Texas is set to host the first Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) major of the season - The Chevron Championship - starting tomorrow.

Other previous Chevron winners in the mix include Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand, South Koreans Mirim

injury.Tavatanakit's compatriot and prodigy Atthaya Thitikul and last year's final major winner Ashleigh Buhai of South

Africa, who will be hoping to build on the British Open success, complete a star-studded line-up.

Today marks 100 days until the start of the Netball World Cup in Cape Town, the first edition to be held in an African country.

The Organising Committee recently launched a "Netball Friday" celebration in Tembisa, initiated by South

the Western Cape, which will be used to raise awareness about the competition.President of Netball South

Africa Cecilia Molokwane's hometown of Limpopo will be hosting a mini tournament as well, where schools

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has rejected Russia's hopes of featuring in men's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments for Paris 2024, effectively banning the London 2012 bronze medallists from the Games.

taking their place.Mali, Chile, Cuba, the United States Virgin Islands, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, South

men's basketball at Paris 2024 through the World Cup - two from the Americas and Europe, and one from Africa

Oceania - and four as winners of FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.Two European teams and one from Africa

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has sought to advance relationships with National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Syria and Mali, including offering invitations to the International Forum of Young Olympians.

Cooperation".The ROC has sought to advance ties with the CNOSM, including through an invitation to the Russia-Africa

with ROC President Stanislav Pozdnyakov at last year's Association of NOCs (ANOC) General Assembly in South

Korea's capital Seoul, along with South Africa, Peru, South Korea, Mauritania and Namibia.Russia's participation

the Olympians Forum to help partners implement similar projects in their countries," he said.A Russia-Africa

World Rugby is to undertake trials on the introduction of a yellow card and "dedicated foul play reviewers" joining a "Television Match Officials (TMO) Bunker" in a move designed to speed up the game.

The ideas will be put to test in June at the World Rugby Under 20 Championships in South Africa.World

Steward's red card in the last Six Nations match in Dublin was later rescinded ©Getty ImagesThe trials in South

Africa will permit interventions and will allow "clear and obvious red cards for foul play involving

had previously been used to trial regulation of tackle height.Video officials had first been used in South

World Rugby have indicated that if the trial in South Africa proves successful, further trials could

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is seeking expressions of interest for hosting its Africa regional

Switzerland, Uruguay's capital Montevideo and the Japanese capital Tokyo hosting four regional offices.The South

African city has been the location for the Africa regional office since 2003, but WADA has opted to

WADA review from June 5 to 16.A decision on whether to select an alternative host to Cape Town for the Africa

South African race walker Lebogang Shange has been jailed for rape and assault with the intent to do

although warrant officer Erika Schwartz revea;ed that he and the victim were from Soweto.He competed for South

Africa at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, finishing 44th in the men's 20 kilometres race walk.The

the World Championships in London, setting a national record of 1 hour 19min 18sec.Lebogang Shange of South

Africa, right, finished fourth in the men's 20km race walk at the 2017 World Athletics Championships

him to secure a qualification place for Tokyo 2020 during a window in June 2021 and a place in the South

with the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the ITTF Championship Finals in Durban in South

Africa next month.

from throughout each day of the tournament.The ITTF World Championship Finals are set to return to Africa

It will be an historic event with it returning to Africa for the first time since 1939.

The ITTF World Championship Finals will take place in Africa for the first time in eight decades ©Getty

 "And, to be making history again with the event going back to Africa for the first time since Egypt

Argentina, re-allocated the hosting of the inaugural World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Men's Softball World Cup, are also favourites to win it, as the delayed event is set to begin tomorrow.

States, have been awarded a wildcard place.Argentina are in Group A with Australia, Czechia, Mexico, South

Africa and Singapore.The hosts are able to field an experienced side that includes two players who were

The teams for the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games curling competitions have been confirmed.

Committee with the most points outside those criteria.The mixed team championship features 16 teams, with South

Canada and the United States.Meanwhile the mixed doubles championship has a line-up of 24 teams, with South

event, plus Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Slovenia and Ukraine.The representatives for the Africa

Today's announcement about the formation of World Boxing, a new international governing body established to try to gain control of the sport at Olympic level, may seem like an unprecedented event, but it is in fact just history repeating itself.

within boxing and the IOC, but do not underestimate his powerful grip on the sport, stretching from Africa

to Asia to South America to the Pacific and the former Soviet republics.

preparing to begin their tour of Britain at the picturesque Saffrons ground in Eastbourne on the English south

, both non-Olympic sports.The 1968 England cricket tour of South Africa had been cancelled after the

African Invitation XI in Johannesburg.Richards scored a century as South Africa reached 387-9 declared

Pakistani batsman Younis Ahmed was a member of the second DH Robins XI to tour South Africa in 1973 ©

Getty ImagesA second DH Robins touring party was invited to South Africa later in 1973.

at Eastbourne in 1974.He took another side back to South Africa in 1975, boosted by the presence of

Morocco has been backed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to form part of a joint bid with Spain and Portugal for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, while Egypt has decided against joining a rival proposal.

We are now focusing on ensuring that Africa once more hosts the FIFA World Cup and are committed to working

team eliminated both Spain and Portugal on the way to the semi-finals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.A South

to add further weight to the Spain-Portugal-Morocco 2030 bid as it looks set to gain 54 votes from Africa

The Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PAWF) has reacted to the absence of Colombia's team and the Mattie Rogers "no lift" controversy at its recent Continental Championships in Bariloche, Argentina by making two changes to rules for competition hosts.

second time we have had problems at a Continental Championships in two years, after what happened in Africa

begin in Yerevan, Armenia on Saturday (April 15), and the Asian and African Championships will be in South

Subscription-based platform GameTime will be live-streaming the inaugural Under-23 Men's Softball World Cup, which is due to take place in Argentina. 

number one ranked host nation Argentina are joined in Group A by Australia, Czech Republic, Mexico, South

Africa and Singapore.Canada, the world number two side, are in Group B with Japan, New Zealand, Venezuela