Birmingham’s decision to join Liverpool in planning to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games has further energised preparations for the Commonwealth Games Federation’s (CGF) General Assembly in Edmonton, which CGF chief executive David Grevemberg describes as “unlike any before".

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

Turkish tennis officials Serkan Aslan and Mehmet Ulker have been banned for life after being found guilty of offences under the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) code of conduct.

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

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

The line-up for the quarter-finals of the Women's World Championship of Rink Hockey was confirmed at the Play Brava venue in Iquique in Chile today as the group stages came to a close.

the Italians through to the last eight in second place.Elsewhere, Colombia got the better of fellow South

along with Argentina and hosts Chile, to progress with a 100 per cent record.The Spaniards dominated South

Africa today as braces from Natasha Lee, Sara Gonzales, Anna Casarramona, Maria Diez and Laura Puigdueta

Africa today to progress with a 100 per cent record ©FIRSIn the first of Thursday's (September 29) quarter-finals

Africa, India and Egypt.This is the last stand-alone World Championship in the history of rink hockey

Birmingham is joining the bidding to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which it hopes will give a £390 million ($505 million/€452,000) boost to the city's economy.

due to take place in the Gold Coast in 2018 and the 2022 event is scheduled to be held in Durban in South

Africa.

The Women's World Championship of Rink Hockey continued at the Play Brava venue in Iquique in Chile today as the group stages entered the penultimate round of matches.

quarter-finalists.Defending champions Argentina continued their ominous form so far as they thumped fellow South

hat-trick helped them to a 7-2 win.Elsewhere, Portugal produced a stunning performance as they thrashed South

Africa 14-0.Marlene Sousa scored four whilst Ines Vicente, Rute Lopes and Marta Vieira all managed hat-tricks

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú will look to continue her impressive start to the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup season tomorrow when stage four gets underway in Beijing.

South Africa's Chad Le Clos, a double Olympic silver medallist at Rio 2016, is also set to compete in

is one of 110 swimmers from 22 countries due to compete in Beijing with Olympic medallists such as South

But it was not too bad that our country South Africa had four medals in total.

Italy has withdrawn its bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup following the decision by the Mayor of Rome not to support the city's campaign to stage the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was announced today.

Italy was among four nations along with France, Ireland and South Africa who put themselves forward in

Defending champions Argentina maintained their perfect start to the Women's World Championship of Rink Hockey by thrashing Egypt at the Playa Brava in Iquique in Chile.

The South Americans were hoping to build on their 9-1 victory over Colombia in the opening match of the

of the event.France are level with the Spanish team in the standings after recording an 8-0 win over South

Africa in their match.The top two teams are due to meet tomorrow to decide which team will advance as

Joshua Chetty of South Africa has been banned from tennis for life after he was found guilty of attempting

tennis player Constant Lestienne received a seven-month ban for betting on matches ©Getty ImagesThe South

The schedule for next year's Under-20 World Rugby Championships in Georgia has been announced.

New Zealand, Scotland and Italy.Hosts Georgia will compete in Group C against Argentina, France and South

Africa in the capital Tbilisi.England are current champions of the event after they won it for the third

 South Africa were the only other victors, winning in 2012."

Mike Schloesser of The Netherlands overcame personal demons as he beat South Africa's Seppie Cilliers

Cilliers' silver medal gave South Africa its first ever podium finish at an Archery World Cup final.Seven-time

against Colombia.Their team of Tanja Jensen and reigning world champion Stephan Hansen defeated the South

Data concerning 41 more athletes has been released by the Fancy Bears hacking group after their cyber-attack on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Italy, four from Australia and two each from Denmark, Germany, Serbia and Switzerland.Croatia, Japan, South

Africa and Sweden each have a single athlete named, while 16 Olympic sports have been included.These

A former British fell running champion has pleaded guilty in court to attempted murder and assault after stabbing three members of UK Athletics staff in an "unprovoked" attack.

represented England at under-23 and sevens level but turned down the chance to go on tour with England to South

Africa in 1984 because he opposed apartheid.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie has urged all International Federations (IFs) to “fulfil the obligations of the Code” by not awarding major events to Russia due to the non-compliance of its National Anti-Doping Agency.

sport ©Getty ImagesFollowing the death of previous Executive Committee vice-chair Makhenkesi Stofile of South

Africa, it was agreed the position would remain open until the WADA Foundation Board meets in Glasgow

Japan has held a celebration to mark three years to go until the 2019 Rugby World Cup kicks off in the country, with the event also remembering the one-year anniversary of one of the nation's biggest-ever sporting achievements.

On September 19, 2015, Japan recorded the biggest upset in rugby union history by defeating South Africa

newsletter and the supporters' club to be the first to receive updates and information.Japan's win over South

Africa is considered as the biggest upset in rugby union history ©Getty ImagesThe cumulative rugby broadcast