Seven countries have been placed on the a new competition manipulation watchlist by World Athletics following an investigation of suspicious results conducted by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

Arabia are also disqualfied from the men's medley relay at the 2005 World Youth Championships, with South

Africa now awarded the bronze medal.Eritrean Awet Nftalem Kibrab, Ethiopia's Aberu Kebede, Lhoussaine

Two famous cricketing venues in England’s capital London, have been announced as hosts for the next two International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship Finals.

2023.Currently Australia top the standings with 84 points and a 70 per cent points percentage, with South

Africa in second place with 72 points and a 60 per cent points percentage.The top two teams in the standings

The Czech Republic punched its first-ever ticket for the World Baseball Classic (WBC) with a 3-1 victory over Spain.

was a disappointing campaign for Spain, who were billed favourites to qualify.A narrow win against South

Africa in the opener was followed by a routing of the Czechs on Saturday.However, the went down to Britain

England and Wales' bid for the 2026 Men's Hockey World Cup is looking to create a lasting legacy not just on the pitch with potentially record-breaking crowds, but through valuable social development initiatives too.

England and Wales are going up against South Africa, Germany, and a joint bid from Belgium and The Netherlands

for the hosting rights.Germany is yet to confirm its proposed host city while South Africa's Potchefstroom

Britain clinched a narrow 10-9 victory against Spain in the qualification tournament in the German city of Regensburg to book a place at the World Baseball Classic for the first time.

16) and 8-1 triumph over Germany on Saturday (September 17) to notch a famous win.Spain had beaten South

Africa 5-4 in their opener before notching a big 21-7 win against the Czech Republic to reach the decider.The

Shelley Nitschke has been hired as the Australian women's cricket head coach on a four-year contract after leading the team to a gold medal at Birmingham 2022.

January.These matches will be part of the country's preparation for the 2023 Women's T20 World Cup in South

Africa, where they are bidding to win a third consecutive title.Next year's schedule also consists of

Ashes in England and a multi-format tour of India.Another multi-format series is due to played against South

Africa in early 2024 before another T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.The next 50-over World Cup is set for

The Presidents Cup returns for the first since 2019 with Davis Love III and Trevor Immelman set to captain the United States and international teams, respectively, although star names are missing following the ban of LIV Golf players.

next best Hideki Matsuyama of Japan on 7.99, but his move to LIV ruled him out.Louis Oosthuizen of South

Africa, Chile's Joaquín Niemann and Anirban Lahiri of India were the other players in the running for

eight international rookies sets a record for a single team as Lee Kyoung-hoon and Kim Joo-hyung of South

Korea, Canadians Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith, Chile's Mito Pereira, Colombian Sebastián Muñoz, South

South Africa will bid for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, seeking to bring the event to Africa for the

South Africa was also the first African nation to stage the men's FIFA World Cup, in 2010.The South African

Belgium and Germany have already launched a joint bid for the competition and that will be among the South

 South Africa staged the men's FIFA World Cup in 2010  ©Getty ImagesUS Soccer has also indicated

year's tournament in Australia and New Zealand is due to be the first with 32 teams.It will also leave Africa

and South America as the only populated continents never to have staged the FIFA Women's World Cup.SAFA

Tunisia have been given a wildcard place at the inaugural Baseball5 World Cup - a year before the country is set to stage the African Beach Games including the discipline's debut.

Softball Confederation (WBSC) event in Mexico in November and will be Africa's third representative.South Africa

and Kenya qualified from the Baseball5 Africa Championship, where Tunisia placed third."

Hammamet, following an accord signed by the WBSC and Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

capital Dakar - Africa's first Olympic Games of any description.Hosts Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Japan, South

Five fighters from Mozambique stood on top of the podium as the country topped the medal table at its home African Boxing Confederation (AFBC) African Men's and Women's Boxing Championships in Maputo.

unanimous decision to defeat Botswana's George Molwantwa and claim the men's under-54kg division title for South

claimed gold medals in Maputo, with Sierra Leone claiming a first continental crown, and Botswana and South

Africa their first continental titles since 2001.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) should create "an association of sports organisations" and stage "major sporting events" under its auspices, amid the country's ongoing exile from international sport.

potential to organise sports events with SCO member countries and BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South

Africa - earlier this week.United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee chair Susanne Lyons has also

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB) President Viktor Lukashenko has claimed to have observed "a slight warming at the international sporting level" of attitudes towards the country and its ally Russia.

members of the SCO [Shanghai Cooperation Organisation] and BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South

Africa] organisations, so all this is very important."

somehow fitting that England's cricketers should win the decisive match in the Test series against South

Africa at the Oval in London earlier this week.

Africa and England line up for the national anthem at the Oval cricket ground in London ©Getty ImagesMost

Africa because of their skin colour.

Africa.

and the tour was cancelled.Two years later, South Africa were scheduled to visit England.A campaign

isolated from international cricket.Most sports refused contact with South Africa, but rugby union continued

Six teams are set to compete for two places at the World Baseball Classic in a qualifier starting in Regensburg in Germany tomorrow.

The host nation, France, Britain, Spain, South Africa and the Czech Republic are all vying to reach the

tournament proper.South Africa and Spain are the only of the two countries to have reached the World

running once they lose twice.Three victories are needed to qualify for the World Baseball Classic.South Africa

the France manager.Gift Ngoepe, the first African player to play in an MLB game, is not available for South

Africa but brother Victor is in the squad.A second qualifier is set for Panama City from September 30

South Africa's Sonny Pillay has been re-elected as President of the Commonwealth Karate Federation (CKF

general secretary.Pillay was elected to the role in 2018 and has held the position of President at Karate South

Africa since 2010.WKF President Antonio Espinós attended the CKF Congress where 21 countries were present.The

category.Meanwhile, Cyprus' Marcos Tsangaras achieved gold in the male kumite under-67kg class and South