confirmed to compete in July's World Squash Federation Women's World Junior Team Championship in Tauranga.

winners and 2015 gold medallists Egypt first competed in 1993.Canada, France, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, South

Korea, Malaysia and South Africa are also due to participate.

Australia and New Zealand will meet for the first time in the pool stage of a Women's World Rugby Sevens Series tournament when they clash on the opening day of the latest event on the calendar in Las Vegas tomorrow.

South Africa, who topped the podium in Sydney, have been drawn with Wales, France and Canada in Pool

Mauritius will host this year's African Weightlifting Championships, it has been confirmed.

The Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA) handed its flagship continental event to the island nation

Eshelli named as general secretary.Salim Musoke of Uganda will serve as first vice president, with South

David Grevemberg, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), has described the process of matching a particular Games with a particular host as being "almost a courting exercise, a process of exploration and discovery."

Following the admission by the South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula that the Games were likely

celebrations after Durban were awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games but now the dream has turned sour with the South

’s CGF General Assembly in Edmonton, Grevemberg told me: "These will not only be the first Games in South

Africa, but the first on African soil, so they have a huge relevance and importance."

of Donald Trump’s administration might refer to as "alternative facts" about the capability of this South

Defending champions the United States and top-ranked  Japan have been drawn to play each other in the round robin stage of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) 2017 Under-18 Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay in Canada.

B consists of the US, the three-time defending champions, Japan, Cuba, Mexico, The Netherlands and South

Africa.Hosts Canada have been drawn in group A alongside South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Australia, Italy

competing nations have advanced from various Continental Championships.Australia, Japan, The Netherlands, South

Africa and the US all won their respective regional qualifying Championships in Oceania, Asia, Europe

, Africa and the Americas.Chinese Taipei and South Korea finished second and third respectively in Asia.Cuba

Jérôme Valcke, the former FIFA secretary general, has filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision to ban him from taking part in any football-related activity for a period of 10 years.

combined CHF23 million (£18 million/$24 million/€21 million) in December 2010 following the World Cup in South

Africa that year, which was approved "apparently without an underlying contract provision stipulating

Liverpool have put themselves forward to replace Durban if the South African city drops out as host of

whether Durban remain host is expected to be announced in March.Chances appear slim, however, after South

Durban 2022 would be the first time a major international multi-sport event is staged in Africa and was

seen as the launchpad for a bid from South Africa for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Africa cannot afford to host it ©Getty ImagesThe CGF passed a motion at their General Assembly in Edmonton

Africa to determine whether Durban's proposals for hosting the Games are consistent with their original

Olympic gold medallists Serbia have been drawn against Spain, Greece and South Africa in the group stage

Canada.In the women’s tournament, world and Olympic champions America have been pitted against New Zealand, South

Africa and Spain in Group B.The Netherlands, runners-up at Kazan in 2015, will meet Japan, Hungary and

the last Championships in Almaty in 2015, headline Group D, also featuring Hungary, Egypt, Canada and South

years ago, are in Group A with Japan, Hungary and The Netherlands.Group B features China, Australia, South

Africa and Greece, while Group C is made up of Italy, Canada, Americas 3 and Germany.

Forty years ago, cricketers past and present were making their way to Melbourne for a special match to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Test cricket. The match itself was a thrilling spectacle in which Australia beat England by 45 runs, exactly as they had done in the very first such encounter in March 1877.

Benaud’s presence lent the new enterprise immediate credibility.England’s South African-born captain

They joined the Australians and a World XI that featured superstars from England, South Africa and Pakistan

Australia have kept their place on top of the International Netball Federation (INF) world rankings.

sit in third place in the rankings while Jamaica are fourth.The remainder of the top 10 is made up by South

Africa, Malawi, Fiji, Wales, Trinidad and Tobago and Scotland.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched the 2017 Champions Trophy Tour at the organisation's Academy in Dubai.

will visit 19 cities across the eight competing nations - hosts England, Bangladesh, Australia, India, South

Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.The launch marked 100 days to go until the first ball is

March 28, where it will stay until March 30.Fans of the sport will be able to see the trophy in the South

African cities of Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town from April 4 to 12 and it then jets further south

Around 1,000 female ice hockey players took part in the second Global Girls' Game, where a number of matches were consecutively played over two days in 38 countries on six continents. 

hockey hotbeds in North America and Europe with two games in Oceania, four in Asia and one each in Africa

, Central America and South America.

India claimed a narrow one wicket victory over South Africa to win the qualifying competition for this

side, hitting nine runs off the last over of the match bowled by Marcia Letsoala.It looked as though South

Africa would be crowned champions of the event when India scored just one run from Letsoala's first

Indies at the one-day international format tournament, due to be held from June 24 to July 23.South

Africa set India a target of 245 for victory and they reached it in the last over ©ICC"To be honest,

South Africa had put in a decent performance with the bat as Mignon du Preez top-scored with 40 on their

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has invited applications for its 2017 development grants.

flying disc projects across the world ©Getty ImagesLast year, projects funded by grants were hosted in South

Africa, Ukraine, Bolivia and Sri Lanka."

establishing organisation infrastructure, in particular in African countries with coordination with WFDF's All Africa