By Gary AndersonBritain's four-time world champion Simon Lessing was among six athletes inducted into the inaugural International Triathlon Union Hall of Fame as the organisation's first President, Les McDonald, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award.

moved its headquarters from Vancouver to Lausanne earlier this year.Lessing, who was born in Cape Town, South

Africa, before moving to Great Britain when he was 18-years-old, represented his adopted country in

There are few World Championships in the world bigger than that of basketball's. In fact, there may be only one - the FIFA World Cup. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) wants to change that, however. Since its debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1950, following the growing success of basketball at the Olympic Games, FIBA has been looking at ways to expand, improve and cement the Championships as a major player on the international sporting calendar.From its initial growing pains through teams' unwillingness to participate, to its eventual expansion into the realms of professional stars and its current 24 team...

on the same year as its footballing counterpart since 1970, when the tournament was held outside of South

system.Currently, teams qualify for the World Cup via a continental Championship in each FIBA zone, Europe, Asia, Africa

By Mike RowbottomFamiliar names assumed their places on top of the rostrum on the penultimate day of competition at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.

by their expected rivals, Norway's defending champions  Kristoffer Brun and Are Strandli, but by the South

double sculls after setting a world best time in qualifying, were beaten to the world title today by South

Africa ©Getty ImagesIn the last metre of the race Delayre looked round, a moment of hesitation which

coincided with South Africa's final effort, as they crossed for a new world best time of 6:05.36, with

Africa."

By Gary AndersonGerman skier Andrea Eskau swapped the snow for the tarmac to claim more gold at the Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Greenville as she secured the women's HT time trial title with an impressive performance.

also won two Nordic skiing gold medals at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, powered to the world title in South

ImagesMeanwhile, Alex Zanardi picked up his second gold of the Championships by beating Ernst van Dyk of South

Africa and The Netherlands' Tim de Vries to the line in the H5 class.The two-time Paralympic champion

champions respectively.Canada's Shelley Gautier in the T1, Australian Carol Cooke in T2, Justine Asher of South

Africa in H2 and South Korean Doyeon Lee in H4, all secured World Championship gold.Tomorrow, Sunday

By Mike RowbottomOn a night of dramatic reversals of fortune as the International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League reached its climax in half of its scheduled events, Great Britain's young 4x100 metres women's relay team provided the Zurich Weltklasse meeting with its greatest drama in a final flourish of a victory over Jamaica and the United States.

Rico's Javier Culson, maintained his crucial advantage as he finished second to Cornel Fredericks of South

Africa, who clocked a season's best of 48.25, with Culson third ahead of Switzerland's local hero and

By Mike RowbottomAustralia took the lion's share of the medals as the Para-rowing events held their finals at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, taking two golds - through Erik Horrie in the Arms and Shoulders (AS) men's single sculls and Gavin Bellis and Kathryn Ross in the Trunk and Arms (TA) mixed double sculls.

crossed the line in 3:20.45, with the US crew clocking 3:25.49 and Italy sprinting through to pass South

Africa for bronze in 3:30.39."

year-old bulldozer of a New Zealand rugby union player named  Jonah Lomu who turned the Rugby World Cup in South

Africa into an exhibition of  man-against-boys.The All Blacks eventually ran up against Will Carling's

Spain claim the bronze after their emphatic victory over South Africa in the bronze medal playoff.21:

Africa.

Africa.

Africa...18:14 An update from the diving where the Norwegian/Mexican duo of Daniel Jensen and Alejandra

Africa and Alexander Moore of Canada so far.Still plenty of wrestling to come this morning before finals

By Mike RowbottomIn a thrilling finish to the TA mixed double sculls repechage on the third day of racing at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, the Brazilian Para-rowing pairing of Josiane Lima and Michel Gomes Pessanha finished just a second ahead of Israel's Reuven Magnagey and Yuliya Cnernoy in a time of 4min 49.27sec, with both qualifying for the A final.

were victorious in the LTA mixed coxed four repechage, clocking 3:52.49 as they finished well clear of South

Africa in 4:07.20 and France 4:11.30.Ukraine's Alla Lysenko won the AS women's single sculls repechage

in 6:39.93 to book her place in the A final alongside runner-up Sandra Khumalo of South Africa, who

Liboa and Ana Patricia Silva Ramos beat Nicola and Megan McNamara 17-21, 21-13, 21-14.There's been a South

Africa in the seventh place playoff in hockey 5s.

That demonstrates the strength in depth that South Korea has. 

Soyoung Lee of South Korea has a chance of winning a second gold medal14:56 Sweden, South Korea and Italy

The four quarter-finals will see Lee Woo Seok of South Korea face Florian Faber of Switzerland, Mete

By Mike RowbottomPara-rowers making their first appearance at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam did not have to contend with the gusty conditions which all but turned the opening day into one of time trials rather than six-lane racing - and Great Britain's former Paralympic champion Tom Aggar took full advantage.

Italy narrowly held off South Africa in the other heat.Contact the writer of this story at mike.rowbottom

By Nick Butler at the Main Media Centre in NanjingSouth Korea and Slovenia took the respective male and female handball titles at the Summer Youth Olympic Games here this evening after emerging on top in two fast-paced and exciting finals.

defeat in last night's semi-final, which they won 25-24 against eventual bronze medallists Sweden, South

Olympic final four years ago in Singapore, in similarly agonising circumstances against Denmark.For South

but the most poignant moment came when Suriname's Miguel Van Assen won the boy's triple jump for the South

medal.Miguel Van Assen of Suriname earned a historic victory in the triple jump ©Nanjing 2014Spain, South

Africa, Belarus, China and the United States were the other nations to enjoy athletics victories.There

The boys won a tense game 4-3 over South Africa.

Africa in the second semi-final of the evening.

Africa. 15:12 I'll tell you someone who must be rather warm...

The South American nation have played in the last four Olympic Games in women's handball.

The crossovers for fifth to eighth place saw Uruguay defeat Germany and New Zealand subdue South Africa

Africa 2-0 and 4-3 respectively in the 5-8 classification matches meaning that the two winners will

And it is South Korea who take the win.A brilliant match but the South Koreans edge home 25-24.

Team South Africa may not have won any medals at the Youth Olympic Games yet but they have won the hearts

Stais, 54, was reluctant to take the focus off Team South Africa here, but told the SASCOC Road to Rio

I really don't want this to take away the publicity for Team South Africa though.

By Duncan Mackay Libya has stepped down as hosts of the 2017 African Nations Cup finals as ongoing fighting in the country delays plans to build new stadiums for the 16-team tournament, it was announced today. 

originally scheduled to hold the Nations Cup in 2013 but because of the civil war swapped with 2017 hosts South

"Libya will no longer host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017," said a CAF statement."

54 member associations informing them of the decision and opening bids for the hosting of the 2017 Africa

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