South Africa secured their place in the super six stage of the qualifying event for the International

A clinical bowling display from the South Africans saw Bangladesh bowled out for 100, with Shabnim Ismail

while Luus took 3-17 to ensure their batters had a relatively straightforward target to chase.South Africa

30 as they knocked off the required runs in 25.2 overs.Hosts Sri Lanka moved to the brink of joining South

Africa in the super six as they thrashed Zimbabwe by eight wickets at the Nondescripts Cricket Club.Inoka

Russian 800 metres runner Mariya Savinova has been stripped of her London 2012 Olympic gold medal and banned for four years for doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

found to have been engaged in using doping" from July 26, 2010 until August 19, 2013.Caster Semenya of South

Africa is line to be upgraded to 800m gold at both London 2012 and the 2011 World Championships in the

South Korean city.Semenya, who won the event at the Rio 2016 Olympics after being cleared to compete

A new tournament to be held in South Africa has been confirmed by the Professional Squash Association

India and Sri Lanka thrashed their opponents today in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Cup Cup qualifying tournament.

were bowled out for 93.Pakistan secured a 67 run victory over Bangladesh in Group B ©ICCIn Group B, South

Africa scored their second win of the qualifying competition with a six wicket success over Scotland.Chloe

Tryon was impressive with the bat again as her 45 not out helped South Africa surpass Scotland’s total

A final decision on whether Durban remains host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games is expected to be announced next month, insidethegames has been told.

South African organisers were initially given a list of criteria to fulfil by a deadline of November

review team appointed by the CGF is in the final stages of evaluating the submissions received from South

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

India started their International Cricket Council (ICC) 2017 Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign with a 114 run victory over Sri Lanka in Colombo today.

claiming three wickets for 24 runs as the Africans only managed to score 118 in their reply.In Group B, South

Africa made a successful start to qualification as they beat Pakistan by 63 runs in Colombo.Chloe Tryon

topped scored with 79 as South Africa ended on 258-9 before limiting Pakistan to 195-6.Group B’s other

Stuart McConnell has replaced Bill Harrigan as chairman of the International Tag Federation (ITF).

The South African took over from his Australian colleague after the latter resigned following five years

the 2018 Tag World Cup being held in New Zealand.Representatives from five executive member nations, South

Africa, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand and Ireland, were present at the conference.Tag Rugby

The host nation South Africa were amazing hosts and it was fantastic to pass on knowledge to the local

staff working for tag in South Africa," he said.

Ten teams will be in action at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's World Cup Qualifier which begins in Sri Lanka tomorrow.

action.Hosts Sri Lanka have been drawn with India, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Thailand in Group A, with South

Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Scotland and Papua New Guinea contesting Group B.The top three sides from

regional rivals India at the P.Sara Stadium tomorrow, with Ireland playing Zimbabwe at Mercantile.South Africa

colliding with Papua New Guinea at the CCC.Day two will see Pakistan play Bangladesh, Scotland meet South

Africa, Sri Lanka play Ireland and India meet Thailand.Sri Lanka will host the competition in Colombo

South Africa have claimed their third tournament win of the men's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series after

South Africa imposed themselves early on against England in the final.South Africa defeated England in

crossed for a consolation as did Dan Norton.However, in between those, Stephan Dieppenaar scored for South

Africa to put the game out of reach.Earlier in the day, England and South Africa reached the final courtesy

Britain’s Olympic gold and silver medallist in the lightweight double sculls, Mark Hunter, believes his sport is being "strangled" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as it pushes for changes in boat classes at the Games.

final gold.In that time the LM4- has provided four Olympic winners - Denmark, France, Switzerland and South

Africa - and a host of hugely competitive races."

Rowing, and lightweight rowing in particular, faces a crucial point in its history this week as the sport’s governing body, the International Rowing Federation (FISA), votes on restructuring the Olympic boats programme from the Tokyo 2020 Games onwards.

When I visited Asia, especially south-east Asia and Latin America, and asked them why they did not support

sculls, the lightweight men’s four rowing event has produced four different winners - Denmark, France, South

Africa and Switzerland - and a succession of spine-tingling races."

the IOC’s "universality" criteria, adding: "Which four would be a bigger boost to women's rowing in Africa

Canada claimed victory in the women’s World Rugby HSBC Sydney Sevens competition today following two shock semi-final upsets in the Australian city.

they managed three victories against Australia, Scotland and Papua New Guinea and the US will meet South

Africa, the Blitzboks having lost their first Pool match since Hong Kong in April last year.Meanwhile

Juliana Barrett has launched a lawsuit against the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

Federation (FIE) continental qualifier last April in Algeria.However, according to the Fencing Federation of South

Africa, who are also included in the lawsuit, SASOC had deemed that Barrett would need to secure qualification

failed to timeously register her as a participant with the IOC,” her lawyers Thomson Wilks told The South

hockey and women's rugby sevens teams to last year's Games ©Getty Images“She is a young, energetic South

Australia’s Olympic champions from Rio 2016 will be looking to bag a first tournament win of the season as the World Rugby Women’s Seven Series comes to their home soil in Sydney.

Allianz Stadium before the men’s teams all take to the field a day later, the first time the city in New South

Spain and the United States will contest Pool C with the finals taking place on Saturday (February 4).South

Africa currently lead the men’s series after victories in Dubai and Wellington, New Zealand, along with

Nearly 80 per cent of all cases of suspicious betting activity reported to the European Sport Security Association (ESSA) in 2016 involved tennis, new figures have revealed.

snooker, handball and basketball.Seventy-one of the cases originated in Europe, with 25 in Asia, 14 in South

America, 12 in Africa and seven in North America.The amount of cases for 2016 is up from 100 for 2015