the first-ever Baseball5 Asia Cup champions and have qualified for the World Cup along with Japan and South

won the best-of-three championship game 3-2, 2-5, 12-9The top three teams earned World Cup spots and South

have now been secured, with just one wildcard yet to be granted.Australia, France, Lithuana, Kenya, South

Africa, Venezuela, Cuba and hosts Mexico are the other to have qualified.The World Cup is due to be

small business platform, has become the fifth official sponsor of the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South

Africa with the competition set to start in less than 40 days.

other official sponsors of the competition are Chinese SUV manufacturer Haval, sports drink Kingsley, South

us in particular, small businesses supporting the sport," Colin Timmis, the country manager for Xero South

Africa, said.New Zealand are the defending champions of both the men's and women's competition ©Getty

Images"What better way to all come together than at such an iconic South African sports event."

Africa who are key to making Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 the best tournament it can possibly be."

Uruguay's men's team and Japan's women have earned core status for the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Series after triumphing in this year's Challenger Series finals.

all the countries playing in the women's event except for Brazil.Teams from Argentina, Kenya, Samoa, South

Africa and newly-promoted Uruguay will also appear.

Nine years after winning the women's world triathlon title, Britain's 33-year-old Non Stanford stood on top of the podium again at the Munich 2022 European Championships after a hot and gruelling event in the Olympiapark.

London ©Getty ImagesA former athlete who took part in Kelly Holmes's On Camp With Kelly training camp in South

Africa shortly after the Athens 2004 Games where Holmes won women’s 800 and 1500m gold, Stanford extended

Konietzko has claimed that the Egyptian Canoe Federation could "become a role model in our sport in Africa

Konietzko was elected as ICF President last year, with growth of the sport in Asia, the Americas and Africa

and the support of the ENOC and Ministry, and argued that it inspires other National Federations in Africa

With all these activities the Egyptian Canoe Federation will become a role model in our sport in Africa

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) was the only continental Federation

at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Togo through Benjamin Boukpeti in the men's slalom K1 at Beijing 2008 and South

This week’s announcement that Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning is to take an indefinite break from cricket for personal reasons will have brought knowing glances from all those who attended the inaugural T20 tournament at the Commonwealth Games.

superbly in each of the three group matches.Suzie Bates of New Zealand struck an unbeaten 91 against South

Africa which proved the highest individual score of the competition.

It will be a cool experience to be in a multi-sport format or competition again," South Africa captain

The last regular-season leg of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour could begin tomorrow in Tahiti and offer a glimpse of what the Olympic surfing contest will look like in 2024.

Hennessy, while Australian Tyler Wright is also within striking distance after a second-place finish in South

Africa last time out.

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claimed the women's doubles title ©Getty ImagesEngland's hockey team took the bronze medal after beating South

Africa ©Getty ImagesEngland's James Willstrop and Declan James defeated compatriots Adrian Waller and

Umar Kremlev, the President of the International Boxing Association (IBA), has praised the efforts of African nations at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after they won 19 medals.

In total, nine African nations claimed silverware with the others being Nigeria, Zambia, Mauritius, South

Africa, Tanzania, Botswana and Uganda.Kremlev noted the IBA had dedicated 2022 to the continent."

As IBA has declared, the year 2022 is a 'Year of Africa', and I am happy to stress that 19 boxers from

 "To make sure the sport is further developing in Africa, many educational programmes are planned

It has been sensibly pointed out that there are - issues - involved in describing what began as the British Empire Games and evolved into the Commonwealth Games as "The Friendly Games."

the man who pushed and prodded the Vancouver governing authorities to stage the first Games of 1930.South

political boycott involving many African nations ©Getty ImagesA proposed rugby union tour of New Zealand by South

Africa prompted 31 countries, largely from Africa and the Caribbean, to boycott the Edinburgh Games

in protest against the South Africans’ apartheid policy - even though South Africa had not been present

following the expansion of the European Union in the 2000s, and a significant flow of communities from Africa

Australia beat India 7-0 to win a seventh consecutive men's hockey title at the Commonwealth Games.

sequence which stretches back to the 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpur, when Australia lost a group match to South

just exciting to try and carry on so that's how I look at it, " Jake Harvey said.Earlier England beat South

Africa 6-3 in the playoff for bronze.Each side scored three times in the first quarter before England

Coventry City Football Club's home match at the Coventry Stadium, which hosted rugby sevens matches at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here, was postponed because of an "unsafe and unplayable" pitch.

wrestling events at Birmingham 2022.Birmingham was awarded the Commonwealth Games in 2017, after Durban in South

Africa was stripped of hosting rights.Birmingham City brought their Championship fixture against Huddersfield

Sydney McLaughlin is a late addition to tomorrow’s World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Szekesfehervar - her first appearance on the circuit since pulverising her own world 400 metres hurdles record at last month’s World Athletics Championships in Eugene.

including the Doha 2019 world champion Christian Coleman and three-time meeting winner Akani Simbine of South

Africa, who took Commonwealth silver in Birmingham last week.The men’s 200m will involve two major United

the possibility of a staging a future "multi-countries" edition of its flagship multi-sport event in Africa

2010 the only exception in the 21st century.Africa has still never held the Games, after Durban in South

Africa was stripped of hosting rights for 2022 having failed to sign the Host City contract and meet

to have staged the event back in 1966.Sadleir said that there is active interest from countries in Africa

privilege of speaking at the Sports Ministers conference, and there were several Ministers there from Africa

Africa has still not hosted the Commonwealth Games, after Durban was stripped of hosting rights for the

Australia produced a stirring comeback against hosts England to continue their bid for a seventh consecutive men's hockey Commonwealth Games final here, although there was controversy about the manner of Daniel Beale's fourth quarter winner against hosts England.

They are set to take on India in Monday's (August 8) final after the Men in the Blue beat South Africa

at Kuala Lumpur 1998.The hosts have taken bronze at the last two Commonwealth Games, and will face South

Africa for bronze on Monday.South Africa were beaten by India in the first semi-final, despite a brave

second-half display.India ran out 3-2 winners against South Africa in the first semi-final ©Getty ImagesInspired

effort from a penalty corner was saved.With South Africa sacrificing their goalkeeper late in the fourth