Triple Olympic gold medalllist Gail Devers was one of eight Olympic champions to take part in the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) Run 24-1 as part of Global Running Day.

Fiji.From there the baton was handed over to Melbourne before the relay continued through Asia, Europe, Africa

Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten century to guide India to victory in their opening match and leave South Africa's hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals hanging by a thread at the Cricket World Cup in England.

campaign with a comfortable six-wicket win at Hampshire Bowl in Southampton.India restricted South Africa

the key wickets of Hashim Amla and Quentin de Kock for six and 10 runs, respectively, to leave South Africa

MS Dhoni, who scored 34, made a half-century stand to help seal the win for India.Defeat for South Africa

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has ordered the second leg of its Champions League final be replayed at a neutral venue after Wydad Casablanca walked off in protest at an issue with the video assistant referees (VAR) system.

to voice their opposition.CAF said the match would not take place until after the conclusion of the Africa

Peking University President Hao Ping welcomed representatives from the International University Sports Federation (FISU) to discuss the implementation of the organisation's Healthy Campus project.

other five pilot universities – University of Western Australia, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has appointed communications agency Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW) to run its global campaigns.

lead campaigns targeted at promoting IAAF events and sports initiatives.BCW President for Europe and Africa

Olympic athlete Charles Yosei Mneria has been included in the Kenya squad for this month’s inaugural Africa

France began their pursuit of retaining the World Rugby Under-20 Championship title with a hard-fought victory over Fiji in Argentina.

other Pool B match played on the opening day.Elsewhere, New Zealand thrashed Georgia 45-13 and South Africa

India are the highest-ranked team heading into the men's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Series Finals event in Bhubaneswar.

compete in Pool A against Russia, Poland and Uzbekistan, while Pool B will be contested between South Africa

Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have dismissed Comoros' final appeal to have Cameroon thrown out of the Africa

A group of athletes have urged National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to use a landmark decision in Germany earlier this year to relax restrictions placed on athletes under the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Rule 40.

the gathering were largely from Western countries, however, and there were no representatives from Africa

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have announced all 72 games of this year's Men's Softball World Championship will be available to watch for free online.

Republic ©Getty ImagesGroup B features Canada, Australia, United States, Venezuela, Denmark, South Africa

Championship is to be played in Europe having previously been staged in North America, Oceania, Asia and Africa

South American champions Ecuador remain in the hunt for the global title after beating Uruguay 3-1 in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup quarter-finals.

Cup quarter-final - are set to face Colombia next.The late game saw Senegal win the battle of West Africa

Athletics South Africa (ASA) has joined an appeal filed by Caster Semenya against controversial rules

total as they got their Cricket World Cup off to a winning start with a shock 21-run victory over South Africa

testing total after he smashed 46 runs from just 33 balls.Chasing a World Cup record score to win, South Africa

Fiji became World Rugby Sevens Series champions for the fourth time today as they won their semi-final against the United States at the season's final event in Paris before going on to beat New Zealand in the final.

Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) June 2, 2019New Zealand had earned their final place with a 33-7 win over South Africa

States and New Zealand they needed only to take to the pitch to secure fourth place in the Series.South Africa