By Liam MorganAustralia booked their place in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals against India as they recovered from a difficult start to beat Pakistan by six wickets in Adelaide.

: Holders India through to Cricket World Cup semi-finals as easily beat BangladeshMarch 2015: South Africa

By Duncan MackayFIFA confirmed today the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will be played on Sunday December 18. 

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By Duncan MackayFrance has been awarded the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, it was announced today.

England, New Zealand and South Africa had all initially expressed an interest in staging the tournament

England among five countries to declare interest in hosting 2019 FIFA Women's World CupMarch 2014: South Africa

By Daniel EtchellsDefending champions India secured their place in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals, as Rohit Sharma's maiden century in the tournament set them on their way to a 109-run victory against Bangladesh at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

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By Duncan MackayBotswana's former world 400 meres champion Amantle Montsho has been suspended for two years after testing positive for banned drugs during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last year, it was announced today. 

Montsho also won consecutive gold medals in 2007 and 2011 at the All-Africa Games and claimed victory

By Daniel EtchellsSouth Africa thrashed Sri Lanka by nine wickets in Sydney to ease their way into the

balls, took advantage of a succession of loose shots.Quinton de Kock scored an unbeaten 78 as South Africa

group stage at Cricket World Cup with 100 per cent record after beating BangladeshMarch 2015: South Africa

By Nick ButlerHealth kits have been distributed by the National Olympic and Sports Committee of Guinea (NOSCG) as part of a drive to control the Ebola outbreak still ravaging the West African nation.

2,200 people having died there out of a total death toll now thought to be over 10,000 across West Africa

By Liam Morgan at the Lemigo Hotel in KigaliRwanda will host the 2015 African Great Lakes Friendship Games for the first time later this year, it has been confirmed here today.

bright sporting future for the country after the RNOSC outlined an ambitious development plan at the Africa

By Duncan MackayA big effort will be made to get more African athletes to next year's Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, it has been claimed.

African countries is set to be high on the agenda when the APC holds its General Assembly during the All-Africa

By Liam MorganHost nation India booked their place in the (FIH) Hockey World League semi-finals as they earned a dramatic 3-1 win over Poland at the Round 2 event in New Delhi.

they beat surprise package China 5-2 in the final.The Chinese earned a superb win over hosts South Africa

available place in the next phase had to be decided on a dramatic penalty shootout as Egypt stunned South Africa

2015: Surprise package China reach final at Hockey World League Round 2 eventMarch 2015: Hosts South Africa

By Liam Morgan at the Lemigo Hotel in KigaliLamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has given his backing to Paris' increasingly-likely bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

to work on their candidacy and I think they deserve to have the Olympics," the 81-year-old told the Africa

By Liam Morgan at the Lemigo Hotel in KigaliThe Japan Sport Council (JSC) have outlined their ambitions here to help aid the development of some of the world's poorest countries as part of their Sport For Tomorrow programme.

2013 as part of Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, was exhibited in Africa

for the first time at the Africa International Sports Convention (CISA).The project will see Japanese

for Tomorrow is an initiative to help raise awareness of sport in developing countries, particularly Africa

By Liam MorganWe all know how the saying goes - some believe the glass is half-empty, others say the glass is half-full. There is no doubt that recently re-elected Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) President Hamad Kalkaba Malboum is firmly in the glass half-full camp.The recent problems in African athletics - and in the sport as a whole - have been well documented, yet none of that seems to phase Kalkaba as we sit by the pool at the picturesque Lemigo Hotel in the beautiful Rwandan capital of Kigali.That is not to say he doesn't care; far from it in...

progression were prominent during the hour we spent in surroundings remiss of many people's view of Africa

the sports movement in Africa. 

Instead of being an event for the whole of Africa to look forward to, the 50th anniversary of the All-Africa

For me, Africa has so much potential," he said. 

Football has killed many sports in Africa," Kalkaba boldly stated. 

the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), they must help develop the sport in Africa

stressed the importance of considering the needs of his continent to the success of the new President as Africa

work with our strategic plan to develop athletics in the continent," he told insidethegames at the Africa

For Africa it's the way that how the next President considers the need of our continent in terms of the

Africa led for 16 years and we want to give the right for another continent to lead," he said."

By Michael PavittIreland's hopes of qualifying for the Cricket World Cup quarter-finals came to an end as they fell to defeat to Pakistan in their final Pool B match in Adelaide after the West Indies had leapfrogged them after they beat the United Arab Emirates in Napier.

half-centuries.The first of the quarter-final matches is due to take place on Wednesday (March 18), where South Africa

group stage at Cricket World Cup with 100 per cent record after beating BangladeshMarch 2015: South Africa