Australia and Barbados were the big winners on an historic first day of the Commonwealth Games T20 cricket competition in Birmingham.

New Zealand face South Africa in the first match of Group B tomorrow.Hosts England meet Sri Lanka later

 Knight is expected to return for England’s second match against South Africa on Tuesday (August

Namibia's Helalia Johannes, who will defend her women’s marathon title tomorrow at the age of 41, has her eyes on the 32-year-old Commonwealth Games record.

over shorter distances and a good half-marathon last month [when she beat her own national record in South

Africa].

Australia will be the team to beat in the men’s hockey competition as they aim to secure a seventh successive title at the Commonwealth Games here.

Australia have been drawn in Pool A along with South Africa, Pakistan, Scotland and New Zealand - who

competition due to COVID-19 concerns ©Getty ImagesAustralia and New Zealand are in Pool B along with South

Africa, Scotland and Kenya.Hosts England are in Pool A where they will meet India, Canada, Wales and

England’s multiple world record breaker Adam Peaty will compete in his first international race since the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, eight years after he marked his arrival on the international stage at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

recent World Championships due to COVID-19.With 17 medals across three Games to date, Chad Le Clos of South

Africa will join shooters Michael Gault of England and Phil Adams of Australia as the most decorated

England's Commonwealth Games netball title defence begins tomorrow at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

due to play England in the tournament-opening fixture tomorrow.Barbados, Jamaica, Wales, Scotland and South

Africa join Australia in Group A, with Barbados their first opponents tomorrow.New Zealand enter Birmingham

Snowshoe in West Virginia is hosting the latest leg of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup and one of the last top-level events before this year's World Championships.

Christopher Blevins from the United States, the host nation, and downhill world champion Greg Minaar of South

Africa are also due to compete as they prepare to defend their world titles in French resort Les Gets

South Africa’s cricketers have been dealt another huge blow on the eve of the Commonwealth Games after

head coach Hilton Moreeng confirmed that star all-rounder Marizanne Kapp will remain in South Africa

Kapp returned home last week before the Twenty20 series against England.South Africa are already without

New Zealand will be aiming to maintain their stranglehold on the rugby sevens competitions at the Commonwealth Games when action starts at the Coventry Stadium tomorrow.

looking to gain revenge after losing the women's rugby sevens final at Gold Coast 2018 ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa

This is a one-off tournament for us, and the focus is always different," South Africa captain Siviwe

New Zealand in the final four years ago.They have been placed in Pool B along with Fiji, Scotland and South

It was a slog, and there were times when I thought I might not make it.

could see the green where the island's lawn bowlers were hard in training behind him.Staying in the South

football body.Ghana have been drawn with Uruguay at Qatar 2022 - the country which knocked them out of the South

Africa World Cup in 2010 after Luis Suarez's deliberate handball.Athletes from Tuvalu train on the international

Chinese Taipei's defence of the Under-12 Baseball World Cup title is due to begin tomorrow on a home diamond in Tainan.

Softball Confederation (WBSC) tournament, with Chinese Taipei playing Panama in the last match.South Africa

2022Eleven teams are due to compete and begin in two groups.Chinese Taipei, Mexico, Venezuela, Italy, South

Africa and Panama comprise Group A.Japan, South Korea, the US, Czech Republic and Dominican Republic

The International Cricket Council (ICC) have predicted that cricket will be a "star attraction" of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games when the women’s T20 tournament begins on Friday (July 29).

included in the Commonwealth Games but in 1998, a men’s 50 over tournament was staged in Kuala Lumpur when South

Africa beat Australia to win gold skippered by Shaun Pollock.South Africa's men are the only previous

Host nation England completed their Birmingham preparations with a 3-0 series win over South Africa ©

Danish rider Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig triumphed on the third stage of the Tour de France Femmes, with second-placed Marianne Vos extending her lead in the general classification.

Jumbo-Visma, was two further seconds behind, earning a six-second time bonus.Ashleigh Moolman Pasio of South

Africa and SD Worx came through in third place also at two seconds behind Ludwig.Vos' lead at the top

of the Commonwealth Games Federation (GCF), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Deputy Prime Minister of South

Africa, and Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan will be key international speakers at this year’s International

the event's history.Mlambo-Ngcuka, the first woman to hold the position of Deputy Prime Minister in South

Africa, was executive director of United Nations Women from 2013 to 2021.Prince Feisal is deputy chair

And so the English Midlands city of Birmingham, and surrounding region, is ready for a new stint in the international sports spotlight as host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Session also played a part in further augmenting the rapidly growing momentum behind moves to allow South

Africa back into the Olympic Games.IOC members gave the 11-member Executive Board and IOC President

Juan Antonio Samaranch the authority to readmit South Africa once the last pillars of apartheid had been

Netball captain Bongiwe Msomi and Para swimmer Christian Sadie are to carry the South African flag at

"Both exemplify the spirit of the Games and both are dedicated and high-achieving athletes," South African

This is a groundbreaking Games for South Africa and we are proud to be able to hand Bongi and Christian

Birmingham 2022 will be Msomi's third Commonwealth Games after leading South Africa to fifth place at

Swimming Championships in Madeira in Portugal and is set to appear at his second Commonwealth Games.The South