Kenya, Malawi and Zambia are set to make their debuts at the PacificAus Sports Netball Series as part of the eight teams competing at the Gold Coast.

of this event for exposure.The Netball World Cup is due to take place later this year in Cape Town, South

Africa ©Getty Images"The PacificAus Netball Series is a product that brings together small island netball

FIFA has launched the bidding process for its 2027 Women's World Cup with a view to finalising a host at next year's Congress.

hosts Germany and The Netherlands are also interested in a joint bid, and 2010 men's World Cup hosts South

Africa are expected to be a candidate.Australia and New Zealand beat Colombia by 22 votes to 13 in a

Georgia will have to look elsewhere for its medal hopes as world and European champion Tato Grigalashvili will not take part in the International Judo Federation (IJF) Tbilisi Grand Slam, which runs from tomorrow to March 26 in the country's capital.

-year-old has been awarded a bye into the second round where she will face either Charne Griesel of South

Africa or Kazakhstan's Gaukhar Irmagambetova.Double world champion and Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic gold

Colombia, the strongest team entered in the Pan American Weightlifting Championships, has withdrawn two days before the event starts because of a dispute over "cash only" payments.

championships of 2023 and will be followed by Europe in Armenia from April 15 to 23, Asia from May 3 to 13 in South

Korea, Africa from May 11 to 20 in Tunisia and Oceania in the Solomon Islands from November 20 to 24

Details of the new two-stage Softball World Cups have been announced by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

.🥎🇿🇦🇧🇼 South Africa win African Championship over Botswana; both advance to WBSC Women's Softball

Ghana’s Herbert Mensah has been elected as the new President of Rugby Africa after easily beating his

by Nigeria Rugby and seconded by Botswana Rugby with the massive support of French and English West Africa

, Southern, central and northern Africa, in recognition of his massive transformation of the game in

My aim is to make Rugby Africa the gold standard for sports administration in the African continent."

The world of rugby sees Africa as one big poor country."This must end."

Herbert Mensah wants other countries in Africa to match the achievements of South Africa, who have lifted

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Athletes' Forum has deemed that Russian and Belarusian athletes should be permitted to return to international competitions as neutrals here.

We have World War II, we have the North Korea and South Korea war, India and Pakistan, Afghanistan, in

That's why at Busan 2002, North and South Korea marched together for the first time, and that is why

in 2018 in the Jakarta Asian Games, North and South Korea participated in one team and they won a gold

Forum declaration follows a similar stance adopted at an Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Representatives from 43 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are set to attend a two-day Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Athletes' Forum, beginning here tomorrow with a video address from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

presentation on the first day through chair Emma Terho of Finland and first vice-chair Ryu Seung-min of South

lose out" should the proposal be further advanced.The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

In Dublin this weekend, Ireland, World Rugby’s number one ranked team, are on the threshold of a Grand Slam for only the fourth time in their history. 

their record in the last 12 months.Successive test wins in New Zealand were followed by victories over South

Africa, Fiji and Australia in the Autumn Internationals.They set the tone for their Six Nations campaign

Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) President Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa was in attendance as a major esports event for women opened in the country.

patronage.Two games are being contested - League of Legends and CS:GO.Teams taking part include ATK from South

Africa, King from South Korea and Black Dragons from Brazil.Multi-nationality teams G2 Esports, Rise

Moroccan Sports Minister Chakib Benmoussa has confirmed the country's part in a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Outstanding Achievement Awards in the Rwandan capital of Kigali.A successful bid would "bring together Africa

Portugal on the way.A host for the 2030 World Cup is set to be decided at next year's FIFA Congress.A South

addition in contrast could split the African vote, given Egypt's involvement in the Saudi proposal.The South

We might just have a competitive battle to host the men's 2030 FIFA World Cup. Perhaps for the wrong reasons, it is difficult not to get excited about what could follow in the 12 months after the 211 Member Associations gather in Rwanda for the FIFA Congress this week. It is likely to provide an increasingly rare and fascinating window into the world of sports politics on a grandiose scale.

reports of its involvement have gone down particularly well there - and an enthusiastic partner in Africa

in Egypt.If South America is the romantic option, many fans in the sport's traditional powerhouse nations

led by Jorge Rafael Videla, concerns over pay and conditions on construction sites for venues used at South

Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018 - many of which have become white elephants - and violence

South Africa excelled at the African Cycling Confederation Track African Championships in Egypt's capital

Spies led a South African one-two in the men's keirin, beating Mitchell Sparrow to victory at the Cairo

International Velodrome, with Algeria's Mohamed Nadjib Assal third across the finish line.The South

Africa in the men's scratch race, joined on the podium by compatriot Joshua Van Wyk in third.They were

separated by Lotfi Tchambaz of Algeria.Van Wyk led a South African one-two-three in the men's omnium

, with Carl Bonthuys earning silver and Wynand Hofmeyr bronze.There was further joy for South Africa

Sports enthusiast and brand specialist Gifty Oware-Mensah has been appointed as the marketing director for the 2023 African Para Games due to be hosted at Accra in Ghana.

Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Benin Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Eritrea, Burundi, South

Africa, Comoros, Nigeria, Sao Tome, Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, Botswana, Gabon, Sudan, Rwanda, Liberia

The line-up for the team sports events have been unveiled for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.

part in Fast5 netball, which is set to make its Commonwealth Youth Games debut.Australia, England, South

Africa, Botswana, Canada, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Scotland have also been confirmed as participating

Gambia, Canada, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, Australia, Cyprus, New Zealand, Rwanda, St Lucia and South

the favourites to take the title in Tobago.Hosts Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Jamaica, Scotland and South

Africa are also in the field.Australia will be hoping to retain their women’s rugby sevens crown but