New Zealand's team at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in India have been playing under the wrong flag.

biennial tournament does not feature Pakistan or Australia.Singapore, England, Trinidad and Tobago, South

Africa, Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland have also made it through.

South Africa have rejected the chance to send a women's rugby sevens team to next summer's Olympics in

Africa.

We will be there to provide that platform.”South Africa has already controversially rejected the chance

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earn Rio 2016 berthNovember 2015: South Africa Hockey Association to seek alternative route to

offers on back of FIH African Championships successNovember 2015: South Africa claim men and women's

The politician at the centre of the scandal which has rocked sport in Kuwait is to be investigated by the Ethics Committee of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).

November after his 165-128 defeat to Raña, is that he sent a letter to the Minister of Youth and Sports in South

Africa which stated that "the friendly relationship between our two countries is unchanged by mutual

South Africa won their home leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series for the third year in a row after

they were unable to bounce back as Albertus Smith and Juan Leon De Jongh scored further tries to give South

Africa a 25-5 winning margin.Following the quarter-final demolition, South Africa faced a last four

the United States in the quarters, in the last four by winning a thrilling contest 24-22.Despite the South

Americans being able to give South Africa a significant test in the opening half by only trailing by

Africa are tied at the top of the standings on 35 points, with the US and Argentina lying on 29.Related

were crowned 2015 African Under-23 champions after earning a narrow 2-1 victory over Algeria, while South

Africa booked their place at Rio 2016 after beating hosts Senegal on penalties in Dakar.

for grabs for the winners, with hosts Senegal left to rue Moussa Wague’s effort which was saved by South

Mahlamb the opportunity to send his team to Rio 2016 and he was able to convert his effort to see South

Africa earn a 3-1 win on penalties.South Africa celebrated reaching Rio 2016 after a penalty shoot-out

Africa head coach.

African football and the players have responded well, so all credit goes to the players.”South Africa

unbeaten from their three matches to top Pool B and advance to the quarter-final phase in Cape Town, South

Africa.

opening leg in Dubai.However, Kenya’s highlight of the day came with a stunning 14-12 victory over South

Africa, with Colins Injera and William Ambaka Ndayara running in tries to secure a surprise victory

over the host nation.They sealed top spot by earning a comfortable 36-0 victory over Zimbabwe, while South

Africa consigned England to the bowl competition after beating them 10-0 to advance to the quarter-finals

Monaco’s Stade Louis II will play host to the men’s Olympic repechage qualification tournament and Dublin’s UCD Bowl will stage the women’s event, World Rugby announced today.

matches at the UCD Bowl.Chile, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong, Mexico, Morocco, Russia, Samoa, South

stadium in a sporting city and we look forward to showcasing rugby sevens at its entertaining best.”South

Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Colombia, France, Fiji, Japan and the United States.South Africa

won the women’s regional qualifier but are waiting to see whether the South African Sports Confederation

Africa are not able to compete.

Nigeria and Algeria booked their places in the men’s Olympic football tournament at Rio 2016 after both teams recorded semi-final victories at the 2015 African Under-23 Championships in Dakar today.

Darfalou and Mohammed Benkhemassa scored in either half to guide their side to a 2-0 victory over South

Africa.The final between the two sides is due to place on Saturday (December 12), which comes after South

Africa and the host country will battle it out for the third and final Rio 2016 spot in the third-place

tense affair to secure their spot at Rio 2016 ©CAFAlgeria seized the initiative in their match with South

Africa, opening the scoring after just eight minutes thanks to Darfalou’s deft finish over the onrushing

The 2016 World Sailing World Cup series is set to begin tomorrow  in Melbourne where close to 1,000 competitors are due to launch off the historic seaside suburb of St Kilda for the opening round of Olympic, Paralympic and invited class racing.

Drozdovskaya in the Laser Radial, as well as Laser sailors Giovanni Coccoluto of Italy, Stefano Marcio of South

Africa and Lee Parkhill of Canada.Marcio is his country’s Laser class qualifier for Rio 2016, while

Fiji began the defence of their HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title in ominous fashion as they beat England 28-17 in the final to claim victory at the opening event of the season in Dubai today.

nature of the pulsating last four encounter continued as Maka Unufe put the Americans, who beat holders South

Africa in the quarter-finals, back in front.As the match headed towards a dramatic finale, Alex Gray

their last four match.On an enthralling final day, Francois Hougaard went over in extra-time to hand South

Africa the Plate with a last-gasp 24-19 victory over Australia.France won the Bowl by ousting Scotland

The official logo of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup has been revealed to mark two years to go until the final of the competition.

Guinea from October to December, unveiled the logo with current and future rugby league stars at a South

captain of the Australian national side and currently chairman of the Canterbury League Club and New South

matchesFebruary 2014: Australia and New Zealand to co-host 2017 Rugby League World CupOctober 2013: South

Africa to face joint bid from Australia and New Zealand to host 2017 Rugby League World Cup

Defending HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series champions Fiji reached the quarter-finals of the first event of the new campaign in style as they recorded three straight victories on the opening day in Dubai.

The Fijian side, led by English coach Ben Ryan, were one of three unbeaten sides along with South Africa

World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai with their first-ever victory over New Zealand ©World RugbySouth Africa

Kok scored a double, before they inflicting a crushing 45-0 defeat on a hapless Russian outfit.The South

over to equalise, and Madison Hughes added the extras to eliminate France and set up a meeting with South

Africa tomorrow.

Banele Sindani, the first chief executive of the South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

Sindani, also a former chief executive of Athletics South Africa, was reportedly killed in an armed

connection with the killing.Sindani was the last survivor of 13 brothers and was highly regarded as one of South

deeply saddened by the loss of such an influential sports administrator who contributed immensely to South

African sport for more than two decades.”His death has sent shockwaves around South Africa and Sindani

FIFA are considering plans to expand the amount of teams at the World Cup from 32 to 40 as early as the 2026 tournament, it has been announced.

of Paraguay.They allegedly accepted millions of dollars in bribes in connection with tournaments in South

given to European nations.Currently, UEFA’s countries are given 13 spots at the tournament, while Africa

has five, Asia four and a half, Europe 13, North and Central America three and a half, South America

Infantino, Jordanian Football Association chief Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, Frenchman Jerome Champagne and South

Oscar Pistorius is set to find out on Thursday (December 3) whether his culpable homicide conviction will be upgraded to murder.

Pistorius’s fate will be sealed when South Africa’s most senior judges rule on whether or not he murdered

the judgement would be delivered at 9.45am local time on Thursday.Pistorius, who also competed for South

Africa in the Olympics at London 2012, will not be in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Pretoria to hear