Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) leaders have visited Durban as part of their process to inspect the South

Grevemberg visited last week, insidethegames understands.They met with representatives from the South

African Government and the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee as well as "other

their "continued dialogue and commitments to support Durban's progress" towards the deadline.South Africa

Commonwealth Games representatives are [were] in South Africa to meet with the South African Government

Africa and Durban to achieve satisfactory resolution of all outstanding matters by November 30, 2016

Action at the first World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Baseball World Cup is due to begin tomorrow with games involving all 12 participating teams in the Mexican city of Monterrey.

fellow Pan-American team, Panama.Group A will begin with a clash between Austria and Australia before South

Africa take on Venezuela.All 12 teams will be in action when the Under-23 Baseball World Cup opens in

Monterrey ©WBSCTaichung bronze medallists South Korea will then take on fifth-placed Czech Republic.Other

The host broadcaster contract for the next rugby World Cup has been awarded to a partnership between Host Broadcast Services (HBS) and IMG, the well-known talent and sports agency.

welcome opportunity to return to Japan, where he worked on the 2002 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted with South

while enabling new innovations and fan-engagement priorities to be delivered”.Japan's stunning win over South

Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup has seen a rapid spark of interest in the sport in the Asian nation

event was a huge global success, not least in Japan where their outstanding opening match victory over South

Africa set the tone for an amazing tournament and captured the imagination of the nation."

Olympic gold medallists Argentina will clash with European champions The Netherlands during next year’s Hockey World League (HWL) semi-final event in Britain, it has been announced after the schedule for each men’s and women’s tournament was confirmed.

The South American outfit and the Dutch team are two of the six nations who are earmarked to take part

from June 15 to 25.Both will be joined at the competition by hosts England, Asian champions India, South

qualifiers who will also secure their spot at each semi-final through HWL round two tournaments.South Africa

Africa are the entrants in the men’s event.Several members of the British team which won the Olympic

gold medal will feature for England during the HWL semi-final event in South Africa next year ©Getty

The draw for the 2017 edition of the Netball World Youth Cup has been made in Gaborone.

Northern Ireland and Samoa.Pool B will feature Australia, the four-time winners, who will collide with South

Africa, Barbados, Zimbabwe and Singapore.In Pool C hosts Botswana will meet Jamaica, Cook Islands, Malaysia

Political disputes surrounding the African Games have eased after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between sporting and Governmental bodies.

Last year's All-Africa Games in Brazzaville were organised by the Sports Council of the African Union

rather than the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) after the failure of talks

entrusted with the technical coordination.They will be known as the "African" rather than the "All-Africa

of sports events in general and the All-Africa Games in particular.

shall take effect once it is approved by the African Union Commission chair, South African Nkosazana

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont urged Japan to "work extremely hard" on the legacy programme for the 2019 World Cup in a bid to ensure "strong and sustainable" benefits of the tournament are felt across the country.

World Cup in England - which included arguably the biggest shock in the event's history when they beat South

Africa 34-32 in Brighton.Beaumont was speaking here following a "productive" day of meetings with organisers

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Sport and Active Society Commission has announced the winners of development grants, each worth $20,000 (£14,000/€18,000), that will go to organisations running "effective sport for all programmes" in their communities.

not-for-profit Dreamfields Project was another winner.The project provides townships and rural schools across South

Africa with the necessary tools and equipment to play football, even in the most remote parts of the

inspire others who are making tremendous strides in increasing access to sport across the globe," said South

hosting of the 2022 Commonwealth Games "hangs in the balance" according to Gideon Sam, President of the South

South Africa were warned earlier this month that they have less than two months to meet a series of conditions

Africa (SRSA), is said to be working on providing answers prior to the deadline.

Esethu Hasane, spokesman for the Department of SRSA, said South Africa failed to make their first payment

He added: "When the South African Government woke up [during the 2010 FIFA World Cup] we were footing

South Africa are keen to learn lessons from hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup ©Getty ImagesHasane insists

Mexican tennis player Daniel Garza has been suspended for six months after being found guilty of "influencing the outcome" of a match.

gambling on 220 matches between February 2012 and June 2015.His sanction was followed by Joshua Chetty of South

Africa being banned from tennis for life after he was found guilty of attempting to fix matches.Allegations

Guernsey's Garry Collins has been appointed as the European region's representative on the board of World Bowls.

re-elected unopposed as the regional director for Asia and Oceania, while McArdle, who is based in South

Africa, continues in the role for the Africa and the Americas area.Bowls, played at both the Commonwealth

A development programme has been established in order to create the fifth Continental Union within the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) - with those behind the scheme targeting full recognition from the worldwide governing body before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

an Oceania Gymnastics Union (OGU).The body would mirror that of the other Unions - in Asia, Europe, Africa

the case in Asia in recent years, with the Asian Gymnastics Union holding its Congress in Incheon in South

An official promotional video for the men's Under-23 Baseball World Cup has been released by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) ahead of the tournament getting underway in Monterrey in Mexico on October 28.

starting with a 30-game group stage.World number one ranked Japan are joined by fellow Asian nations South

and Argentina, while Australia are flying the flag for Oceania.Completing the 12-strong line-up is South

Africa and European nations Czech Republic and Austria.The competition is due to take place until November

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper has admitted he fears the build-up to the 2019 World Cup could be overshadowed by the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo but claimed preparations for the tournament were firmly on track.

recorded one of the biggest upsets in Rugby World Cup history when they earned a famous 34-32 victory over South

Africa in Brighton.

Stephane Houdet and David Wagner retained their respective men’s singles and quad singles titles and both added doubles prizes as the United States Tennis Association (USTA) US Open Wheelchair Championships came to a close in St. Louis.

since 2012, and his fourth Super Series singles title of 2016 after previous victories this year at the South

Africa, Japan and British Opens.Victory in the singles final brought the Frenchman his second title

successive quad singles title and seventh US Open crown after defeating second seed Lucas Sithole of South

Africa 7-6, 6-4.Top seed Wagner edged out Sithole to continue his unbeaten winning streak at the tournament

another first-time Super Series champion in the women’s doubles as Chile’s Macarena Cabrillana partnered South