No positive doping results were recorded from more than 450 tests conducted during the England 2015 Rugby World Cup, the sport's governing body have announced today. 

Zealand become first team to retain Rugby World Cup after defeating Australia in the finalOctober 2015: South

Africa beat Argentina to claim third spot at Rugby World CupOctober 2015: Prince Harry to present Webb

African athletes competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

performance,”Ten African countries won medals at London 2012: Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, South

Africa, Tunisia and Uganda.Related storiesNovember 2015: Bach urges African National Olympic Committees

edition of ANOCA seminarJuly 2013: Palenfo re-elected Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Japan overcame Kazakhstan in a tight Asian regional qualifier second-leg final at Tokyo's Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground today to book their place in the inaugural Olympic women's rugby sevens tournament in Rio de Janeiro next year.

a-side men's team's unprecedented success at the World Cup, where they gained a shock 34-32 win over South

Africa, and further triumphs over the United States and Samoa, en route to a narrow third-place finish

Hosts Japan ended the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate1 Premier League season in commanding fashion as they claimed six of the 10 kumite gold medals on offer as well as the team kata title to round off the campaign in style here today.

judges.Shintaro Kuniyoshi of Japan took bronze as well as Troy Sutter, whose third-place effort pocketed South

Africa their solitary medal of the event.Unsurprisingly, the host nation finished at the summit of

It’s a truism that every Olympic sport, and indeed every aspiring Olympic sport, wants to grow. You don’t hear a lot of International Federation Presidents talking in urgent tones about the need to reduce participation. But the question of growth is complex – does it mean more people, or does it mean people doing better?

At the moment we have two we are waiting to get over the border from South Africa, but the Government

Micheen left school and went to Rhodes University in South Africa where she rowed in eights with her

would give it a shot.”Thornycroft, now 28, duly qualified for London 2012, resigned from her job in South

Thornycroft went back to train in South Africa, where her current coach is Andrew Grant.Davis describes

the decision as “both easy and difficult”, explaining: “In South Africa they have facilities and

World Cup winners the United States have been drawn into Group A of the 2016 Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship as they prepare to begin their defence of the Olympic title.

booked their places in the Rio 2016 women’s football tournament alongside host nation Brazil, with South

Africa and Zimbabwe qualifying from Africa, France and Germany advancing from Europe and Colombia

from South America.Related storiesAugust 2015: Dallas and Houston to host CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying

I felt a little out of my depth on arrival in Tokyo last week for the finale of the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC) inaugural Premier12 tournament.

attended the baseball final at last year’s Asian Games in Incheon, a narrow and tense affair won by South

was going on, I am starting to appreciate something of the drama and complexity on show.The Japan v South

Not that it seemed to matter, as there appeared no way back for South Korea.

are long periods where nothing much happens interspersed with sudden bursts of action, like with South

One is the game’s relative lack of popularity in Africa, parts of Asia, and most of all, in Europe,

The South African Hockey Association (SAHA) has vowed to find alternative routes for their men’s and

women’s teams to compete at Rio 2016 after the South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

Both South African teams won their respective International Hockey Federation (FIH) African Championships

Africa, however, failed to achieve a place through that competition and have now been told their sides

Africa do not appear, it will be the first Olympics since Barcelona in 1992 that the country will not

be represented in either the men's or women's event.Related storiesNovember 2015: South Africa to turn

Africa claim men and women's double at FIH African Championships

Da Nang in Vietnam will play host to the first-ever Southeast Asia Skateboarding Championships next year, the World Skateboarding Federation (WSF) has announced.

WSF claim the event will be held on a similar scale to that of last month’s Kimberley Diamond Cup in South

Africa, which was incorporated the 2015 Skateboarding World Championships.

“The development programme we have created in South Africa is considered the best and most comprehensive

this new development center based in Da Nang, Vietnam will mirror many of our successful programs in South

Africa,” McFerran said.

Egypt's defending champion Ramy Ashour and number two seed Nick Matthew of England breezed through to the third round of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Men’s World Championships as both recorded comfortable victories at the Maydenbauer Centre in Bellevue today.

World Championships for the first time with a battling five-game victory over Stephen Coppinger of South

Africa ©squashpicsThe third round will contain three players from France for the first time in the tournament

compatriots Gregory Gaultier and Mathieu Castagnet in the last 16, beating 15th seed Stephen Coppinger of South

Africa in a pulsating five-game contest.Marche dropped the opening game but fought back, turning the

Shirt sponsorship of national teams could become a reality if South Africa’s Tokyo Sexwale wins the

President being an ex-officio member”.While pledging a “special emphasis” on his own continent of Africa

parts of CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean), parts of Asia and parts of CONMEBOL (South

: Sexwale warns against "sponsor activism" amid call for non-European FIFA PresidentSeptember 2015: South

Australia cruised to victory over Tonga in the final of the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship in Auckland to book their place at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

Nagasau starring having scored four tries during the match.A thrilling conclusion to the 2015 Rugby Africa

Men's Sevens Championship in Johannesburg saw Kenya join the already qualified South Africa at Rio 2016

Australia and Samoa went through day one of the Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship and Olympic qualifier undefeated today with both countries battling for the sole place on offer at Rio 2016.

at the right time.”Elsewhere, the African qualifying tournament is also being held this week in the South

tomorrow, with Uganda playing Tunisia, Namibia taking on Morocco and Zimbabwe clashing with Nigeria.South Africa

If I could give one piece of advice to any professional sportsperson it would simply be this: don’t dare seek a career in the world of sporting governance once your career reaches its end.

promising “various services”, whatever that may entail, with Warner just days before Germany beat South

Africa by 12 votes to 11 to bag themselves the hosting rights for the World Cup.

World Rugby has announced the regional and cross-regional qualification process for the 2019 World Cup in Japan, where a further eight teams will secure their spot at the tournament.

A total of 12 countries - New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Ireland, Scotland, France

of the two-legged contest will have a second chance of qualifying as they will play the top-ranked South

triumphant also booking their ticket to Japan.The other direct continental qualifier will come from Africa

as the winner of the Rugby Africa Championship will seal their spot at the event in four years’ time.Japan's

Championship as well as the loser of the Americas play off and the second-placed team at the Rugby Africa