Scotland have been eliminated from the Rugby World Cup after suffering a 57-0 trouncing to New Zealand while Australia and France also secured qualification alongside the hosts.

are scheduled for tomorrow as Japan play Italy, Canada face the United States, and England challenge South

Africa.

The United States are set to begin their FIFA Women's World Cup title defence against The Netherlands after the draw in Auckland for the 2023 tournament put the four-time champions into Group E.

Sweden, ranked second in the world rankings, will take on South Africa, Italy and Argentina in Group

2011 winners Japan in Group C.The 2003 and 2007 champions Germany are alongside Morocco, Colombia and South

Hosts Mexico are to play Lithuania in the first-ever Baseball5 World Cup match.

the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has now revealed the groups and full schedule.South Africa

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

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) is seeking to secure cooperative agreements with South Africa, Mali

channel of him in talks with SASCOC President Barry Hendricks and CNOSM leader Habib Sissoko in the South

With colleagues from the NOCs [National Olympic Committees] of South Africa, Mali and Peru, we are preparing

Africa, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia and Peru."

Russia and South Africa are both members of BRICS, a political alliance that also includes Brazil, India

NOC leader Habib Sissoko, third from left, met with Stanislav Pozdnyakov, second from right, in the South

entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

held a General Assembly after the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly in the South

has vowed to provide equipment, technical support and training assistance in modern pentathlon across Africa

They want to increase their presence in Africa."

motion of no confidence proposed for the UIPM Congress, with his record on developing the sport in Africa

has immense potential", "has initiated no action to mentor and guide Africa Continental Confederation

Honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sir Craig Reedie has encouraged the sporting world to "pick up pace" towards the next two Olympic Games after securing a prestigious prize at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Awards here.

shock when he was announced as the winner of the contribution to the Olympic Movement award in the South

winners of the award have included fellow IOC members John Coates from Australia, Sam Ramsamy from South

Africa, Mario Pescante, Julio Maglione from Uruguay and Carlos Nuzman from Brazil.The late IOC President

Weightlifters will benefit from Saudi Arabia's phenomenal investment in sport next week when they compete for the biggest prize fund ever seen.

lifters - of which there are about 150 in the country, compared with more than 2,000 Saudis - from South

Africa, Jordan, Yemen, Egypt and South Korea.The youngest competitors will be 16, and at least one lifter

Fékrou Kidané, a former leading journalist and senior official with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has died at the age of 87, it has been announced.

He helped a lot to grow journalism in Africa and beyond."

Fékrou Kidané worked on helping eradicate apartheid, meeting the late South African President Nelson

He was passionate about Africa and the continent's youth."

was passionate about applying sport to the fight against apartheid and colonialism, particularly in South

Africa and Rhodesia."

England, silver medallists at the last women’s Rugby World Cup in 2017, earned a hard-fought 13-7 win over the team that took bronze, France, as group matches resumed at the postponed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

minute try by Gaelle Hermet.That established England with a three-point lead in their pool with only South

Africa to play.But the tightest match of the day was Australia’s 14-12 win over Scotland at Northland

Australia are ready to defend their title on home soil at the Men's T20 World Cup, which begins in Geelong tomorrow but will not feature the hosts for another week.

to the UAE because of the economic crisis - so are heavy favourites to advance.David Wiese, a former South

Africa international, figures to be Namibia's talisman.Happy birthday @babarazam258 ?

Africa and Bangladesh are in Group 2, to be joined by two others.Sri Lanka enter the World Cup in good

T20 rankings, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam.All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan captains Bangladesh, while South

Africa have a fast-bowling arsenal which could be well-suited to Australian conditions.Two teams will

The Under-23 Baseball World Cup is due to open tomorrow when Chinese Taipei face Colombia at Tianmu Stadium in Taipei City.

have been split into two groups, with defending champions Venezuela, top-ranked Japan, Germany and South

Africa joining Colombia and Chinese Taipei in Group A.Relievers Oscar Abreu and Carlos Valero are the

matches are due to be played in Taichung and Dou Liou.Group B contains last year's runners-up Mexico, South

Kenny Rice continued South Africa’s dominance of the men’s competition at the International Canoe Federation

finished second and defending champion Michelle Burn took bronze.It was a strong day on the water for South

Africa, who also picked up three of the four under-age titles on offer.Ulvard Hart won the men’s under

The executive chairman of the Accra 2023 African Games Organising Committee Kwaku Ofosu-Asare has praised the Ghana Cycling Association (GCA) for its efforts to develop the sport.

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.Cycling has been on the African Games programme at every edition, with South

Africa leading the all-time medals table.Next year's Games in Ghana's capital Accra are due to be held

The Netherlands' Felice Albers and India's Harmanpreet Singh have been named the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year for the 2021-2022 season in the women's and men's competitions respectively.

Hockey5s after going unbeaten.Jeroen Delmee and Michel van den Heuvel of The Netherlands, Garreth Ewing of South

Africa and Frédéric Soyez of France were also listed as candidates.Other awards include New Zealander

Hosts China have sealed the men's title for the 10th consecutive time at the World Team Table Tennis Championships after defeating Germany in Chengdu, following on from the women's triumph from yesterday.

Table Tennis Championships is anticipated to be held between February 16 and 25 in 2024 in Busan in South

Table Tennis Championships Finals, which is set to be staged from May 22 to 28 next year in Durban in South

Africa.It will be the second time Africa has staged the global event following the 1939 edition in Cairo.Five

South Africa has already proven to be an incredible partner to the ITTF."