Russia's largest private commercial bank has been unveiled as the first ever "Regional Supporter" for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by football's world governing body today.

Supporter packages could be rolled-out for each of the five global regions: Europe, North America, South

America, the Middle East and Africa as well as Asia, FIFA said.They have observed a "growing interest

United States claimed their maiden International Triathlon Union (ITU) Mixed Team Relay World Championships title here today, as the governing body looked to boost their hopes for having the discipline included at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

started to see his advantage cut, as the six strong group containing hosts Germany, France, Russia, South

Africa, Australia and Britain worked to chase him down.The latter two nations had enjoyed strong comebacks

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) have been beating the drum repeatedly about having their mixed team relay event included as a discipline at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. If the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese organisers still were unaware of this, then the commentator at the ITU Mixed Relay World Championships made sure to hammer home the message. Tokyo 2020 was never far away from his lips.

South Africa’s Richard Murray was given a 10 second penalty after placing his wetsuit in the wrong box

the penalty lingering beside Murray’s name the tension of the race was effectively removed, with the South

Africa eventually having to step into the penalty box ahead of the finish, leaving Mola to cruise to

Venues for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup are set to be revealed when the competition is officially launched on Tuesday (July 19), the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) have announced.

officially declare that it is bidding for the 2021 World Cup, but they could face competition from South

Africa and North America.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Monaco - just half-an-hour’s drive from Nice - went ahead after Prince Albert II had chaired an emergency meeting of the Monegasque Athletics Federation to discuss the terrorist attack of the previous night.

suffered a worrying ankle injury while attempting 2.41m which required him to be taken to hospital - and South

clocking 10.94 ahead of Jamaica’s former Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in 11.12 and South

Africa 8:46.65 and Dera Dida of Ethiopia 8:48.31.Today's @iaaforg athletics @MeetingHerculis in Monaco

title last weekend, and who ran a season’s best of 1:44.49.World 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk of South

Africa is ticking over nicely - he won in 44.12 to maintain his Diamond Race lead.Germany's world shot

United States' David Brown will be looking to step up his preparations for Rio 2016 this weekend when he competes for the men’s 100 metres T11 title at the penultimate International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix of the season at the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sports Park in Berlin.

Ulbricht, Mexico’s Jorge Gonzalez Sauceda and last year’s world silver medallist Jonathan Ntutu of South

Africa all take to the track.

favourite in the sprint event as she looks to secure her second consecutive Paralympic title at Rio 2016.South

Para-athletes including American sprinter Kym Crosby, who won world 100m bronze and 200m silver behind the South

African discus champion Victor Hogan has been dropped from South Africa's Olympic team and banned for

Tucker, who had finished second, with Nigeria's Stephen Mozia being upgraded to the silver medal.Another South

Barcelona star Neymar has been included in Brazil’s team for the Rio 2016 men's football tournament as the host nation looks to claim a first Olympic gold medal in the sport.

semi-final defeat to eventual winners Germany.The home nation have been drawn in Group A alongside South

Africa, Iraq and Denmark with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals.Brazil’s South American

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ImagesWorld number four Rory McIlroy carded a two-under-par round ©Getty ImagesLouis Oosthuizen of South

Africa and Jamie Donaldson of Wales were paired together for the opening round ©Getty ImagesJordan Spieth

Adrien Niyonshuti has been chosen to carry Rwanda's flag at the Opening Ceremony of next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it has been announced.

in the men’s cross country mountain bike competition, finishing 39th.Niyonshuti, who rides for the South

Africa registered International Cycling Union WorldTour team Dimension Data, is due to compete in the

Padraig Harrington, Seamus Power and Leona Maguire have been selected by the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) for the Rio 2016 golf tournaments after three of the top-ranked Irishmen snubbed next month’s event.

spate of withdrawals as a total of 21 players have opted to skip the Olympic Games.Lee-Anne Pace of South

Africa is the only female golfer to pull out, citing fears over Zika, and world number one Lydia Ko

World Rugby have unveiled the official ball which will be used during the men’s and women’s sevens tournaments at next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

day after the women's finals, with each side again playing two matches on the opening day.Spain and South

Africa will also compete in Pool B, with Brazil beginning against World Rugby Sevens Series champions

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has penned an initial one-year deal with SEL Sport & Events Logistics.

the world, and will be an exclusive logistics partner for World Triathlon Series races in Australia, South

Africa, Great Britain, Germany and Canada.Another key role will be delivering inventory to the 2016

Seven Asian countries were represented at a "Making Boccia Accessible" event in Dubai.

Thomson were selected by Scottish Disability Sport to represent BISFed in Dubai, following sessions in Africa

and South America.Representatives from India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Jordan, Mongolia and host

Olympic swimming champion Chad le Clos has revealed that both of his parents are battling cancer as he prepares for Rio 2016.

The 24-year-old South African won the 200 metres butterfly title at London 2012 and also scooped silver

glittering career so far.He is a quadruple Commonwealth Games champion and has topped the podium at the All-Africa