The International Judo Federation's (IJF) Judo for Peace Commission head director Nicolas Messner wants the initiative to inspire other International Federations to follow suit in launching similar programmes to support those in need amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

We are also taking care of refugees in the southern part of Africa, in Zambia, Malawi and South Africa

Defending champions and hosts New Zealand, seeking a record sixth Women's Rugby World Cup title, weathered a worrying start before beating neighbours Australia 41-17 at Eden Park in the first of their Pool A matches.

2017, both of whom also gained bonus points.France won the first game of the tournament 40-5 against South

Africa, and then England ran amok against Fiji to earn an 84-19 victory.Claudia McDonald scored four

Reigning champions New Zealand are due to finally begin their title defence of the women's Rugby World Cup tomorrow on home territory in Aotearoa with England, France and Canada among the candidates to dethrone them.

will boost their hopes of advancing top of Pool C as they prepare to face France once again as well as South

Africa and Fiji.A great day in Whangārei with players meeting New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Defending champions China are to face India and Hungary in the opening knockout round of the men's and women's competitions at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Table Tennis Championships after concluding the group stage unbeaten.

third-place Hungary in Group Two are first-place Japan and second-place Slovakia, who are due to face South

respectively.Tokyo 2020 bronze medallists Hong Kong capped off an impressive Group Three campaign by defeating South

Africa 3-0.Singapore were unable to go unbeaten after losing 3-1 to Thailand, although they held onto

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has agreed to a settlement with

said it "does not admit any wrongdoing or fault in this matter", according to the Sunday Times in South

Fencing Federation African qualifier in Algeria in April 2016, with the former Fencing Federation of South

Africa President, Novak Perovic, claiming the event was open to all participants and could therefore

COVID-19 countermeasures including no exchange of line-ups and teams not sharing rosin bags and pine tar are to be enforced at the Under-23 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan.

play Colombia in the opening game on October 13.Ten more teams are due to compete - top-ranked Japan, South

Korea, South Africa, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, defending champions Venezuela, Germany, Australia and

Spain finished the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Marathon World Championships in Ponte de Lima top of the medals table.

event.The penultimate day of the tournament saw Birmingham 2022 The World Games champion Andrew Birkett of South

Africa produce a great performance to win the men’s K1 title.Multiple world champion Liudmyla Babak

Poland and Norway failed to win gold medals while Ukraine and Great Britain shared one each.Sweden and South

Africa also won two titles.

earned her victory in front of China's Ma Ning, who recorded a best of 59.18m, and Justine Robbeson of South

Africa, who took bronze with 58.70m.Then 24, Špotáková had experienced her first Olympics the previous

On August 7, 1992, in Barcelona's Montjuic Stadium, two athletes, far ahead of the rest of the field, contended for the women's Olympic 10,000 metres title. 

only one of which could be the story of the night.Would Elana Meyer mark the return to the Olympics of South

Africa, after a 32-year gap, by becoming the country's first post-apartheid gold medallist?

without being able to compete in them because of the ban that had been imposed in 1962 in the wake of South

Africa embrace after a historic women's 10,000m final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics ©Getty ImagesBut

African National Olympic Committee.Twenty years later, in the same stadium, South African photographer

Commonwealth Games gold medallists India continued their mighty form by upsetting second seeds Germany in the men's event at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu.

they are in a good position to qualify after overcoming the United States 3-0 in Group One.Japan and South

replicated the 3-0 result against Poland and Uzbekistan, respectively, in Group Two while Italy also swept South

Africa 3-0 in Group Three.Iran were 3-0 losers versus Luxembourg in Group Four and Germany sealed a

New Zealand co-captain Ruahei Demant said the "dream" of playing a Rugby World Cup at home will bring out "emotions I have never felt before" as the captains of all 12 teams gathered at Eden Park in Auckland for a promotional event.

win the cup, having won the last 25 matches, while Fiji are to make their World Cup debut.France face South

Africa in the opener on October 8 at Eden Park, with hosts taking on neighbours Australia later in the

Petra Sörling, the President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), does not want to stage official meetings during the governing body's World Championships.

years are limited as the next two World Championships hosts have been allocated with the AGM.Durban in South

Africa is scheduled to hold the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships while South Korean city Busan

Durban has been entrusted with staging the African Karate Championships later this year.

The South African City's Olive Convention Centre is due to stage the event from November 28 to December

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

throughout the event but it will also showcase the City of Durban as a leading tourist destination in South

Africa."

The first bouts in boxing took place today at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Cup Combat Sports here, as the sport's future tapped gloves during the fallout from the International Boxing Association (IBA) Extraordinary Congress.

weight categories.Three nations won two bouts in men's competition.Ireland's Patryk Adamus defeated South

under-71kg.Similar success came to Ukraine with Dmytro Molodan beating Simphiwe Sandile Khumalo of South

Africa in the under-57kg, as Ivan Papakin won on a split decision against Japan's Go Wakaya.Kyrgyzstan

the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, won by referee's stoppage against Khululekile Cele from South

Africa in the under-60kg category.Quarter-finals took place today in muaythai, seeing wins for the hosts

Grammy award-winning American rapper Lil Baby has released The World is Yours to Take, an official anthem for the 2022 FIFA World Cup produced in conjunction with tournament sponsor Budweiser.

Coca-Cola.That tournament produced one of the best-remembered songs, Shakira's Waka Waka (This time for Africa

) sung as South Africa became the first African nation to host the football World Cup.R Kelly's

was remixed by Japanese DJ Takkyu Ishino to reflect the first joint hosting of the tournament between South