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record-breaking women's 4x100m medley team as she earned five gold medals ©Getty ImagesChad le Clos of South

Africa secured his 12th world short-course title after landing men's 100m butterfly gold ©Getty ImagesLithuania's

Hosts Egypt defeated the United States to retain the Women’s World Team Squash Championship title in front of a sellout 1,500 crowd at the Madinaty Sporting Club in Cairo.

Japan’s Satomi Watanabe, who won all six of her matches, was named as the Most Valuable Player, while South

Africa were named Team of the Championship.

This past year has been shaped by a number of momentous events for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and the international baseball and softball family. Most notably the first-ever Baseball5 World Cup, the debut of our Virtual Cup and the inaugural Blind Baseball International Cup all took place in 2022.

We have seen particularly strong growth of the discipline in Africa, headlined by the participation of

three teams from the continent - Kenya, South Africa and Tunisia - competing in a WBSC World Cup event

World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam has vowed to ensure aquatics equipment is distributed to developing nations in a bid to boost their hopes of producing successful athletes in the future.

World Aquatics in June 2021, Al-Musallam said he had visited more than 65 countries including 12 in Africa

We are talking about reshaping Africa, rebuilding Oceania other than in New Zealand and Australia, rebuilding

Asia other than in China, Japan and South Korea and rebuilding the Americas other than in United States

World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam has confirmed that he will seek an eight-year term as head of the organisation when he stands for election under the new constitution next year.

We are talking about reshaping Africa, rebuilding Oceania other than in New Zealand and Australia, rebuilding

Asia other than in China, Japan and South Korea and rebuilding the Americas other than in United States

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of Australia prepares for the the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final ©Getty ImagesMatthew Sates of South

Africa celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 200m individual medley final ©Getty ImagesKate Douglass

Samoa's men and New Zealand's women earned their first World Rugby Sevens Series victories of the season at the final event of the calendar year in Cape Town.

men's final at the Cape Town Stadium moved them top of the Series standings, level on 47 points with South

Africa who finished fourth at their home event.Faafoi Falaniko opened the scoring for Samoa, but a converted

adding the extras to secure Samoa's first victory on the Series since 2016.They had earlier beaten South

Africa 10-7 in the semi-finals, with the hosts losing 22-14 to the United States in the match for bronze.Signing

The 16th edition of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Forum has reached its conclusion in Costa Rica after a week of sessions on themes such as sustainability, gender equality, wellbeing, health, and reducing inequalities.

Richard, a member of FISU's Education Committee, and Marissa Langeni, chief executive of University Sport South

Africa."

Sport has the power to change the world the world. These words might have been uttered in his infinite wisdom by Confucius had the old Chinese philosopher been around today.

 South Africa was also banned from the Olympics from 1964 to 1992 and suspended by different international

Africa to play a major role in ending the scandal of apartheid, and restore his beloved country to international

 Through hosting events in South Africa, he wanted to erase the country's pariah reputation as well

 He was instrumental in ringing the FIFA World Cup to South Africa.

felt they belonged to South Africa equally - he used sport to re-build the nation.As he said: "Sport

It is perhaps appropriate that Morocco should be the standard bearers for Africa in the FIFA World Cup

by African nations that FIFA were persuaded to give them an automatic place.Previously, teams from Africa

World Cup tournament.There were to be ten from Europe, including host nation England.The four from South

of similar age to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Avery Brundage and his attitude to South

He led Africa to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Sport wants to conquer Africa," he wrote."

The manager of Australian cricketer David Warner has alleged that officials from Cricket Australia (CA) gave players permission to tamper with the ball more than one year prior to the eruption of the scandal in Cape Town in 2018.

by CA for their roles in a plot to tamper with the ball during the third day of a Test match against South

Africa in Cape Town, while Cameron Bancroft was banned for nine months.Former captain Warner, who was

Africa in Hobart in late 2016.Australia were bowled out for 85 in the first innings of that match, although

South Africa's Faf du Plessis was later found guilty of ball-tampering.Erskine suggested that senior

Africa," he told SEN."

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is to have its first-ever female chair from next year after Dame Patsy Reddy was elected to succeed Stewart Mitchell.

Australia earlier this month reached an agreement for Super Rugby Pacific, a new version which has dropped South

New Zealand has three officials on the World Rugby Council.NZR is additionally a founding member of South

Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina Rugby, known better as SANZAAR.

Qatari capital Doha has been selected as the host for the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships following a vote at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Summit in Amman.

that organisers and member associations will be able to concentrate on athletes and the competition in South

Africa and later give full focus to matters discussed at the AGM.Also during the Summit, the ITTF Foundation

Sweden's pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and 400m hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the United States, world champions and record-breakers this season, were tonight named as respective men's and women's World Athlete of the Year.

Championship medal when she won the women’s 20 kilometres race and then completed the double with a South

compatriot Faith Cherotich, who won the world under-20 3,000m steeplechase title, Mine De Klerk of South

Africa, who won shot put gold and discus bronze at the World Under-20 Championships, and Kerrica Hill

have been drawn alongside Malawi, Scotland and Barbados in Pool B for the 2023 Netball World Cup in South

Africa while tickets for next year's event have also gone on sale.

South Africa's Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa claimed that the tournament will be the

biggest sports event to be hosted by the country since the 2010 FIFA World Cup.Netball South Africa

We therefore encourage all South Africans to purchase their tickets well in advance to make sure that

The tickets were released two hours earlier than scheduled for South Africans to give the country's residents