Sharni Layton has been named as captain of the Australia netball team for their trip to South Africa

Layton will lead the team throughout the series, which sees the Diamonds play in South African city Durban

Australian Diamonds will go in search of a second consecutive title against England, New Zealand and South

Africa ©Getty Images"Courtney put in very strong performances for West Coast Fever this year, and it

Action at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup resumed today with the first group of matches of the super round stage in the Mexican city of Monterrey.

World number one Japan narrowly beat Asian rivals South Korea 2-1 in a tight ten innings match to remain

Yoshumochi scored the winning run to give the Japanese team yet another victory.Keisuke Honda of Japan and South

continues tomorrow with Japan facing Panama, Mexico taking on Nicaragua and Australia colliding with South

comfortably beat Austria, who are yet to win a match at the tournament, 14-7.Chinese Taipei dominated South

Africa, 8-0, with Venezuela, ranked seventh in the world, beating South American rivals Argentina 3-

Top seeds China reached the quarter-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Junior Mixed Team Championships after beating England in play-off A1 at the Bilbao Arena in Spain.

Japan, who will meet one another tomorrow.Japan sealed first place in Group C1 with a 5-0 victory over South

Africa before beating Singapore 3-0 in play-off C1.Denmark, meanwhile, defeated the United States 3-

Next month's World Adaptive Surfing Championship in California has already helped to rapidly increase the development of the sport, the governing body has claimed. 

their teams for this year's competition.France, Australia, Chile, Brazil, the United States, Hawaii and South

Africa are among the teams that have held events to decide which athletes will compete for them in California.In

October, South Africa held their first-ever National Championship, marking a milestone moment for adaptive

surfing in the country.Members of the South African team at the 2015 Championship will compete again

Africa (pictured) are now hosting their own domestic competitions ©ISAMark Stewart, who lost his leg

FIFA’s Investigatory Chamber of the Ethics Committee has recommended imposing a lifelong ban from all football-related activities on an aide to disgraced former Presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam.

head of the Organising Committee for the tournament in Germany, to bin Hammam.The German bid defeated South

Africa by a narrow margin of 12 votes to 11 back in 2000 after New Zealand's Charlie Dempsey abstained

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup with an easy 15-0 win over South

Africa on the final day of opening round matches in Monterrey.

progression before Carlos Diaz blasted four more in the sixth innings to win the match.Mexico now join Japan, South

ranked number 15 in the world, were crowned winners of group A following a stunning comeback to defeat South

the Asian side victory.Panama advanced to the super round, finishing atop group A with a 5-4 win over South

Sri Lanka capital Colombo will host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's World Cup Qualifier 2017, it has been announced. 

side to book a ticket for next year’s ICC Women’s World Cup, while England, West Indies, New Zealand, South

Africa, India and Pakistan are fighting for the remaining three automatic spots in the 50-over event.The

 England had ended third, and was followed by New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, India and Pakistan

nationalcoach Tadjou Attadda has urged the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) to continue to boost the sport in Africa

The ranking system is very good - but not for Africa, as we do not have enough money to go to G1s and

When the WTF does something, I hope they give more attention to Africa – for Africa, taekwondo is hopes

the Games.Attadda attributes the country’s success to a firm platform provided by Kim Young Tae, the South

Japan and Australia sealed their places in the super round of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup by earning their fourth straight wins in Monterrey.

Argentina tomorrow.Mexico boosted their hopes of qualifying for the super round ©WBSCGroup A saw Panama and South

of the tournament, with both nations boosting perfect records in Mexico.Panama overcame bottom side South

Africa 9-1, while South Korea earned a 7-2 victory over Venezuela.The top two will meet tomorrow to

Czech Republic 14-4.They will be expected to seal their place in the super round when they take on South

Africa tomorrow.

New Zealand's dominance of the Fast5 Netball World Series continued today as they overcame Australia in the grand final at the Hisense Arena in Melbourne. 

in the day, New Zealand eased into the final with a 52-27 defeat of Malawai while Australia overcame South

Africa 31-14 in the remaining pool stage matches.After a nervy start, the Kiwis chose to utilise their

African nation rallied late to secure the bronze medal.Jamaica claimed fifth position as they beat South

Africa 34-33 to bring the action to its close.

Japan thrashed Chinese Taipei at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup to pick up their second victory of the tournament in the Mexican city of Monterrey.

first win of the tournament to the delight of the home crowd as they beat Venezuela ©WBSCIn Group A, South

Korea and Panama remain unbeaten as both teams secured their second victories of the tournament.The South

Korean outfit were in confident form once again as they proved far too strong for South Africa with

a 17-3 triumph.A total of 11 different players for South Korea managed to get on the scoreboard and they

Korea go up against Mexico, with Panama entertaining Venezuela.The Czech Republic and South Africa will

The first day of the Fast5 Netball World Series in Melbourne ended with a dazzling 32-29 Australian win over their rivals New Zealand.

wins in very different styles.The Kiwis edged past England 36-35 first before asserting their class on South

Africa with a comfortable 49-20 win.Jamaica, meanwhile, managed to resist a South African comeback to

beaten by England 43-22.Power plays influenced a number of matches throughout the day and in game eight South

Africa made the most of theirs to steal a draw with England after a three-point super shot in the dying

The first World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup began today in the Mexican city of Monterrey as all of the competition's 12 teams were in action.

seventh in the world, scored four times during their first inning as they went on to confidently beat South

Africa 14-1.The contest was completed after the the seventh innings due to the 10-run rule.South Korea

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) has announced that the 2019 World Championships will be expanded to 20 teams, four more than previous editions.

meeting was a number of decisions regarding the 2019 World Championships, due to take place in Durban in South

Africa.

taken to expand the competition’s field because of the continued growth of the sport in nations in Africa

each of the Continental Federations was also decided, with two places awarded to the Americas, two for Africa

More than 4,000 athletes were not drugs tested in 2016 before competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Observers report has revealed.

Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) of the United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Japan, Australia and South

Africa, claimed it highlighted the "(in)adequacy of test distribution planning by IFs and NADOs in these