Defending champions Germany became the first team to reach the quarter-finals of the Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup after claiming a 2-1 win over New Zealand at the Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium in Lucknow today.

Lucknow is due to continue tomorrow with matches in Pools A and D.The Pool A schedule is made up of South

Australia.Hosts India face England in the second of the day’s Pool D matches, following the game between South

Africa and Canada.

South Africa will be out to continue their winning start to the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series season

Having defeated Fiji 26-14 in the final of the series' first round in Dubai last week, South Africa find

Cape Town Stadium.Captain Philip Snyman admitted home expectations are high, especially given that South

Africa won last year's Cape Town Sevens competition."

famous Newlands Cricket Ground during a break in play at the annual Springboks versus Proteas - the South

New Zealand won all three of their semi-finals today at the World Bowls Championships in Christchurch, securing their place in the gold medal matches of the men's fours and singles competitions as well as the women's pairs event.

Wales and Australia will meet in Saturday's women's triples final after beating Malaysia 18-16 and South

Africa 17-15 in their respective semi-finals.The women's triples and men's fours finals are schedule

The first episode of a new four part series titled "Camps to Champs", detailing four different Olympians travelling to various refugee camps around the world, was premiered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts here in London tonight.

refugee camp in Jordan ©Olympic ChannelThe fourth Olympian featured in the series is Sizwe Ndlovu of South

Africa who travels to Greece.Ndlovu won his country’s first Olympic rowing title when he won gold as

Defending champions Germany began their pursuit of a third consecutive Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup title with a narrow 2-1 victory over Spain on the opening day of the event at the Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium in Uttar Pradesh.

scoresheet as the Indian team strolled to an easy win.England were involved in a thrilling contest with South

Africa as they claimed a 4-2 win ©FIHThe pick of the entertainment on day one at the tournament, which

attracts the world’s top players under the age of 21, came when England and South Africa took to the

scrapped as a result of the adverse weather conditions, with the Pool A encounter between Australia and South

been banned for life by FIFA’s Ethics Committee for their involvement in a match-fixing scandal in South

Africa in 2010.

Kirsten Nematandani, the former President of the South Africa Football Association (SAFA) has, however

a statement, FIFA confirmed the sanctions were "related to international friendly matches played in South

place before South Africa played host to the 2010 World Cup, the first time FIFA’s quadrennial showpiece

FIFA report claimed there was "compelling evidence" that a number of warm-up games had been rigged in South

Ibrahim Chaibou.A third spot kick was awarded to Guatemala, but this was missed, while all three goals in South

Hosts New Zealand is guaranteed to win three medals after a successful final day of group stage matches at the World Bowls Championships in Christchurch today.

of their games today at Burnside Bowls Club to finish with a perfect record.Their 36-4 win against South

Africa and 23-17 win against second-placed Scotland sealed their progression with a match to spare,

in fourth at Bowls Papanui.Malaysia and Australia won the triple sections, leaving England, Wales, South

Africa and Scotland to battle for the last two spots in the semi-finals.

India's senior captain PR Sreejesh has sought to quell rising tensions between his country and Pakistan as their under-21 side prepare to begin their Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup campaign in Uttar Pradesh.

India have been drawn to face England, Canada and South Africa in Pool D as they seek to win their first

consecutive title, will go up against Spain, New Zealand and Japan in Pool C.Australia, Argentina, South

begins with matches in Pools C and D tomorrow as India take on Canada, which comes after England play South

Former national team coach Bernard Laporte has been elected President of the French Rugby Federation (FFR).

during his campaign for the role.Laporte promised to scrap plans to build a National Stadium in Essonne, south

maintaining France’s bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup as they prepare to go up against Ireland, Italy and South

Africa - who have defied a Government ban on hosting major events in the sport to enter the race.France

New Zealand's Val Smith played the 500th match of her career today at the World Bowls Championships in Christchurch, but it was a day to forget for the experienced bowler as the Kiwi women's triples team lost all three of their games.

South Africa denied Smith a win in her celebratory match as her team, also consisting of Katelyn Inch

defeated the hosts 13-11.The English team went on to make it six wins from six games after they also beat South

Africa and Namibia today.In the women's pairs event, New Zealand's Edwards and Angela Boyd maintained

singles at Fendalton.McIlroy bounced back in emphatic style though in his last match of the day, thumping South

New Zealand's Jo Edwards and Angela Boyd secured a vital win over Australia as they went unbeaten on the opening day of the women's pairs competition at the World Bowls Championships in Christchurch.

and Boyd were the only team to secure three wins in their pairs section, while Wales, Scotland and South

Africa had perfect 3-0 records in the other group at Bowls Papanui.New Zeland's Shannon McIlroy was

Club.Scotland, skipped by Alex Marshall who is widely regarded as the top male bowler in the world, and South

Africa were also both unbeaten today.England, skipped by Sam Tolchard, and Australia, helmed by Mark

Sepp Blatter has been unsuccessful in his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a six-year ban from all footballing activity.

combined CHF23 million (£18 million/$23 million/€21 million) in December 2010 following the World Cup in South

Africa that year, which was approved "apparently without an underlying contract provision stipulating

Tournament debutants Japan secured a ninth-place finish at the Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup after beating Asian rivals China 2-0 at the Club Deportivo Manquehue in Santiago today.

Rounding out today’s proceedings was the 11th-place play-off between South Korea and hosts Chile, with

Korea drew level through a Soyun Moon penalty corner.After the half-time break, South Korea looked the

ahead.With just under 10 minutes left to play, Chile’s Sofia Machado Paonessa sneaked the ball under South

home fans the fairytale ending by scoring the decisive goal.New Zealand finished 13th after beating South

Africa 8-2 ©FIHEarlier in the day, New Zealand defeated South Africa 8-2 in the 13th-place play-off

Nigeria have won the Africa Women's Cup of Nations for a tenth time after a 1-0 win over hosts Cameroon

opportunities count.In the second-half, Oparanozie, who also scored the winner in the semi-final against South

Africa hit the decisive goal again when she broke the deadlock seven minutes from time.Desire Oparanozie

history by becoming the first individual to win the tournament as both a player and coach.Ghana had edged South

Africa 1-0 to claim the bronze medal yesterday.Linda Eshun scored the winner on 49 minutes when she

South Africa produced a fine display to claim the season’s first men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series

sails, with Seabelo Senatla’s 11th try of the tournament rounding off a superb performance from the South

We just needed to stick to our game plan and structure and that's exactly what the guys did," South Africa

South Africa thrashed New Zealand 40-0 in the quarter-finals on their way to the Dubai Sevens Cup title

19-12 to finish fifth, while the United States secured the Challenge Trophy by beating Samoa 28-14.South

Africa, runners-up behind Fiji on the overall standings last season, reached the final in Dubai by overpowering