Pakistan beat Afghanistan in a thrilling match at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s World Cup at Leeds to put pressure on hosts England in the race for a semi-final spot. 

to take his total in the tournament to 24 ©Getty ImagesIn today's other match, defending champions Australia

 After scoring 243-9, Australia bowled out New Zealand for 157.

 New Zealand had appeared favourites after limiting Australia to a total that looked like they could

close to their target as Mitchell Starc took 5-26 to lift his wicket tally for the tournament to 24.Australia

Canada got their defence of the International Basketball Federation Under-19 World Cup off to the perfect start – after overcoming a wobble.

The Canadians had led Australia 46-36 at the halfway point of their Group B clash in Greek city Heraklion

It was probably naïve of me to presume that controversy surrounding Australian rugby union player Israel Folau would have been nipped in the bud when his professional contract was terminated last month.

 He has since launched legal proceedings against Rugby Australia, citing section 772 of Australia

suggests so, anyway.Folau raised AUD$672,640 (£372,087/$472,462/€414,699) in four days, but GoFundMe Australia

dismissal as an attack on freedom of speech.Israel Folau has launched legal proceedings against Rugby Australia

 The subsequent backlash forced Netball Australia and Super Netball to release a joint statement

World champions Belgium and Australia will battle it out for the first men's International Hockey Federation

Belgium defeated the host nation 3-1, while Australia thrashed Britain 6-1 at the Grand Final at Wagener

Hendrickx sealing the win by converting a penalty corner.The women's final between the Netherlands and Australia

of their International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under-19 World Cup title tomorrow when they face Australia

second place in the all-time medal table behind six-times winners the United States.The others are Australia

Russia bounced back from their defeat to Brazil as they overcame hosts Australia in straight sets in

preliminary round matches got under way.Victory for Russia moves them to the brink of the final round, while Australia

Australia’s Elizaveta Parnova and New Zealand’s Julia Ratcliffe provided the performances of the day as the Oceania Athletics Championships came to an end in Townsville.

Zealand duo Alexander Parkinson and Marshall Hall.Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Nick Hough of Australia

at the event with a silver medal in the final event, the men’s 4x400m.Both 4x400m finals were won by Australia

New Zealand’s Shannon McIlroy edged out Canada’s Ryan Bester 21-20 in a thrilling men’s singles final as action concluded today at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Gold Coast.

Hosts Australia won three of today's finals, including the men's fours event ©World BowlsThe last day

of competition was also a memorable one for Australia with the hosts claiming all three of the remaining

to an emphatic 18-12 win over the Malaysian trio of Auni Kamis, Alyani Jamil and Azalina Arshad.When Australia

incredible performance to almost single-handedly steamroll her side to victory.In the overall competition, Australia

Turkey emerged with a five-medal haul at the Oceania Para Taekwondo Championships held in Queensland in Australia

West Indies suffered elimination at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s World Cup in England after a comprehensive defeat to India, who remain unbeaten at the tournament.

date, their other fixture ending in a no result after being rained off.They have a game in hand over Australia

Chinese Taipei and Britain were standout performers in the senior divisions at the World Taekwondo President’s Cup for the Oceania region in Gold Coast, winning three gold medals each.

(@GBTaekwondo) June 27, 2019"It’s my first time in Australia and I haven’t been disappointed."

put on a day of action at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Townsville that belonged to hosts Australia

Ballantyne, took the bronze medal with 19.05m.Of the 27 individual track medals contested on the day, Australia

twice and claimed six medals out of 11 overall to five for the rest.Gold medallist Kiara Reddingius of Australia

Reigning world champion Shannon McIlroy of New Zealand will face Canada's Ryan Bester in the men's singles final after both players came through their last-four encounters at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Gold Coast today.

Ryan Bester outgunned Australian star Ray Pearse in the men's singles semi-finals ©Getty ImagesHosts Australia

Budapest will host a revamped Fed Cup Finals for the next three years, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced today.

matches.They will earn one of eight places in the finals, where they will join the previous year’s finalists, Australia

Three-times Olympic champions Australia will face reigning world champions Netherlands in a battle to

Australians 4-3 up before Carla Rebecchi's effort for the South Americans was saved by Rachael Lynch and Australia

on its head four minutes from time.The last side to beat the Netherlands was Saturday's opponents, Australia

, when the Hockeyroos won in Melbourne in February.Tomorrow will see the men's semi-finals as Australia