Glasgow 2014 silver medallist Ruan Snyman has put his judo career on hold for the time being to focus on studying mechanical engineering.

Commonwealth Games, Snyman said that he would have a tough decision to make on returning to his native South

South Africa have yet to win an Olympic medal in judo.Gideon van Zyl competed in the men's under 73kg

England have become the first-ever Rugby World Cup hosts to fail to make it out of the group stages after being outclassed by a ruthless Australia in their much-anticipated showdown today at Twickenham.

fight-back with an impressive win over Scotland ©AFP/Getty ImagesBut the boot of Handre Pollard kept South

Africa at arms length and star winger Bryan Habana provided a final flourish for the 2007 World Cup

impressive 26-5 victory today against the Pacific Islanders at Milton Keynes.Japan, who followed their South

could still reach the quarter-finals with a win over United States next week, if either Scotland or South

Africa fall short.Related storiesOctober 2015: New Zealand reach Rugby World Cup quarter-finals

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Football Committee has announced it has launched the bid process for the 2018 IBSA Blind Football World Championships as well as the various regional tournaments scheduled for 2017.

30 this year ahead of the full bid cut-off point on February 29.Regional events will take place in Africa

capital Tokyo staged the 2014 World Championships, won by Brazil thanks to a 1-0 extra-time victory over South

The Colombian Paralympic Committee has named the nine athletes that will represent the South American

storiesOctober 2015: Hosts Qatar name largest-ever team for IPC Athletics World ChampionshipsOctober 2015: South

Africa names 23-strong team for IPC Athletics World ChampionshipsSeptember 2015: All 70 hours of Doha

Ten-times champions Senegal ended Angola’s Women’s AfroBasket title defence with a slender 56-54 victory on a dramatic day at the event in Yaounde, Cameroon.

slender 53-52 triumph over Uganda and Algeria secured 11th place with a comfortable 87-49 win against South

commanding win over MaliSeptember 2015: Cameroon maintain 100 per cent group stage record with victory over South

Africa at Women's AfroBasketSeptember 2015: Egypt claim dramatic win to bring Angola’s unbeaten Women

Hosts Qatar will be represented by an eight-strong team at this month’s International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Doha, meaning it will be the country's largest-ever contingent at an individual edition of the event.

scheduled to take place at the Qatar Sports Club from October 21 to 31.Related stories October 2015: South

Africa names 23-strong team for IPC Athletics World ChampionshipsSeptember 2015: All 70 hours of Doha

10-times champions Senegal reached their 13th consecutive Women’s AfroBasket semi-final as they cruised to a 57-38 victory over Mali in a low-scoring quarter-final contest in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Tournament.Related storiesSeptember 2015: Cameroon maintain 100 per cent group stage record with victory over South

Africa at Women's AfroBasketSeptember 2015: Egypt claim dramatic win to bring Angola’s unbeaten Women

The debacle involving the Tokyo 2020 National Stadium has been “disappointing” and preparations for the event in the Japanese capital must move in a “new direction”, Olympic swimming champion Daichi Suzuki has claimed following the launch of a new sports agency in Japan.

Suzuki, who won 100 metres gold at the 1988 Olympic Games in the South Korean capital Seoul, has been

easy way to measure success, but if you look at the Rugby World Cup, just winning one game against South

Africa has really raised the level of interest.

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has revealed its 23-strong squad for

der Merwe, Langenhoven, Jonathan Ntutu, Tyrone Pillay and Johanna Pretorius all recently represented South

Africa at the All-Africa Games in the Congolese capital Brazzaville.The most notable absentee remains

said.Paralympic 100 metres T37 champion Fanie van der Merwe is one of the 23 athletes to be named in South

Africa's squad for Doha 2015 ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa earned a haul of 18 medals at the last IPC Athletics

We believe this team that has been chosen to represent South Africa at the World Champs is a strong

maintained their unbeaten Women’s AfroBasket group stage record as they delighted the home crowd by beating South

Africa 78-51 in Yaounde.

After an even start to the contest where the South African side more than held their own, Cameroon were

Lonlack was the star performer for the Cameroonian side as she racked up a total of 18 points, with South

South Africa’s women’s team have become the latest side to book their spot at the Rio 2016 Olymoic Games

all-important Rio 2016 berth.Having claimed comfortable victories over Zimbabwe, Namibia and Zambia, South

Africa proved too strong for Kenya in the final as Zenay Jordaan and Phumeza Gadu both bagged a double

Africa, however, as second seeds Kenya, who thumped Zimbabwe 39-0 in their semi-final, took the lead

before the South African side found their form and justified their favourites billing.Jordaan and

Africa, Tunisia powered past Zimbabwe 33-0 to claim third, while Botswana won the Bowl by beating

Egypt ended Angola’s 18-match unbeaten run at the Women’s AfroBasket after triumphing at the end of a thrilling Group B match in Cameroon's capital Yaounde today.

group ahead of their final games but could potentially be overtaken by Uganda after they overcame South

Africa 55-43 in a battle between the two previously winless teams.Related storiesSeptember 2015: Nigeria

Nigeria were in dominant form as they thrashed Guinea 100-47 in the only game of the Women's AfroBasket in Cameroon's capital Yaounde today.

Algeria in Group B, while Nigeria will play Senegal and Angola will meet Egypt.In Group A, Uganda play South

Africa, Mali meet Mozambique and hosts Cameroon play Gabon.Related stories September 2015: Defending

Yokohama Stadium will play host to the finale of another major sporting event after it was confirmed as the replacement location for the 2019 Rugby World Cup final in a "revised roadmap" released by the sport's world governing body today, while the Tokyo Stadium football ground will also be added to a list of 12 venues.

in England, where Japan have produced the result of the tournament so far by shocking 2007 winners South

Africa 34-32 in their opening match A record 20 million viewers in Japan then tuned in to watch

Scotland sit on top of Group B at the Rugby World Cup in England after surviving a fright against the United States at Leeds' Elland Road ground today.

all five of their tries after the break, now have two wins from two at the World Cup after beating South

 South Africa sit second in the group with the Samoans third, with the top two reaching the quarter-finals.Elsewhere