Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has claimed that more than 4,000 athletes from 22 countries are set to participate in the multi-sport event branded the International University Sports Festival in Yekaterinburg next year.

Festival with the participation of university teams from the BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South

Africa], SCO [Shanghai Cooperation Organisation] and CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States] member

China, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka and South

Africa are the countries set to take part in addition to Russia as host, with 193 medal events across

Uganda's netball team are demanding to receive a payment of UGX20 million (£4,400/$5,400/€5,100) after competing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

handed a fine of $5,000 (£4,000/€4,700) after pulling out six days prior to the scheduled start of the Africa

Netball Championships, held in August this year in South Africa, after originally saying they would

the fine which will also affect player payments.Next year's World Cup is also set to take place in South

Africa, with competition scheduled to take place from July 28 to August 6.Uganda finished fifth in the

netball tournament at Birmingham 2022 after beating South Africa 54-48 in their final match.

The full list of weightlifting’s qualifying events for Paris 2024 has been announced by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) during its Special Congress at the Hilton Hotel in Bogotá, Colombia.

in Bariloche, Argentina, March 25-April 2; Europe in Yerevan, Armenia, April 15-23; Asia in Jinju, South

Korea, May 3-13; Africa in Tunis, Tunisia, May, dates to be confirmed; Oceania at Pacific Games in Honiara

Australia and South Africa won the HSBC women’s and men’s World Rugby Sevens Series titles in Dubai.

Les Bleues from repeating their bronze-medal at the same venue last season.In the men’s competition, South

Africa continued their dominance in Dubai, winning gold in the desert for the fourth year in a row,

courtesy of a 21-5 triumph against Ireland.South Africa had to come from behind in both their quarter-final

next round of the HSBC men’s and women’s World Rugby Sevens Series is due to take place in Cape Town, South

Africa, between December 9 and 11.

World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has commended his African Karate Federation (UFAK) counterpart Mohamed Tahar Mesbahi on the development of the sport on the continent at the UFAK Congress in Durban.

The Congress was held prior to the start of the UFAK Karate Championships in the South African city,

headed up by Algerian official Mohamed Tahar Mesbahi, who has led the continental body since 2007.South

Africa Karate Federation (SAKF) President Sonny Pillay managed proceedings, while WKF vice-president

development of karate as well as to SAKF President Sonny Pillay for hosting this successful event in South

Africa."

Last month was our fifth Teqball World Championships in Nuremberg, Germany.

Championships ©FITEQWe have succeeded this year in doing this in so many places - the Bolivarian Games, the South

Games, the Central American and Caribbean Beach Games, the European Youth Olympic Festival and the All-Africa

Sanele Mthiyane, President of Basketball South Africa, was elected as a new Board member at the South

recent resignation of Alan Fritz.The other candidates for the vacancy were Marthinus JH Bosse from the South

African Wrestling Federation, Cecilia Molokwane from Netball South Africa and Winston Abraham Meyer

from Lifesaving South Africa.The President of SASCOC, Barry Hendricks, told the hybrid meeting - which

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and Rugby Australia (RA) have reached an agreement to extend the Super Rugby Pacific club competition to 2030.

Super Rugby has previously featured teams from South Africa and Argentina, the other two members of South

Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina Rugby (SANZAAR), as well as Japan.However, travel restrictions

Egypt's reigning world champions Ahlam Youssef and Youssef Badawy will seek to add continental gold to their collections at the 2022 African Karate Championships, starting in Durban tomorrow.

At the outset, may I express my heartfelt thanks to the leadership of UFAK for affording Karate South

Africa an opportunity to host the continent's premier karate championships," Karate South Africa President

When Hampton Morris begins his quest to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in his "home away from home" in Colombia next week he will look beyond setting yet another world record.

Female: Mona Pretorius (de Lacey) (South Africa), Marie Ranaivosoa (Mauritius).Asia: Male Behdad Salimi

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation's (IMMAF) African organisation has installed Mauritian Avinash Goowtamsingh Ramtohul as its President.

of the Asian MMA Federation.Cameroon's Guy Bertrand Olomo, Zambia's Benjamin Bush and Jason Brown of South

Africa were also appointed to the Board as vice-president, second vice-president and general secretary

eventually have a big job structuring everything and making MMA one the highest-performing sports in Africa

They had to leave Africa to get opportunities."

to these people and set up the platform, the good environment and facilities to grow in Africa."

The World Cup of upsets; I have heard Qatar 2022 described this way a number of times over the past few days.

the coveted gold trophy has remained always in the clutches of a tiny elite of teams from Europe or South

or beyond.By my count, only 11 of these - so just under seven per cent - have not been European or South

Korea becoming the only non-European/South American side in history to play a semi-final.Analysis of

American challenger.In these nine most recent World Cups, the sequence of non-European/South American

Africa, with the South Americans winning a penalty shootout.Arsenal star Thomas Partey and his team-mates

USA Fencing treasurer Sam Cheris has accused individuals of buying votes to influence the International Fencing Federation's (FIE) decision on whether to reinstate athletes from Russia and Belarus, with a vote on this subject now pushed back to March 2023.

The FIE and the IOC banned South Africa from competing because of apartheid and isolated them from the

International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) President Sandro di Girolamo visited Ethiopia to launch a new project aimed at giving blind and visually impaired children the chance to access sport.

Di Girolamo continued his trip to South Africa where he visited the Athlone School and World School -

The Men's Softball World Cup begins tomorrow in New Zealand, with the home team seeking to win back a trophy they have lifted at five of the last eight editions of the tournament.

and the Czech Republic.Group B contains Japan - runners-up in 2019 - Canada, Venezuela, Australia, South

Africa and Denmark.2 days to go: Rosedale Park, venue for the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 2022 in