International Basketball Federation (FIBA) secretary general Andreas Zagklis says preparations are on track for basketball and 3x3 basketball to make a “big impact” at Tokyo 2020.

wheelchair basketball events.Basketball will be held at the Commonwealth Games for the first time outside Australia

China's campaign to qualify for the women's Olympic football tournament at Tokyo 2020 finally began with a 6-1 victory over Thailand.

 Hosts Australia started their campaign with a 7-0 thrashing of Chinese Taipei at the same venue.Caitlin

 Australia are trying to reach their fourth Olympics.

Group B continues on Monday (February 10), with Chinese Taipei taking on China and Thailand playing Australia

An International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asian Cup qualifying match between China and Malaysia has been postponed until further notice, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

of infection ©Getty ImagesGuam will now host the matches originally scheduled for Hong Kong.However, Australia

Argentina earned a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today as they beat Colombia 2-1 in the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Pre-Olympic Tournament being held in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga.

qualifiers so far are France, Germany, Romania, Spain, New Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Australia

Twenty nations have the chance to lift the Fed Cup tennis competition under its new structure for 2020 as the first round of the competition begins tomorrow.

nations have automatically qualified for the finals already - 2019 champions and runners-up France and Australia

China – denied a home venue in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments because of fears over the coronavirus outbreak – made the ideal start today in the hastily arranged new venue of Belgrade.

thrilling 91-89 win over Brazil, coming from 12 points down to win in overtime.The hosts then defeated Australia

The Super League Board has voted to introduce measures to stop future controversial signings to the Rugby League Super League competition after Israel Folau crossed codes to join the Catalans Dragons.

controversy when it was announced last week, as it came just six months after Folau was sacked by Rugby Australia

Folau, who is fourth in the list of all-time try scorers for Australia and has 62 caps for the national

Vietnam and South Korea have both advanced to the final round of qualifying for the women's Olympic football tournament at Tokyo 2020.

(February 9) to see who wins the group.Group B, taking place in Sydney, will resume tomorrow.Hosts Australia

Korea for the next stage ©AFCChina was originally due to host the event in Wuhan, but it was moved to Australia

Belgium has moved to the top of International Hockey Federation (FIH) men's world rankings after the first update since the new calculation method came into effect. 

New Zealand twice and winning once in normal time and once in a shootout against former number ones Australia

 Those defeats have seen Australia drop to second, with the only other change in the top 20 being

 Australia, Argentina, Germany and England round off the top five with New Zealand, Spain, Ireland

The fourth of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments will offer 10 places for the Tokyo 2020 Games – twice as many as have been offered before - and China, despite disruption caused by the outbreak of coronavirus, are in the hunt.

each of the previous three editions.France – whose group in Bourges includes Puerto Rico, Brazil and Australia

A brilliant knock of 73 by Ibrahim Zadran enabled Afghanistan to defeat hosts South Africa in the seventh-place match at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup.

February 9).The final will be preceded by the fifth-place play-off on Friday between West Indies and Australia

The Hong Kong Sports Institute has prohibited athletes from training in China amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

out of China have been suspended by a number of airlines, with nations such as the United States and Australia

Shanghai in May.The outbreak has affected the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying, with a match between Australia

England's Jack Brown was crowned the first International Rugby League (IRL) Wheelchair Golden Boot winner after coming out on top of an eight-man shortlist at the ceremony in Leeds in the United Kingdom.

selected by a panel of IRL representatives, with them noting his performances for England in their tour of Australia

the 2021 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup, which Brown will set to feature in, hosts England have Australia

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has rubbished a campaign started by controversial politician Pauline Hanson to try to scupper Queensland's bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, claiming that the event will not cost the taxpayer any money and could even make a profit.

https://t.co/J5TCsDgF4O— One Nation Australia (@OneNationAus) February 5, 2020"We know the Games will

the Games, pre-Games training camps, construction and other jobs, plus the enormous boost to sport in Australia

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) have teamed up with Chinese sports content and marketing company LD Sports for three of its World Tour events this year.

The Qatar Open, Australia Open and Korea Open will feature intense competition as all the top Chinese