The Netherlands sensationally beat South Africa to eliminate the Proteas from the Men's T20 World Cup

recorded a shock 13-run win in the first game of the day at the Adelaide Oval - a result which knocked South

Africa out.Strong middle-order contributions from Tom Cooper and Colin Ackermann - who respectively

all made starts but nothing more - each scoring between 13 and 25 runs.Finisher David Miller looked South

Africa's best hope, but he was brilliantly caught by ex-Proteas player Roelof van der Merwe to leave South

Africa floundering at 115 for two.Wayne Parnell was dismissed one run later and South Africa could only

One of the World Baseball Softball Confederation's (WBSC) newest disciplines is ready to take over Mexico City's main square in what is planned to be a coming-out party for Baseball5.

contesting the World Cup, with 50 games scheduled and the action due to reach its climax on November 13.South

Africa, Japan, Cuba and Hong Kong join Mexico and Lithuania in Group A.France, Chinese Taipei, South

FRR) President Igor Artemyev has spoken of his determination to secure a "large-scale agreement" with South

Ukraine ©Getty Images"We will do everything necessary to sign a large-scale agreement on cooperation with South

Africa," said Artemyev."

to seal a deal with SA Rugby follow the Russian Olympic Committee's announcement last month that the South

President Barry Hendricks insisting his organisation was "bound by the IOC’s position on Russia".Russia and South

Africa are both members of BRICS, a political alliance that also includes Brazil, India and China.Russian

Four Olympic champions, including three who won in Tokyo last year, are among the 16 candidates declared eligible to stand for election to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes' Commission next month.

two current members eligible to stand are Forrester Osei of Ghana, the chair, and Mona Pretorius of South

no continent can have more than three athletes on the Commission.The 16 eligible candidates are from Africa

, Forrester Osei of Ghana and Mona Pretorius of South Africa, from Asia, Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines

The Netherlands and Belgium have won the right to stage combined Hockey World Cups in 2026.

today to take the event to Dutch venue Amstelveen and Wavre in Belgium, overlooking bids from Germany, South

Africa and a joint England-Wales effort.July and August has been identified as the window for the tournaments.It

The South African bid - which had Potchefstroom staging all matches - also encompassed playing the men's

The men’s 2023 World Rugby Sevens Series is due to begin tomorrow in the Hong Kong Stadium, with the competition set to mark the start of Paris 2024 qualifying.

match of the opening day, while newcomers Uruguay start against 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallists South

Africa.Australia have been drawn in Pool A alongside New Zealand, Samoa and invitational team Hong Kong.South Africa

India recovered from an almighty scare to beat Bangladesh in the Men's T20 World Cup and leave themselves poised to reach the semi-finals.

a successful chase of 118.Following the results, India are top of Group 2 with six points.Unbeaten South

Africa have five points and a game in hand.Bangladesh have four points from four games and a bad net

run rate.It will take major upsets now for South Africa and India not to go through to the last four

Ieva Serapinaitė starred at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Biathle-Triathle World Championships, winning the senior women's triathle title and helping Lithuania to win the mixed relay in Machico.

by Tamašauskaitė.Individual biathle races featured two running legs of 1,600m and a 200m swim.South Africa

from Dallenbach and Singh.Junior and age group competitions were also held at the Championships, with South

Africa finishing on top of the medals' table with 26 golds across four days.In total, almost 650 athletes

Badminton England has announced a new performance structure which will broaden its recent emphasis on doubles and seek to develop "rounded athletes" while moving away from "the objective, results-based methods of selection only".

world number one Morten Frost - who has subsequently served his home country Denmark, Malaysia and South

Africa as national coach - was appointed as performance director at the same time."

David Miller and Aiden Markram guided South Africa to victory against India while Bangladesh and Pakistan

India got off to a shaky start as the South Africans enjoyed the pace and bounce of the wicket at the

a single run before Rilee Roussouw was dismissed for a duck by Mohammed Shami.At the 10-over mark, South

Africa had only got to 40.The turning point came soon after however as Markram and Miller stepped up

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) says it has dished out ZAR3.1 million

South Africa won 27 medals, seven of them gold, at Birmingham 2022.Gold medallists were given ZAR100,000

gold medals.Judoka Michaela Whitebooi and sprinter Ndodomzi Ntutu - who has a visual impairment - won South

medals.The money behind the incentives has come from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and South

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has designated 11 partner research facilities which will work to develop preventative treatments for sports-related injuries and illnesses over the next four years.

selected include reflect centres on every continent.Establishments in Denmark, Canada, the United States, South

Africa, The Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg complete the network.The

Ruth Gbagbi has already contributed hugely to Ivory Coast's recent rich period in taekwondo, most notably with Olympic bronzes at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and a world title in 2017. 

her defeat of Azerbaijan's Farida Azizova.The feisty fighter then contributed her own global gold to Africa

as she won the world title the following year in Muju in South Korea, defeating Iran's Kimia Alizadeh

under-67kg gold at the Paris World Taekwondo Grand Prix.Victory in the final against up-and-coming South

Bangladesh produced a scintillating bowling performance to begin their Men's T20 World Cup campaign while South

Africa and Zimbabwe shared the spoils in Hobart.

quickfire 38 from 27 deliveries to ensure his team was able to post a decent total.In the next fixture, South

Africa and Zimbabwe had to settle for a point each as their encounter was affected by rain before being

target of 85 to chase down.That was then reduced to 64 from seven overs after an interruption.South Africa

As Thomas Bach fiddled with his headphones while Hans Natorp read out his statement you could see the frustration bubbling up inside him.

Getty ImagesIt has also since been revealed by Pozdnyakov that he had held meetings with the NOCs of South

Africa, South Korea, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia and Peru in Seoul.Pozdnyakov boasted that the ROC was

friends" as he revealed that his organisation was "preparing to sign memorandums of cooperation" with the South