Japan’s Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho have officially completed another championship cycle atop their weight categories following the release of the pre-Olympic United World Wrestling (UWW) rankings for women’s wrestling. 

top of the 48kg, 60kg and 69kg categories respectively.The biggest mover for the month is seven-time Africa

Prosecutor Rafael Brum Miron has claimed the potential terrorist plot at next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was “no joke” following the arrest of 12 suspects earlier this week.

websites.Miron has claimed that police are now investigating possible connections with Islamist groups in Africa

FIFA Council member Wolfsgang Niersbach has been banned for a year by the Ethics Committee for failing to report possible misconduct as part of an investigation into the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

members of FIFA’s ruling Executive Committee in the 2006 World Cup bid race.The German bid defeated South Africa

Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (GBWR) has appointed Jason Leonard as its first ever patron.

four occasions and was a member of the winning British & Irish Lions squad when they toured South Africa

Hosts Costa Rica have named their squad for this year's International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games, where they will look to defend their team gold medal.

Guatemala, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Scotland, South Africa

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) has congratulated 14-year-old Ntando Mahlangu after he was selected on South Africa’s team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

“We are so proud of Ntando, he did excellently,” Johan Snyders, Founder of Jumping Kids, South Africa

level.”Double Paralympic javelin gold medallist Zanele Situ has been named as the Flagbearer for South Africa

Japan and the United States will meet in the semi-finals of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Championship after both nations came through their last-eight encounters in Surrey in Canada.

30 national teams have participated in this year's WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship spanning Africa

Holders Japan qualified as Group One winners for the double-page playoff stage of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Championship after beating New Zealand 9-2 in Surrey in Canada.

30 national teams have participated in this year's WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship spanning Africa

Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius faces fresh court proceedings against him after prosecutors decided to appeal the "leniency" of the South African sprinter's jail term.

wanted him to be jailed for at least 15 years and his six year term prompted fresh criticism in South Africa

Sitting around in the welcome, if overdue, sunshine last weekend with half a dozen friends and neighbours, the conversation turned to the upcoming Olympic Games.

The other four were South Africa, Rhodesia, North Korea and Afghanistan.Russia must now make it the imperfect

Ernst van Dyk will compete in his seventh successive Paralympic Games after being named in South Africa’s 45-strong delegation for Rio 2016.

team at Rio 2016 by Craig Ridgard, Goldy Fuchs, Justine Asher, Roxanne Burns and Dane Wilson.South Africa

again be looking to this excellent blend of experience and youth to bring back more honour to South Africa

represent your country to the very best of your ability and be the best ambassadors possible.”South Africa

Newly crowned Open champion Henrik Stenson has given the Rio 2016 golf tournament a boost amid a spate of withdrawals by claiming that an Olympic medal would be "special".

 "Across the two individual competitions, Africa has five eligible players; Asia 32; Australasia

Former South Africa international Steve Elworthy has been appointed as managing director of the 2019

Twenty20.Elworthy also performed the role during the first-ever World Twenty20 in his native South Africa

Eighty-three per cent of all suspicious betting activity recorded by the European Sport Security Association (ESSA) in the second quarter of this year involved tennis, it has been announced.

handball and beach volleyball.Twenty-four of the cases originated in Europe with five each in Asia and Africa

Russia's largest private commercial bank has been unveiled as the first ever "Regional Supporter" for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by football's world governing body today.

rolled-out for each of the five global regions: Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East and Africa