Birmingham 2022 are hoping to confirm venues for the Commonwealth Games beach volleyball and 3x3 basketball competitions in early 2020.

urban street festival.Basketball will be held at the Commonwealth Games for the first time outside Australia

Fiji, South Africa and the United States all survived scares to claim wins on the opening day of the World Rugby Sevens Series event in Dubai.

narrowing the winning margin to just five points.The US were joined in picking up a win in Pool B by Australia

China and Japan successfully opened the defence of their respective men's and women's titles, as action got underway today at the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball Asia-Pacific Championships in Chiba.

other matches in the women's event saw China, the 2017 silver medallists, thrash Thailand 11-3 and Australia

six goals each as China peppered their opponent's line.Indonesia also suffered defeat at the hands of Australia

The United States continue to dominate the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, with a win in their opening game at the Dubai event.

 In Pool B, Spain narrowly beat Ireland 12-10 before Australia recorded a resounding 38-0 win against

Australia, Iran and South Korea all secured their places in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament

The first team to advance were Australia, who beat Malaysia 92-40 in the last eight of the event at the

claimed the top spot in the #2019AOZChamps Div 1 pool stages with a win over Australia ??.

playoff.China made it a perfect four wins out of four in Division A of the women's competition, defeating Australia

Thailand, the winners of Division B, in the semi-finals tomorrow.The other last-four encounter pits Australia

South Korea moved up to first place in Group B after the fourth round of matches at the International Handball Federation Women's World Championship in Japan.

The South Koreans beat Australia 34-17 at Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium to leapfrog Germany at the summit

each other on Friday to determine the one other qualifier for the main round from Group B.Brazil and Australia

The second round of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series is set to take place in Dubai over the coming three days, marking the first of six events held alongside men’s competition.

Dubai round in 2016, while Myasnikova last played in Canadian city Langford in 2017.Olympic champions Australia

New Zealand will be looking to defend their title when the opening men's tournament of the 2019-2020 World Rugby Sevens Series is held in Dubai over the coming three days.

their second-place finish was enough to secure their spot at Tokyo 2020.Facing the US in Pool B are Australia

Japan ended Australia's 100 per cent record in the men's competition, as group play concluded at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Asia Oceania Championships in Pattaya.

guaranteed a place in tomorrow's quarter-finals, regardless of their group stage performance.Both Japan and Australia

Paralympic Games.Japan, who get an automatic berth at Tokyo 2020 as hosts, will meet Saudi Arabia, with Australia

Swimming Australia has launched its 2020 Australia Swims campaign, aimed at encouraging the public to

distance of 7,154 kilometres to the Olympic host city.A live map and leaderboard has been set up on the Australia

I'm really excited to launch this year's Australia Swims campaign which takes on an Olympic and Paralympic

element in 2020, as states and territories race to Tokyo," Australia Swimming chief executive Leigh

- the figure also surpassed the 2018 total of 39,113km.Swimming Australia has partnered with open-water

experience on social media with the hashtag #AustraliaSwimsToTokyo.Distances can be committed on the Australia

Israel Folau has reached a confidential settlement with Rugby Australia over his controversial sacking

The former Wallabies player had been suing Rugby Australia for AUS$14 million (£7.3 million/$9.6 million

May.As reported by Australian Broadcasting Corporation News, mediation talks between Folau and Rugby Australia

Melbourne on Monday (December 2), but were suspended after 12 hours.Today, a joint statement from Rugby Australia

While it was not Rugby Australia's intention, Rugby Australia acknowledges and apologises for any hurt

 It was just last week that he upped his demands for compensation from Rugby Australia to AUS$14

Three members of Australia's under-23 football team have been banned from next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, after they were suspended for "unprofessional conduct" during a night out in Cambodia earlier this year.

potential Olympics campaign next year after being suspended until August 10 by Football Federation Australia

FFA's ruling to the independent FFA Disciplinary and Ethics Committee.But Professional Footballers Australia

Australia qualified for the 2020 AFC Under-23 Championship by finishing second in Group H in Cambodia.A

USA Softball has appointed Laura Berg, Howard Dobson, Tairia Flowers and Heather Tarr as assistant coaches for the women's national team.

the softball tournament at Tokyo 2020, with the US joined by hosts Japan, Italy, Mexico, Canada and Australia

Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh has announced the World Children's Baseball Fair will be a girls only event in 2020.

expected to attend next year’s fair, due to take place in Narita City.Canada, France, Chinese Taipei, Australia

Japan and Australia both made it three wins out of three in Division A of the men's tournament at the

contesting a double round-robin in Division A and know they will all reach the semi-finals.China beat Australia