Russian track and field athletes, banned by World Athletics in November 2015 following the revelations of a concerted home doping regime, account for almost a quarter of the names on the latest overall list of offenders issued by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

nations are on double figures on the global list.Turkey have 18 sanctions registered, Italy have 15, South

Africa 14, Ukraine 13, Belarus 12, the United States 11 and Brazil 10.Two other nations whose doping

Former Wales and British and Irish Lions winger Ieuan Evans has been appointed as chair of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), succeeding Rob Butcher who served for two years in the role but stood down last year.

Championship and won on three tours with the Lions; to Australia in 1989, New Zealand in 1993, and South

Africa in 1997."

Olympic javelin silver medallist Sunette Viljoen-Louw hopes to represent South Africa at their home Women's

The 39-year-old Viljoen-Louw originally represented South Africa in cricket from 2000 to 2002, including

Africa ©Getty ImagesHaving missed out on Tokyo 2020, Viljoen-Louw returned to cricket when she joined

South African team Titans Ladies in December 2021.South Africa is due to host the Women's T20 World

It was my goal to be selected for the South African team."

South Africa reached the semi-finals of the last Women's T20 World Cup in 2020, and are set to host the

World Netball President Liz Nicholl has said the governing body is looking forward to 2023 with "excitement and optimism".

The Netball World Cup is due to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, in July and August, while the Fast5

Now that the dust, or should that be sand, has settled on the first FIFA World Cup to be held in December, realisation has set in that the sky did not fall in because the tournament was held at the end of a calendar year.

 Further bids came from the United States, Chile, Brazil and South Korea.Morocco had hosted the

".By the end of the year, Zambia had withdrawn from hosting the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations.Sensing the

It was an ideal opportunity to demonstrate to the supporters Morocco needs within Africa and to FIFA's

not the private property of Europe and Latin America...We have opened the door for all of Asia and Africa

Getty ImagesAll the signs are that they will bid for the 2030 edition.In Qatar, 2002 co-hosts Japan and South

A mixed gender softball game has opened the 2022-2023 baseball, softball and baseball5 season in Burkina Faso.

quarter-finals of the inaugural Baseball5 African Championship earlier this year, where they were defeated by South

Korea.South Africa were victorious in the competition, held in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

South Africa, India, Thailand, Jordan and Nigeria are all set to stage World Table Tennis (WTT) Series

Durban in South Africa is due to host the first event of next year from January 10 to 15 with a Contender

Chief executive Ian Reid has claimed that Birmingham 2022 "delivered a stand-out edition of the Commonwealth Games" in what he said would be the final message from the Organising Committee.

became the third English city to stage the Games from July 28 to August 8, stepping in when Durban in South

Africa was stripped of hosting rights due to financial issues.Reid had previously served as chief financial

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Chernyshenko, has said sport in the country has not been effectively isolated, despite the sanctions brought upon the country for its involvement in the invasion of Ukraine.

mostly made up of former Soviet states and China - and the BRICS nations of Brazil, India, China and South

Africa, while working with the IOC to be reinstated with the Paris 2024 Olympics on the horizon.Chernyshenko

Argentina has been re-allocated next year's World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Men's Softball World Cup.

the event faced another postponement from October 2022, having originally been scheduled for 2021.The South

compete from Asia, Czech Republic and Israel from Europe, Australia and New Zealand from Oceania and South

Africa from Africa.The WBSC had already confirmed an extension of the age limit for the Under-23 World

President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Mustapha Berraf, has detailed

We will spare no effort to fully prepare Africa for major international sporting events and, as such,

making them Africa's most successful nation ©Getty Images"Outside the continent, the participation of Africa

medals table.Overall, seven African countries won gold medals at Tokyo 2020 with Uganda claiming two, South

Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia and Tunisia one each.

organisation of this great world youth jamboree in order to portray an even more positive image of our dear Africa

International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Tayyab Ikram has acclaimed the Nations Cup as "a very welcome addition to our events portfolio and an all round resounding success".

Spain 1-0 to win the inaugural women’s tournament held in Valencia last weekend.Earlier in the month, South

Africa won the men’s event held on their home soil in Potchefstroom by defeating Ireland in the final

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, Dmitry Svishchev, has stated Russia must make sports alliances and developments outside of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) scope, with a ban still on the country for its involvement in the war in Ukraine.

countries from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South

Africa (BRICS) group."

Egypt and Namibia have been crowned the respective men’s and women’s champions at the African Hockey5s World Cup qualifier in Ismailia.

deficit late in the game but Namibia held on for victory and the gold medal.In the bronze-medal contest South

Africa produced a dominant win against Egypt 7-0, including a hat-trick for Sylvia van Jaarsveldt.Zambia

, Namibia and South Africa all qualified for the inaugural Hockey5s World Cup, as a result of taking

The schedule for the 2023 Netball Quad Series in Cape Town has been revealed, with the hosts South Africa

against England, while Australia and New Zealand face off in the late game.England play New Zealand and South

Africa face Australia in the last of the round-robin matches on January 25.On January 26, the final

playoff are set to take place, concluding the tournament.The Netball Quad Series is set to return in South

Africa next year with Cape Town hosting the event as it prepares to stage the World Cup in July ©Getty