Canada’s women will defend their Under-19 World Lacrosse title on home ground starting tomorrow as the seventh edition of this quadrennial competition gets underway at Peterborough in Ontario.

Championships, which began in 1995, were held at this venue, gold went to the United States after a defeat of Australia

The 2019 International Korfball Federation World Championships are set to get underway tomorrow in Durban.

: Pool A features Netherlands, Czech Republic, Catalonia and New Zealand.Pool B has Chinese Taipei, Australia

The Olympics – whether in Tokyo 2020 or further afield – will be in the minds of the world's best young sprint canoeists in Romania this week.

Olympian and 2017 world champion Riley Fitzsimmons.Rio 2016 Olympian Riley Fitzsimmons will compete for Australia

in Romania ©Paddle Australia "It's a super promising team with a lot of rising stars in our country

The Government of New South Wales (NSW) have backed Australia's bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023.

Parliament House in Sydney to back the Australian bid ahead of FIFA making a final decision in March 2020.Australia

in 2022.Berejiklian claimed  building new stadiums would attract future world sport events to Australia

Australia have competed in the FIFA Women's World Cup seven times and reached the last 16 at France 2019

Hosting the largest women’s sporting event in Australia in four years’ time will have a significant and

We believe Australia is the ideal canvas to do that."

Defending champions United States have sensationally suffered a group stage exit at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 World Cup after losing 2-1 to Mexico in Taiwan.

eliminated Italy today and have topped the group despite having a game in hand.Venezuela thrashed winless Australia

The pools for this year's Rugby League World Cup 9s event have been confirmed during the official launch of the tournament in Parramatta within Greater Western Sydney.

A of the men’s competition is made up of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the United States and hosts Australia

alongside the winners of Groups B and C.The two highest-placed teams from the women’s pool – made up of Australia

International Federation (RLIF) Board member and the chief executive of the National Rugby League in Australia

Todd Greenberg, a RLIF Board member and the chief executive of the NRL in Australia, claimed the format

NSW is the proud home of rugby league in Australia and the nines will reinforce why teams and spectators

Sports footwear brand Vans will be the presenting sponsor for the 2019 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) in Japan, the ISA has announced.

Getty ImagesThis year's WSG will be headlined by World Surf League champions Stephanie Gilmore from Australia

States star Carissa Moore.Strong showings are also expected from WSG champions Sally Fitzgibbons from Australia

Facebook Asia-Pacific has a launched a new campaign aimed at drawing advertisers to the platform for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

content.The survey was conducted in April of this year and covered 9,137 people aged between 18 and 64 across Australia

Matilda Nicholls claimed a pair of race victories to strengthen her lead in the girls' fleet at the International Laser Class Association Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Canada.

leader McMahon is now second with 35 points after coming home fourth and third today.Paige Caldecoat of Australia

finish, a mark currently discarded but would prove damaging should it come into play.Zac Littlewood of Australia

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched its World Test Championship, which some of the game's top players believe will provide a much-needed boost to the format.

The competition starts with the Ashes series between hosts England and Australia, which begins with the

at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Thursday (August 1).It will see the top nine Test teams in the world – Australia

Reigning champions United States took their frustrations out on Italy with a huge 28-1 victory at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan.

fourth on two wins and two defeats.Mexico sit third on three wins and a defeat after they thrashed Australia

with Czech Republic playing Cuba and Chinese Taipei meeting Fiji.Group B sees the US against Mexico, Australia

The Olympic Channel has announced that it has launched in Australia on 7plus, the streaming platform

We are thrilled to bring an Olympic Channel experience to 7plus users in Australia as we continue to

the home of the Olympics and Paralympics.The Olympic Channel is launching on the 7plus platform in Australia

Brooks Koepka showed superb form yet again to win the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis as overnight leader Rory McIlroy faltered.

Simpson's round of 64 was the best of the day as he moved up to second on 13-under.Marc Leishman of Australia

Italy won two gold medals on the fourth day of the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Croatian city Osijek – while a world record was set by Serbia’s Rastko Jokic.

final shot to finish on 39, one ahead of Spain’s Meliton Antonio Brinas Mora, while Matthew Tingate of Australia

Dutch teenager Niels Vink has completed a hugely impressive dual triumph at the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships after he today added the quad singles title to his doubles victory yesterday.

quad finals, having lost the first quad singles final at Wimbledon to doubles partner Dylan Alcott of Australia