Samoa came from behind to beat Fiji 29-26 and claim their first World Rugby Sevens Series crown of the season in Paris today.

South Africa beat Australia in the plate final ©Getty ImagesSamoa had earlier beaten South Africa 21-

semi-finals, can take solace from the fact they lead the 2015-16 series standings by 14 points ahead of South

Africa with just one round left in London next weekend.The third-place play-off saw hosts France beat

named in the Dream Team for Paris, and scores from Julien Candelon and Jean Baptiste Mazoue.South Africa

Defending champions Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand all progressed to the quarter-finals of the Paris

a comprehensive 42-5 triumph to set up a meeting with Australia in tomorrow’s quarter-final.South Africa

an even more dominant victory, thrashing Australia 31-0 to claim their third straight success.South Africa

Olympic champions David Rudisha and Renaud Lavillenie suffered unexpected defeats in a dramatic evening of action at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ second Diamond League meeting of the season in Shanghai.

only Chinese win of the night with an effort of 8.14m.That effort was equalled by Rushwal Samaai of South

Africa, but the maximum 10 Diamond League points went to Gao by virtue of his second best effort of

Kenya produced the performance of the opening day of the World Rugby Sevens Series event in Paris as they fought back from 14-0 down to secure a dramatic 29-14 success against Portugal at the Stade Jean Bouin.

honing some of their skills and fitness over the next couple of months now.”Seabelo Senatla inspired South

Africa, the nearest challengers to Fiji, to a convincing 24-5 victory against England in Pool C, while

Leading entrepreneurs Mervyn Davies and Wendy Luhabe have been appointed as the first independent directors of the new World Rugby Executive Committee, the organisation have announced today.

same name, was made a member of the House of Lords in 2009.Luhabe, a major icon for black women in South

Africa, has more than 26 years of experience as a non-executive director in a variety of industries

brand development and education.The 58-year-old is chair and founder of the Women Private Equity Fund, South

The pool allocation draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup will take place in host nation Japan in May 2017, it has been announced here today.

including Argentina, Australia, England, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, South

Africa and Wales."

could take solace from winning three of their pool games, including a memorable 34-32 victory over South

Africa."

Nineteen teams will contest the 2016 World Squash Federation (WSF) Women's World Team Squash Championship, it has been announced after entries closed for the biennial event.

also due to compete.The list of participants is completed by Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, South

Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Wales and the United States.

Pyeongchang 2018 and Tokyo 2020 will be broadcast in the Czech Republic on public channel Česká Televize (CT) after the company signed a deal with Discovery Communications for the two editions of the Olympic Games.

visual rights for one channel for both Pyeongchang 2018, the first-ever Winter Olympics to be held in South

possible,” Kasia Kieli, President of Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

It is regularly mentioned by athletes in interviews during the build-up to an Olympic Games about the number of hours they have trained for what could be their only chance at claiming gold on the greatest sporting stage. Their moment in the Olympic spotlight could be just a minute, but it's a potentially life-changing portion of their career. Often it is their different journeys to that point which prove to be the most fascinating.

see the UCI’s tablet system to detect technological fraud in action - riders from Brazil, Rwanda and South

centre is to help develop riders from less equipped countries.Cyclists from Asia, Eastern Europe and South

Based in South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Argentina and a recently launched centre in New Dehli, India

New Zealand have surged to the summit of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 world rankings for the first time after they reached the semi-finals of the format’s flagship event in India last month.

of the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.The West Indies have an advantage of three points ahead of South

Africa, who endured a disappointing outing in India as they failed to reach the knockout phase.The

South African team occupy fourth position, five points in front of tournament runners-up England.Australia

2015 tournament along with their rivals from across the Tasman Sea, by a commanding 11 points.South Africa

Cricket Ireland are targeting reaching Test status by 2020 as part of a new five-year strategic plan, which aims to establish cricket as one of the country’s main sports.

against fellow ICC member nations.Ireland’s men are due to face Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Pakistan, South

Africa and Australia in the 50-over format this year.They earned widespread praise for their performances

matches Bangladesh this year, in addition to the seven games already scheduled this summer against South

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the South African Doping Control Laboratory in Bloemfontein

accreditation of the Moscow Laboratory in Russia last month ©Getty ImagesWADA will be making site visits to South

Africa and its decision can be appealed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Last month, WADA revoked

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has denied that it has splashed

that the business class tickets have been provided as part of a sponsorship deal with national airline South

South Africa has already faced criticism for not sending hockey teams to Rio, despite qualification

©Getty Images"In order to protect the integrity of the exercise in sending Team South Africa to any Olympic

provide an oversight role and, secondly to experience a global event that could be potentially hosted in South

Africa."

Hosts South Africa topped the senior medal standings at the Commonwealth Judo Championships after claiming

one of the two bronze medallists along with Botswana’s Gavin Mogopa.There were also gold medals for South

Africa in the men’s 66kg, 81kg and 90kg through Siyabulela Mabulu, Dale Whittaker and Zack Piontek

Guernsey's Louis Plevin and England’s Aiden Donald shared the third step of the podium.Piontek led a South

Judo Championships took place at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth ©Judo South

Africa/FacebookEngland were second in the medal standings with five golds, two silvers and one bronze.Their

Italy's five-time World Championship rowing medallist Niccolò Mornati has been suspended and faces missing the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after testing positive for a banned drug normally used for treating breast cancer, it has been announced. 

month.But he failed a test for the breast cancer drug anastrozole on his return from a training camp in South

Africa shortly beforehand, it has now emerged.The product, which has rarely produced positive tests