South Africa have won the third round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with a 26-5 win over Fiji

Stadium.Seabelo Senatla had a memorable weekend as he was named the Player of the Final and became South

Africa's top rugby sevens try scorer with 180.South Africa had not won in the Westpac Stadium since

Senatla levelled minutes later.In the second half, Rosko Specman came off the bench to increase the South

sevens try scorer today“We have one big happy family, and we put our bodies on the line for each other.”South

Africa breezed past the tournament’s surprise package Canada 21-5 in their semi-final while Fiji withstood

Hosts New Zealand enjoyed a superb day on their home leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series as they went unbeaten while surprise package Canada also made the quarter-finals.

way they play a bit, giving them more freedom.”Having finished 13th in both Dubai and Cape Town in South

Africa, the Canadians won all three of their pool matches against Wales, Scotland and Russia today to

the squad and we just need to believe it.”The third round of the World Rugby Sevens Series also saw South

Africa top the "Pool of death" after beating Fiji, Australia and Japan on day one.They were one of four

Africa play France.

the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is set to begin in Wellington, New Zealand, tomorrow as leaders South

Africa aim to return to winning ways.

England won the last round of the series, upsetting their hosts South Africa in Cape Town, with New Zealand

 Despite finishing second on home soil last time out, the South Africans still lead the overall

where the failed to advance from their group.However, they have been drawn in a tough pool alongside South

Africa, Fiji and Japan in Pool B."

Is athletics about to experience its Twenty20 moment this week? Or will the new-look Nitro Athletics event that will run for three evenings in Melbourne, starting next Saturday and witnessed by interested parties including the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe prove to be no more than a brief starburst of colourful enterprise?

our fans connect with the sport and the athletes.Sri Lanka's cricketers celebrate a Twenty20 win over South

Africa this year.

Last weekend saw a massive demonstration for women’s rights across the globe. 

never will," he wrote in his website column two years ago, shortly after the death of a female boxer in South

Africa."

A total of 18 countries have progressed to the candidate stage of the selection process for the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) new global home and away league.

tournament, due to launch in 2019.Argentina, Australia, Belgium, England, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, South

Korea, The Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa and Spain were all successful with their applications

The Netherlands are famed for their total football tactical theory, which first came to global prominence at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, when the nation reached their first final. Their philosophy that any outfield player could take over the role of any other player in a team was revolutionary and was key to the development of the game.

would surprise me from decision makers in the game.It seems strange that before the FIFA World Cup in South

Africa, football’s governing body were vehemently opposed to the mere idea of trials for goal-line technology

This year's Karate1 Premier League series, which starts in Paris on Friday (January 27), is "crucial" to the sport’s plans to develop itself before its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games, according to the World Karate Federation's (WKF) President Antonio Espinós.

In the past year participation has increased significantly in Europe, South America and Asia."

The area where we are working hardest to make ground is Africa, although karate is already well established

in some parts such as South Africa, Morocco and Ghana."

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson has hailed Rachael Heyhoe-Flint as a “genuine trailblazer in our sport” following the former England women’s captain’s death at the age of 77.

Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who became a life peer in 2011, made her test debut for England against South

Africa in 1960 and her international career spanned 22-years, ending with a One Day International (ODI

The Commonwealth Games Federation has confirmed they are in the final stages of evaluating submissions made by Durban 2022, as the organisation move closer to deciding whether the city will keep hold of the Games.

South Africa's hosting of the event has been in the balance in recent months, after organisers failed

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

Should Durban 2022 remain hosts, it would be the first time the Commonwealth Games has taken place in Africa

World Rugby say they have received "exceptional levels of interest and enthusiasm" in response to the search for team camps to be used during the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. 

event.Argentina, Australia, England, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, South

Africa and Wales automatically qualified courtesy of finishing in the top three of their pools at the

London 2012 Olympic gold medallist Chad Le Clos of South Africa has named the world-renowned Andrea di

like Andrea, and sharing my knowledge and experience with Chad, and the next generation of swimmers in South

Africa."

The President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) Francis Dodoo has been appointed as the pro-vice chancellor in charge of research, innovation and development at the University of Ghana in Legon.

Association.During his athletics career Dodoo competed in the triple jump, winning the gold medal at the 1987 All-Africa

Championships in Mauritius.His best finish at an Olympic Games was 17th place at the 1988 Games in Seoul in South

Taekwondo secured a global television audience of nearly 400 million people during last year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, according to a report.

Brazil, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South

Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and the United States.Audience reach was only based on viewers watching

of Olympic taekwondo coverage.Markets where athletes won medals, such as Brazil, France, Britain and South

South Korea and China topped the taekwondo medal standings at Rio 2016 with two golds apiece.Britain,

Preliminary rounds for the World Indoor Bowls Championship begun today with the men’s pairs taking to the rink in England.

Timmy Lui of Hong Kong 8-4, 6-5 while Sandford and Anderson beat Cecil Behrens and Wade Ferguson of South

Africa 7-6, 8-5.Holt and Cann then saw off McLean and Kelly 12-5, 10-3 before Reuven and Hadar defeated