Duracell will be the official battery partner of the Rugby World Cup, due to take place in England from September 18 to October 31, it has been announced.

reaching our consumers through rugby not only in the UK & Ireland but also in key markets such as Italy, South

Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Great Britain beat China 2-0 to take first place at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World League semi-final stage in Valencia.

four of their Pool B matches, including another 2-0 success against China, Britain went on to defeat South

Africa and Germany in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively.

Earlier in the day, South Africa beat Ireland 4-0 to take seventh place, while the United States were

Australian Jason Day carded a two-under 68 to move to joint-top on the US Open leaderboard at Chambers Bay despite admitting to feeling “groggy” due to drugs he is taking to combat vertigo.

year-old shares the lead with American duo Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth as well as Branden Grace of South

Africa, who are all three shots in front of nearest challenger Louis Oosthuizen on four-under-par ahead

“My goal was just to get through and see how it goes.”South African Louis Oosthuizen produced the best

By all accounts Azerbaijan is doing a magnificent job with the inaugural European Games, which are brilliantly orchestrated and staged in enviable splendour. But an ominous black cloud hovers over this sunniest of events.

records on human right were arguably considerably worse than Azerbaijan’s are now said to be.First South

Africa.

never denied entry despite penning several hostile attacks on that rotten regime.Covering sport in South

Africa in the Apartheid era was another controversial area for journalists ©Getty ImagesI was allowed

United States were one of five nations represented at a gathering of potential hosts for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, giving arguably one of the clearest indications yet that they will lodge a formal bid for the sport’s flagship event.

US representatives were joined in London this week by those from Ireland, Italy, South Africa and France

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In the run-up to the seventh, and biggest, “official” Women’s World Cup, there have been significant achievements by individuals, teams and National Federations that can only make women more widely welcomed within the football world. There has also been a stealthy growth of playing numbers worldwide.England is one of the success stories, with the professional league having just started its fifth season, and the number of registered players up to a quarter of a million, according to the Football Association (FA). The sport was given royal approval when Prince William, taking up his official engagements again after the birth of...

Despite a reminder a week later, they never did.There is a gulf, too, further south.

Islamic and Latin countries, where women are often discouraged from playing sport, and throughout Africa

”.Peter Alegi, who has written on the development of women’s sport in Africa and coached teams, said

  In South Africa in 2008 a top player was gang-raped and murdered for being openly gay.

  National leagues are underdeveloped, money is scarce, the cultural problems abound, and Africa

after Frenchman Thierry Henry’s handball cost the Republic of Ireland a place at the 2010 World Cup in South

Africa, chief executive John Delaney revealed today.

An American law enforcement official has claimed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation into allegations of high-level corruption within FIFA extends to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Former FIFA Executive Committee member Chuck Blazer, meanwhile, has alleged he was bribed to vote for South

others on the FIFA Executive Committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South

Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup".This was said to have begun “in or around 2004 and

“So I don’t even have to justify that I’m innocent.”South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula also

We frown upon allegations that suggest that South Africa has paid a bribe," he added."

Sepp Blatter has announced he will step down as FIFA President, with a successor to be appointed at an Extraordinary Congress which will be held "as rapidly as possible".

Valcke also appears to have been involved with high-level bribes concerning the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South

Africa ©Getty ImagesA latest twist today came when FIFA attempted to protect its secretary general,

’s Independent Ethics Committee provisionally bans three officials as crisis continuesMay 2015: Top South

Top seeds Great Britain claimed their first men’s World Group title with a 2-0 win against holders France on the final day of BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Antalya.

States maintained their place in the men’s World Group after overcoming World Group II runners-up South

Africa 2-1 in the play-off.  

South Africa’s Evans Maripa defeated Jon Rydberg 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 in the second singles rubber to force

Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) chief executive Tuelo Serufho has revealed there is still an opportunity for two more of the nation's athletes to qualify for the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa.

other two, swimming sensation Naomi Ruele and 800m runner Nijel Amos, based in the United States and South

Africa respectively.Amos finished in second place at London 2012, securing his country’s first-ever

Widespread changes in the composition and function of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Commissions have been announced today, with new bodies deliberating on the Olympic TV Channel and Communications having been introduced.

since he took office two years ago - while there are also increases in the numbers of members from Africa

and Oceania, as well as the number of chairpersons from Africa and Asia.Among other changes, the Sport

remains in charge of the Nominations Commission, revamped as the IOC Members Election Commission, while South

Danny Jordaan, President of the South African Football Association (SAFA) and former chief executive

Africa, and was understood to have been paid in exchange for the agreement of Warner and two other

then FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) members to vote for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup.Newly-reelected

SAFA official as explaining that CONCACAF was chosen above any other members, including those from Africa

to arrange for the Government of South Africa to pay $10 million to CFU to “support the African diaspora

Africa won the 2010 World Soccer Cup bid on May 15, 2004 and the $10 million was only paid by FIFA

EThekwini Municipality’s Executive Committee have approved a budget proposal of ZAR1.1 billion (£59 million/$90 million/€83 million) aimed to deliver infrastructure upgrades and an athletes village should Durban be awarded the right to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

total contribution of the city earmarked to be ZAR543 million, while the estimated overall cost for South

Africa of hosting Africa’s first Commonwealth Games was estimated at ZAR3.4 billion (£180 million/$280

Africa was outlined by the report, Durban 2022’s “Economic Impact, 2022 Commonwealth Games, South

Africa: Durban Host City” document released at the launch of their bid in London on March 2, has previously

Africa Shadow Sports Minister wants financial impact assessment on Durban 2022

United States underlined its status as the most successful nation in quad tennis, battling to victory over Japan to claim a record ninth World Team Cup title in Antalya.

the men’s wheelchair World Group II title for the second time after a 2-1 victory over second seed South

Africa, meaning they will contest the top tier next year.Britain will face France in the Group 1 final