Representatives from Georgia, Romania and the United States have been officially added onto an expanded World Rugby Council during an interim meeting in London.

Wales' Gareth Davies was also elected to the body's Executive Committee to replace South Africa's Oregan

ImagesVoting rights for nine unions - Australia, England, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Scotland, South

Africa and Wales - have also been expanded in "accordance with wide-ranging and historic governance

Hosts Cameroon booked their place at the Africa Women Cup of Nations semi-finals after a narrow victory

over South Africa at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde.

close range, while Salma Ahmed went close for Egypt.Egypt earned their first ever win at the Women's Africa

pole position to claim the second qualification spot having moved onto three points, while Zimbabwe or South

Africa have one point each heading into the final group games.Tomorrow will see the second Group B matches

Hong Kong has won the rights to host the 2017 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Ocean Racing World Championships.

this year has attracted the world’s leading competitors including brothers Dawid and Jasper Mocke from South

Africa and current World Surfski Series leader and reigning world champion Cory Hill from Australia.It

to know about this sport," Hong Kong Canoe Union elite training director Raymond Lo Ho-yin told the South

ground," said South African Dawid Mocke, a three-time Dragon Run winner, to the South China Morning

 "The Aussies need to travel a good few hours and so do the South Africans, and these two nations

Defending champions Nigeria thrashed Mali 6-0 to open their account at the Africa Women Cup of Nations

Limbe.Group A will resume on Tuesday (November 22) with hosts Cameroon aiming for a second win when they meet South

Hosts Cameroon got off to a winning start as the Africa Women Cup of Nations began at the Stade Ahmadou

 Cameroon were too strong for Egypt on home soil in the opening match of the Africa Women Cup of

Nations at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde ©CAFIn the second game in Group A, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Violent student protests have forced the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) to move next month’s Under-23 African World Championship qualifier from Durban to Johannesburg.

 IWBF Africa secretary general Shawn Moorgas admitted the move was far from ideal, claiming it has

implications" to ensure the event takes place.Moorgas said they were having to overcome "major challenges" in South

province, of which Durban is the largest city, has been one of the worst affected regions.Media reports in South

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Algeria and Nigeria are the four teams who have entered the tournament.It is

being organised by the Wheelchair Basketball South Africa Federation in conjunction with IWBF Africa.

Nigeria will be aiming to win a tenth Africa Women Cup of Nations title when the 2016 edition of the

who lost 2-0 in the final to Nigeria two years ago, will contest Group A which also features Egypt, South

Africa and Zimbabwe.Africa's Player of the Year, Gaelle Enganamouit, will be representing the tournament's

The World Rugby Awards will be hosted in Monaco for a minimum of two years from 2017, the governing body has revealed.

All-Blacks did it in style, winning all six of their matches against southern hemisphere rivals Australia, South

Africa and Argentina with the four-try bonus point.This success also allowed New Zealand's men to be

New Zealand's Beauden Barrett has been crowned as World Rugby's men's player of the year at a glittering awards ceremony at the Hilton London Metropole.

All-Blacks did it in style, winning all six of their matches against southern hemisphere rivals Australia, South

Africa and Argentina with the four-try bonus point.Sarah Hunter was named as women's player of the year

July.Australia’s Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Caslick was named as women's sevens player of the year, with South

Kenya’s two-time Olympic champion David Rudisha has been appointed as the President of the African Athletics Confederation (AAC) Athletes' Commission.

to feature on the Commission.Rudisha will be expected to appoint three more members, with Ethiopia, South

Africa and Cameroon set to have representatives.

South Africa's bowler Kagiso Rabada and batsman Quinton de Kock have moved into the top 20 of the International

Perth, which concluded on Monday (November 7).The 21-year-old returned figures of 2-78 and 5-92 as South

Africa stormed to a 177-run win in the opening Test of the three-match series.He becomes the fourth

South African fast bowler to feature in the top 20, joining the injured Dale Steyn, ranked second but

20th place on the ICC Test Player Rankings ©Getty ImagesAs a result of the comprehensive success for South

Africa against Australia, opener Dean Elgar sits in a career high place of 24th.JP Duminy has been lifted

The gift-giving season is fast approaching; so in the spirit of ‘news you can use’, I have put together a Top Dozen list of great sporting reads.

Ryszard Kapuściński (1990)The Polish journalist, who died in 2007, is mainly known for his writing about Africa

Lalanne (1959)A wonderfully vivid, colourfully-written account of the 1958 French rugby union tour to South

Africa.

non-white section of the crowd by an uproar “as indescribable as the one they had made which drowned the South

Top ranked Japan claimed the inaugural World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup title after easing to a commanding 10-3 win over Australia in the Mexican city of Monterrey today.

Jung Sung Gon pitched a complete game and struck out four batters to lead world number three-ranked South

walks, while his offence managed five runs on six hits to come away with the win.Third place equals South

with Venezuela, 15-3 winners against Austria, coming eighth.Argentina, 15-7 victors at the expense of South

Africa, ended up ninth.

World number one-ranked side Japan will meet Australia in the final of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup after both nations picked up wins in their last super-round matches in Monterrey.

multiple double-plays to limit any major damage.Prior to tomorrow’s final, world number three-ranked South

spot in the round-robin group.In the consolation round, Argentina defeated Czech Republic 9-2, while South

Africa overcame Austria 9-3.Tomorrow’s concluding consolation matches see Austria meet Venezuela, South

Africa face Argentina, and Czech Republic go up against leaders Chinese Taipei.

Panama inflicted Japan's first defeat of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup with a 3-2 success in the second stage of super round matches in the Mexican city of Monterrey.

beaten by Australia ©WBSCAustralia also kept their gold medal hopes alive as they managed to defeat South

action tomorrow, Australia will meet Panama, while Mexico will face Japan and Nicaragua will clash with South

competing for places seven to 12 in the overall standings, feature Argentina and the Czech Republic while South

Africa take on Austria, who are still yet to win a game at the competition.