Defending champions United States eased into the quarter-finals of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships in Auckland after claiming an emphatic 21-0 victory over Germany at the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre.

Mexico were condemned to 15th and last place after suffering a 24-6 loss against Japan.Japan will play South

Africa in the 13th-place play-off tomorrow, prior to the ninth to 12th-place classification round matches

Bolivia, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Uruguay have been accepted as members of the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).

members, particularly given that we continue to grow on our emerging continents, with two new members in South

America, one from Africa and another from Asia.

“We are happy to be a part of the growth of the sport in the East African region and Africa as a whole

Ultimate Frisbee Uruguay, is confident his country’s acceptance can “give new energy” to the sport in the South

South Africa and New Zealand both recorded victories to set up a meeting in the 9-10 positions classification

13-16 positions classification matches, seeing off respective challenges from Egypt and Canada.South Africa

ensuring that they were now guaranteed their best ever finishing position at a Junior World Cup.At worst, South

Africa will finish 10th, bettering their previous highest finish of 11th, which was achieved at the

own way though as Austria took the lead with a stunning solo goal courtesy of Franz Lindengrun.South Africa

 Ryan Crowe made it 3-1 before Leon Thörnblom cut South Africa’s lead to just one goal with 10 minutes

Brazil claimed the team event gold medal at the 2016 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Adaptive Surfing Championships in San Diego.

The South Americans emerged victorious in front of hosts the United States who earned the silver medal

Mark Stewart all retained their medals while Spaniard Aitor Francesena, Brazil’s Davi Teixeira and South

run in the AS-2 Division by retaining his gold medal while, in the final heat of the day, Smyth of South

Africa claimed gold in the AS-1 division.

England became the last team to qualify for the quarter-final stages of the Men's Junior Hockey World Cup in Lucknow thanks to a convincing victory over Canada today.

and we had to get the job done,” said England captain James Gall after the match.Australia defeated South

brought to a close by Australia, who made it three wins from three matches with a 5-0 triumph over South

nine to 16 in the overall classification.In the 13 to 16 play-off matches, Egypt take on Japan while South

Korea meet Canada.Meanwhile, in the nine to 12 matches, Austria square off against South Africa and

continued their dominant start to the World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships as they thrashed South

Africa to record their second victory in Auckland.

crushing defeat on Spain on the opening day, the Russians were again in commanding form as they thumped South

Africa 33-3 at the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre to maintain top spot in Group A.Elizavita

The Adelaide Oval will play host to the first day-night Ashes Test match between Australia and England during the 2017 to 2018 series, it has been announced.

November last year when Australia took on New Zealand.The venue then hosted a second day-nighter against South

Africa last month.Feedback has been largely positive since the inaugural match and England are set to

Australia, Argentina, Belgium, The Netherlands and hosts India all confirmed their places in the quarter-finals of the Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup in Lucknow on an enthralling fifth day of play.

sitting second in Pool A with four points, meaning that Argentina needed to win their match against South

Korea by three clear goals in order to leap-frog them.The South American continental champions achieved

put the result beyond all doubt.The final match of the day was in Pool D, where hosts India defeated South

Africa but were made to work hard for their win.A raucous crowd were ecstatic when India captain Harjeet

that will decide the last quarter-final place.Meanwhile, in Pool A, table toppers Australia take on South

The Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) has hit back at criticism from former coach Ben Ryan, the man who guided the country’s sevens team to Olympic gold at Rio 2016, over the supposed lack of contracts given to the players involved in the opening two rounds of the World Rugby Sevens Series.

Stadium.They lost to England in the quarter-finals of the Cape Town Sevens yesterday, a week after losing to South

Africa in the final of the Dubai Sevens.Since leaving his post as Fiji coach, Ryan has been performing

iPro Sport has been announced as the new preferred hydration drink of England Netball and the Vitality Netball Superleague for the next two years.

Coast in 2018, as well as "aiding their re-hydration" when they take on Australia, New Zealand and South

Africa in February.This competition sees four of the top five sides in the world rankings do battle

Hosts New Zealand recorded a crushing victory as the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships began in Auckland.

The Kiwis crushed South Africa 21-5 at the National Aquatic Stadium to begin Group A with a bang.Liana

A superb England held off of a fightback by the South African hosts to win the HSBC World Rugby Sevens

South Africa, winners of the season-opener in Dubai, made a good start towards continuing their good

the opening try of the final.But England swiftly hit back as Richard de Carpentier broke through the South

score by Ruaridh McConnochie.A successful conversion by Tom Mitchell put England 19-12 ahead.South Africa

Africa to leave Justin Geduld with an opportunity to make it 19-19.But he dragged his kick wide and

 England had won 33-14 over Scotland in their semi-final while South Africa won 14-7 over New Zealand

Spain secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup in Lucknow after a dramatic last-minute equaliser against New Zealand ensured them the runners-up spot in Pool C.

to continue tomorrow with the Pool A schedule featuring matches between Australia and Austria, and South

Korea and Argentina.Pool B sees The Netherlands face Egypt and Malaysia go up against Belgium, while South

Africa and India meet in Pool D.

Reigning Commonwealth Games champions South Africa were one of four teams who remained unbeaten during

Zealand and Scotland also made it through the opening day without losing.Tomorrow’s quarter-finals see South

Africa, who won the opening round of the 2016-2017 season in Dubai last weekend, take on Wales at the

their surprise surge towards the quarter-finals of the Men's Junior Hockey World Cup as they stunned South

Oliver Binder and Franz Lindengrun also got on the scoresheet as they claimed a shock 5-2 win over the South

the net to make for a tense finale but the hosts held on to clinch their second win in Pool D.South Africa