Punta Canta in the Dominican Republic was proposed as the venue for the 2018 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Congress at the conclusion of this year’s edition in Buenos Aires.

to hear from the FIVB commissions.Presentations from the FIVB’s five confederations - representing Africa

, Asia, Europe, North America, Central America and Caribbean and South America - were also given to update

The official competition schedule for this month’s Under-23 Baseball World Cup in Mexican city Monterrey has been announced by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

action sees three matches played in both Group A and Group B.In Group A, the top-ranked nation in Africa

will meet South America's equivalent as South Africa go up against Venezuela.South Korea, bronze medallists

The 2018 Ironman 70.3 World Championship will be held in Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa, it has been

African Championship ©Getty Images"Tens of thousands of athletes have enjoyed racing in our events in South

Africa over the past 12 years and we are excited to welcome some of the world’s most elite triathletes

South Africa were today warned that they have less than two months to meet a series of conditions or

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Louise Martin told the General Assembly here that South

 "This historic decision awarded the Games to Africa for the first time - an inspiring and important

Therefore, we need to resolve this situation with our colleagues from South Africa expeditiously."

It's about what the South African Government will commit too."

Our first priority is to find a solution with South Africa."

The first-ever South African Adaptive Surfing Championships will take place at Muizenberg Pavilion Beach

Africa in California last year.Only Campbell will not be competing in the 2016 South African Adaptive

Championships.Surfing South Africa vice-president Bongani Xulu, who was one of the officials at the

 Brian Abrahams, a Surfing South Africa Board member and experienced contest official, will travel

 The 2016 South Africa Adaptive Surfing Championships is sponsored by Triggerfish Animation Studios

Africa, which is a member of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee and ISA.

Piara Powar, director of Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE), has claimed the indictment of former FIFA vice-president and previous head of the their anti-racism taskforce Jeffrey Webb was one of the reasons it was disbanded.

In South Africa, at the 2010 World Cup, we saw very little acts of criminality and similarly with the

Two Grand Slam matches were among the 96 flagged as potentially suspicious to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) between July and September of this year, it was announced today.

€9,000) on September 22 for betting on 220 matches between February 2012 and June 2015.Joshua Chetty of South

Africa was then banned from tennis for life after he was found guilty of attempting to fix matches on

International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) secretary general Maureen Orchard is confident more African nations will compete in the women’s wheelchair basketball qualification tournament for future Paralympic Games after Algeria became the continent’s first-ever representatives at Rio 2016. 

Argentina, 53-38 but Algeria’s participation alone made Paralympic history.They qualified after beating South

Africa in the final of the 2015 IWBF Africa Championship in Algiers, securing the sole spot on offer

We were delighted to have representation from the Africa zone and full representation at the zonal qualification

Our work with the Africa zone showed our commitment to them and will result in even more teams in the

Argentina will enter the race to stage the 2027 Rugby World Cup when the bidding process has officially opened, it has been announced.

the only country to launch a bid for the 2027 World Cup to date and are hoping to become the first South

currently ranked at number eight in the world.The expression of interest from Argentina follows France, South

Africa and Ireland being confirmed as the three candidates in the running for the 2023 edition of the

Virginia Raggi, not to support the city's campaign to stage the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.The South

World Rugby have set up a new working group to establish whether its rules on player eligibility are "fit for purpose", they announced today. 

World Cup, with 39 turning out for other nations than the All Blacks, while 10 different countries have South

Africa-born players in their squads.

France, Ireland and South Africa have been officially named as the three candidates to host the 2023

1, with World Rugby due to elect a host in November 2017.France last hosted the event in 2007, with South

Africa staging an iconic tournament in 1995.The country won their home event with President Nelson Mandela

presenting the trophy to captain Francois Pienaar, creating one of sport's most famous images.The South

South African hockey has been given a boost after the sport’s worldwide governing body confirmed the

Johannesburg, is the first major International Hockey Federation (FIH) competition to be staged in South

Africa since 2011.Hockey in the nation suffered a severe blow when men’s and women’s teams were denied

the chance to compete at the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by the South Africa Sports Confederation

Championships.SASCOC, however, had insisted that teams qualify through the highest possible route, the HWL, which South

Africa had failed to do, and that places earned at continental level would not be sufficient.The stance

World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue has targeted further poomsae taekwondo events around the world following the successful tenth edition of the World Championships in Peru's capital Lima.

countries and 760 athletes took part in this year’s Championships in all - a record for the event - with South

We have ambitions for poomsae to be part of the European Games and the All Africa Games in the future

South African Craig van der Wath claimed a record breaking win in the men’s over-50 competition at the

, 11-3, 11-4 in the final.A record 951 players competed in the World Squash Federation event in the South

the women’s over-45 final.Championship debutante Mohammed Abbas won Egypt's sole medal after he beat South

It’s been fantastic playing here in South Africa - all of the Egyptians have really enjoyed it, the facilities

There was a successful homecoming for former South African international Natalie Grainger, who now

Africa won the 2016 Nations Cup, a trophy awarded to the country whose men and women across all age-groups

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg has insisted that the 2022 edition in Durban will be a successful and historic event despite current concerns over its financial prospects.

case of Durban in terms of its vision and the possible wider advantages, and we have confidence in the South

 "South Africa fits beautifully into the Commonwealth model and offers opportunities for increasing

These will not only be the first Games in South Africa, but the first on African soil, so they have a

Gideon Sam, President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, sounded a more