The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have announced the groups for the 2015 WSBC Under-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka, with the hosts Japan set to meet the defending champion United States in the round robin phase, in a clash between the top two ranked teams.

begin as favourites to top Group B having been placed alongside Chinese Taipei, Canada, Italy, South Africa

mobile reach of 20 million.TWBSC are hoping to build on the success with teams from the Americas, Africa

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), in association with the Agitos Foundation have held an athletics education programme in Ecuador, as the South American country prepares to host their own competition.

first education programme in April, ahead of hosting a para-athletics event.Related storiesMarch 2015: Africa

rights to the latest World Cup, Brazil 2014, crept ahead by just 0.9 per cent compared with South Africa

American Jordan Spieth has a three shot lead over his nearest challengers after the first day of the 79th US Masters at Augusta in Georgia.

take place before the tournament ends on Sunday (April 12).Four-time major winner Ernie Els of South Africa

Paris will launch a bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the French capital’s Deputy Mayor Jean-Francois Martins has claimed.

Italian capital Rome and American city Boston on the start line, and bids as far afield as South Africa

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori has announced his intention to stand down from his role as head of the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) to concentrate on organising the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

JRFU is also preparing to take its place in the Southern Hemisphere’s Super Rugby competition.South Africa

Vanuatu’s Yoshua Shing is set to compete in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Cup despite his nation being ravaged by Cyclone Pam.

Bendigo.The disaster caused widespread devastation on the island, killing an estimated 16 people.ITTF Africa

Tubby Reddy, chief executive of the Durban 2022 Bid Committee, has hit back at claims that no proper financial impact assessment has been carried out on the South African city’s campaign to host the Commonwealth Games and said such a report has been available on its website since the beginning of March.

he had written to the Government to demand one is carried out as it was not clear “how much South Africa

©Durban 2022However, Reddy said a document called “Economic Impact, 2022 Commonwealth Games, South Africa

and also during the period of the Games in 2022.”The Economic Impact, 2022 Commonwealth Games, South Africa

Assembly in Auckland, New Zealand, on September 2.Read the Economic Impact, 2022 Commonwealth Games, South Africa

Related storiesApril 2015:South Africa Shadow Sports Minister wants financial impact assessment on Durban

A Chef de Mission meeting ahead of the 11th All-Africa Games has been held in the Congolese capital

1,000 capacity tennis courts.Also included at the site, which is set to be the central hub of the All-Africa

the Games Village and the Sports Complex, we believe, six months to the Opening Ceremony of the All- Africa

have every reason to be satisfied and have no worries.”During the Chefs de Mission meeting for the All-Africa

technical procedures surrounding qualification.The build-up to the event has been uncertain across Africa

success of the 50th anniversary Games in September 2015,” he added.The 50th anniversary of the All-Africa

FIFA Presidential candidate Luis Figo has dismissed claims from Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Issa Hayatou that all 54 African nations will vote for Sepp Blatter in the upcoming election.

corruption, particularly surrounding the World Cup bidding process, but he has maintained the support of Africa

Gabon has been chosen as host nation of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations by the Confederation of African

from Algeria and Ghana to land the right to host the 2017 event.Gabon, located on the West Coast of Africa

before the ballot was taken.No details of the voting have been made public.As well as deciding the 2017 Africa

qualification tournament after they apologised for claiming the CAF were biased following their shock 2015 Africa

during their 2-1 after extra-time defeat to Equatorial Guinea in the quarter-finals of this year’s Africa

World Rugby has announced the 12 referees who will officiate matches at this year’s Rugby World Cup, due to take place in England from September 18 to October 31.

Gauzere represent the French contingent of officials, while New Zealand, Ireland, England and South Africa

New Zealanders Glen Jackson and Chris Pollock.Jaco Peyper and Craig Joubert are the two from South Africa

Zealand.The team of assistant referees will feature Argentina's Federico Anselmi, Stuart Berry of South Africa

Singapore has been announced as the latest World Rugby Sevens Series hosts from the 2015-2016 season, with their new National Stadium set to host a men’s event for the next four years.

next season to be confirmed, with Vancouver in Canada, Sydney in Australia and Cape Town in South Africa

South Africa lead the 2014-2015 series with only two events remaining ©World RugbyHong Kong and 2020