A group of 14 countries became inaugural members of the Special Olympics' Global Leadership Coalition for Inclusion here, a project that seeks to increase inclusive practices for people with intellectual disabilities in education and sport.

Coalition at a roundtable event, and support has also been received from Mongolia, China, Ghana, Panama, South

Africa and the Seychelles.Securing engagement from 30 countries in three years has been targeted.The

Egypt have been crowned Squash World Cup champions after coming from behind to beat Malaysia in front of a packed crowd in Chennai's Express Avenue Mall.

Before the final Australia also came from behind to beat Colombia 2-1 in the fifth-place playoff and South

Africa beat Hong Kong 3-1 to seal seventh.Defeated semi-finalists India and Japan were both awarded

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has claimed that no approval will be required from International Federations to hold the first-ever "BRICS Games".

feature member nations of BRICS - a political alliance comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South

TASS that plans for the BRICS Games will be on the agenda when he meets fellow Sports Ministers in South

Africa on June 22 and 23."

Hosts India and Egypt topped their respective pools at the end of the group stage of the Squash World Cup in Chennai.

Africa before today coming from a game down to defeat Japan 3-1, with Tanvi Khanna securing the decisive

Midorikawa 7-4, 7-1, 7-1.Japan qualified in second place from the pool, thanks to earlier wins 3-1 over South

Africa, and then by the same scoreline against Hong Kong China, with Tomotaka Endo overcoming Chung

make the semis will contest the playoffs tomorrow, with Australia going up against Hong Kong China and South

Africa meeting Colombia.

Infront Sports & Media AG has been awarded the exclusive broadcast rights to four editions of the Olympic Games in 22 countries in Asia - and is set to take over from Dentsu. 

The Swiss sports marketing firm will serve as the media rightsholder for Central and South-East Asia

Games during this period will also be covered.Dentsu is the current holder of the rights in Central and South-East

added to its portfolio with the deal, as it already has the Olympic broadcast rights for Sub-Saharan Africa

This week 40 years ago, the great Indian cricket all-rounder Kapil Dev hit an unbeaten 175 for India against Zimbabwe.

only recorded one win at previous tournaments and that was against the part-time cricketers of East Africa

until 2011.By this time, they had also won the inaugural ICC T20 competition which had taken place in South

The format and riders have been confirmed for the cycling competition which will be part of the inaugural Olympic Esports Series in Singapore.

include Team Fuego, featuring Lou Bates from Britain, Marlene Bjärehed from Sweden, James Barnes from South

Africa and Martin Maertens from Germany.The Olympic Esports Series will take place in Singapore later

Chennai in India will host the relaunched Squash World Cup from tomorrow, with eight teams scheduled to take part on a glass show court at Express Avenue Mall.

India will be joined at the event by Australia, Colombia, Egypt, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Malaysia and South

Africa with every country picking two male and two female players.Egypt, Australia, Malaysia and Colombia

Representatives from 10 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in Southern Africa have participated in an

Alfred Foloko, President of the NOC of Zambia (NOCZ) and Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

well as Zambia, participants from Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, South

Africa and Zimbabwe attended the workshop, and it is hoped it can serve to strengthen regional cooperation

South Africa's bid for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup has been boosted after the country's Government

Danny Jordaan, the President of the South African Football Association (SAFA), met with Sports Minister

South African Football Association President Danny Jordaan, standing next to the FIFA Women's World Cup

trophy ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa hosted this year's Women's T20 World Cup in February and will host

events, will boost its bid with FIFA.Jordaan hopes to create a professional women's football league in South

 South Africa hosted the men's World Cup in 2010 and many of the venues would likely be used again

A record 53 countries are set to compete at this month’s African Beach Games, it has been announced.

53 out of the 54 NOCs (National Olympic Committees)," Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Beach Games in Cape Verde in 2019 ©Cape Verde 2019Among those competing for the first time will be South

Africa, who have announced a squad of 35 athletes."

experience of our continent’s youth in the promotion of beach events," Barry Hendricks, President of the South

standings at the International Equestrian Federation’s (FEI) Designated Olympic Qualification Event for Africa

points.Third-placed Japan missed out with 125.7 points, with New Zealand finishing fourth on 147.4 and South

Africa fifth on 229.9.Equestrian events at Paris 2024 are due to be held at the Château de Versailles

May 28 marked 50 years to the day that it was founded as the World Taekwondo Federation in South Korea's

proved an important part of these World Championships.World Taekwondo honoured its 17 founding members - South

in the Japanese capital, selected by an Ad-Hoc Nomination Committee.Greece's Michail Mouroutsos and South

Saei of Iran and Wu Jingyu of China were winners, and Servet Tazegül of Turkey and Hwang Kyung-seon of South

This year we are celebrating the 50th anniversary," the South Korean told insidethegames.

"There are three missing countries - one more in Africa, Eritrea, one from Europe, Liechtenstein, and

Tickets have now gone on sale for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Cup Group stage set to take place in Ireland, Spain, and Italy next month.

compete for the qualifying spot alongside the hosts.China, Cuba, Spain, The Netherlands, Puerto Rico, and South

Africa are then scheduled to play in Group B from July 18 to 22 in Valencia.Group C is scheduled to

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) President Francesco Ricci Bitti has warned Russia against any "very contentious" plans to stage rebel events outside of the Olympic Movement.

country boycotted the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics.The Games could feature Brazil, Russia, India, China and South

Africa which all form part of a political alliance called BRICS.There are also plans to hold the Shanghai