return to the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Triathlon Series with victory in Cape Town, South

Africa.

Alistair picked up the mantle for the Brownlee family and the British team, who were hoping to leave South

Africa with both the men's and women’s titles, following Vicky Holland’s victory yesterday.Bad weather

the run to earn third ahead of Murray in 1:39.28, despite the home crowd’s best efforts to roar the South

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has condemned a recent wave of

“No individual should ever feel unsafe in South Africa because of the colour of their skin, their ethnic

“We urge all South Africans, all sports people, to denounce this xenophobia and violence from whichever

Africa needed to confront the issue.Related storiesApril 2015:  Economic impact report already available

to public, says Durban 2022 chiefApril 2015:  South Africa Shadow Sports Minister wants financial impact

2015:  Durban officially launch "compact and unique" bid for 2022 Commonwealth GamesSeptember 2014:  South

Brazilian teenager Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos stunned T47 200 metres Paralympic and world champion Yohansson Nascimento on the second day of International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix, positing a world record time in front of a home crowd in São Paulo.

da Silva added to the hosts tally in the T11 and T36 men’s races.Anrune Liebenberg was among several South

African sprinters to win 200 metre races in São Paulo ©Getty ImagesBut South Africa also enjoyed a multitude

Ntutu, Fanie van der Merwe and Dyan Buis triumphed in the men’s T12, T37 and T38 races.While Brazil and South

Africa dominated the 200m events, with the exception of the women’s T12 event won by Cuba's Omara Durand

International Cycling Union (UCI) President Brian Cookson remains confident track events will take place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Durban, with a proposal having been submitted to hold events 80 kilometres away in Pietermaritzburg.

coming on the eve of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Evaluation Commission inspection to the South

cycling during the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Durban, UCI President Brian Cookson has claimed ©Cycling South

Africa“If there are countries in the world where it would work to have an outdoor velodrome, we will

American multiple Paralympic and world champion Tatyana McFadden has sealed her third consecutive wheelchair race win at the Boston Marathon.

clocked 1:29:53 to finish ahead of defending champion and 10-time winner of the race Ernst van Dyk of South

Africa, who crossed the line in 1:36:27, while Japan’s Masazumi Soejima placed third with 1:36:28.

South Korea have claimed the gold medal and secured promotion back to Division IA of the Ice Hockey

In the first game of the day South Korea had defeated Croatia 9-4 at the Ice Sport Centre, but they

, it was not to be for the British squad as they went down 3-2 in the game to seal the victory for South

In the Division II Group B event in South Africa, the hosts suffered a 7-3 defeat by already promoted

Australia, New Zealand and hosts Canada boasted unbeaten records in the pool stage of the fourth World Rugby Women's Sevens Series leg of the season in Westhills Stadium in Langford, British Columbia.

victory over Russia, before clinching a comprehensive 47-0 win in their second match of Pool C against South

We were pretty clinical against South Africa which is good but a little impatient against the US,” said

South Sudan could become the 206th member of the International Olympic Committee at its Session in Kuala

that it is not a member of the United Nations, despite being recognised by 110 of the 193 members, South

IOC President Thomas Bach last year met with both Sudan Olympic Committee and South Sudanese sporting

“We’re in close contact with sports organisations and, in fact, during a visit to Africa last year,

I met with Presidents of the Sudan Olympic Committee and South Sudan sports bodies,” he added.

“We want to welcome South Sudanese athletes in the Olympic Games next year.

Great Britain moved to within a single victory of guaranteeing promotion from the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Division I Group B after beating hosts The Netherlands in Eindhoven.

Having already overcome Croatia, Estonia and top seeds South Korea, Britain made it four wins out of

tomorrow, knowing a win will guarantee first place and promotion to Division I Group A.Second-placed South

victory against Mexico in Division II Group B ensured their promotion to Division II Group A.Hosts South

Africa picked up their first win in Cape Town by beating New Zealand 3-1, while Bulgaria overcame Israel

Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee today begun a series of workshops in São Paulo in partnership with the Agitos Foundation, aimed at improving coaching, classification and sport management.

from more than 170 countries around the world will come to compete at the first Paralympic Games in South

International Paralympic Committee holds athletics education programme in Ecuador to train officialsMarch 2015: Africa

National Paralympic Committees (NPC) and Regional Organisations have been invited to submit funding proposals for the Agitos Foundation’s 2015 Grant Support Programme which would help to develop and educate athletes, coaches and technical officials, while attempting to raise the profile of Paralympic sport.

“We have seen some incredible outcomes, from increasing the number of young skiers in the south east

International Paralympic Committee holds athletics education programme in Ecuador to train officialsMarch 2015: Africa

Some of the world’s best competitors are preparing for the first ever Asian Para-Taekwondo Championships, due to get underway in Taipei City on Friday (April 17).

the most athletes with a squad of seven, followed by Mongolia with five and Nepal with three, while South

taekwondo's Paralympic dreamJanuary 2015: Para-taekwondo due to make first major appearance in Asia and Africa

American Gwen Jorgensen made International Triathlon Union (ITU) history by claiming her eighth consecutive World Triathlon Series victory, the longest winning streak since the event began, while Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee clinched victory in the men’s race in the Gold Coast.

, with Gomez finishing five seconds ahead of his fellow Spaniard Hernandez in 1:47.21.Cape Town in South

Africa is set to stage the fourth leg of the 10 event series, on April 25 and April 26.Related storiesMarch

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have announced the groups for the 2015 WSBC Under-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka, with the hosts Japan set to meet the defending champion United States in the round robin phase, in a clash between the top two ranked teams.

will begin as favourites to top Group B having been placed alongside Chinese Taipei, Canada, Italy, South

Africa and South Korea by the WBSC International Baseball Tournaments Commission.The top three teams

Americans are aiming for their third straight title having won the previous two editions in 2012 in South

competed at the Under-18 Baseball World Cup, including Canada’s Brett Lawrie, Japan’s Yu Darvish, South

mobile reach of 20 million.TWBSC are hoping to build on the success with teams from the Americas, Africa

association with the Agitos Foundation have held an athletics education programme in Ecuador, as the South

first education programme in April, ahead of hosting a para-athletics event.Related storiesMarch 2015: Africa