Holders Australia and England claimed big wins on the second day of action at the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.

In the second of a double bill of matches at Eurolux Boland Park in Paarl, Australia defeated New Zealand

Sri Lanka sprung a surprise by upsetting hosts South Africa to win the opening match of the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup in Cape Town.

Eurolux Boland Park in Paarl, with England taking on the West Indies before holders Australia face New

Zealand.

A petition has been launched in opposition to Visit Saudi, the tourism board for Saudi Arabia, sponsoring the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, due to the nation's poor human rights record for women and LGBTQ+ people.

Australia and New Zealand are to host the FIFA Women's World Cup ©Getty ImagesSo far, the petition has

received 10,000 signatures.The World Cup is scheduled to take place in Australia and New Zealand from

Alex Morgan, would not even be supported and accepted in that country," said Morgan to reporters.New Zealand

Saudi Arabia has reportedly offered to fund stadium construction in Greece and Egypt if they allow the Gulf state to host three-quarters of the matches in a bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Opposition parties to Kyriakos Mitsotakis' ruling New Democracy party in Greece have reacted furiously

controversy over a rumoured sponsorship deal with Visit Saudi for the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand, with Football Australia saying it was "very disappointed" having not been consulted.Critics

Czech Republic and Iran produced the tie of the round as the men's and women's group stages concluded at the Indoor Hockey World Cup in Pretoria.

matches.In the other men’s pool, it was Namibia who booked the final top-four spot despite a 4-4 draw with New

spots were yet to be determined.South Africa claimed their second victory of the tournament, beating New

Zealand 6-3, to qualify for the top eight.Australia went down 4-2 to Austria in their final pool match

, but still progressed thanks to their earlier victories against the United States and New Zealand.The

Australia will seek to secure a third successive title and sixth overall at the International Cricket Council Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa.

shock warm-up defeat to Ireland yesterday.Australia will begin their campaign with a clash against New

Zealand at Boland Park on Saturday (February 11).Hosts South Africa are also in Group A along with Bangladesh

The World Curling Federation (WCF) has created two new working groups related to diversity and sustainability

, while appointing three new members to the Competition and Rules Commission.

act as members on the Sustainability Committee.The WCF also unanimously appointed Hans Frauenlob from New

Zealand, Susan Kesley from Scotland and Japan's Yuhei Kusei to the Competition and Rules Commission,

The Oval in England is set to host the 2023 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship Final.

two Test sides after two years of competition that saw 61 matches over 24 series played so far.New Zealand

New Zealand are the defending ICC World Test Championship winners ©Getty ImagesMeanwhile, Sri Lanka,

who are third in the overall rankings, and South Africa who are scheduled to play New Zealand and West

Guatemalan athletes are set to play as part of a neutral team at the Inaugural World Baseball Softball Confederation Under-23 Men's Softball World Cup in Parana.

flag and name at international competitions.The Team WBSC has been drawn in Group B along with Japan, New

Zealand, Venezuela, Israel and world number two Canada.The draw has been made for the Under-23 Men’s

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the men’s and women’s player of the month nominees for January.

Players from four countries feature across the men’s and women’s shortlist, with New Zealand’s Devon

also enjoyed a profitable month, scoring 567 runs, including 208 in a one-day international against New

Zealand, one of three centuries he hit in January.The third men’s nominee is fellow Indian Mohammed

Organisers have launched a competition to design the front medals for the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

competition.A similar initiative ran before the Lausanne 2020 Youth Winter Olympics, won by Zakea Page of New

Zealand with his "beauty in diversity" design.Page is on the panel of judges for the Gangwon 2024 contest

representatives, an IOC young leader and an Olympian on the Olympian artist programme.Zakea Page of New

Zealand won the Lausanne 2020 medal design competition, and is on the judging panel for Gangwon 2024

South Africa is set to stage the International Hockey Federation Indoor Hockey World Cup with Austria and The Netherlands favourites to claim the respective men's and women's crowns.

Championship.Austria have been drawn in Pool A along with The Netherlands, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Namibia and New

Netherlands, who came out on top in 2007 and 2015, will face Austria, Australia, the US, South Africa and New

Zealand in Pool A.Ukraine are the highest ranked side in Pool B that also features the Czech Republic

Britain’s Kirsty Muir topped women’s freeski slopestyle qualification at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation World Cup in Mammoth Mountain in the United States.

available after scoring 72.20.The rest of the line-up for the women’s final is Ruby Star Andrews of New

Zealand, Sandra Eie of Norway, Ruyi Yang of China and Canada’s Megan Oldham.In men's qualifying, heat

Government - and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, which is scheduled to take place in Australia and New

Zealand in six months' time.

entered into a destination partnership agreement in respect to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New

Zealand 2023", an official statement said."

Football Australia and New Zealand Football have jointly written to FIFA to urgently clarify the situation

Saudi Arabian Government - and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, which will take place in Australia and New

Zealand in six months' time ©Getty ImagesVisit Saudi is set to join major brands, such as Adidas, Coca-Cola

FIFA have predicted a record attendance after announcing that the opening match of the 2023 Women's World Cup between host nation Australia and Ireland will be switched to the stadium where Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic Flame in 2000.

already topped 500,000.The competition is set to feature 32 teams for the first time and is co-hosted by New

Zealand."

for the move.The Women's World Cup is set to feature 32 teams for the first time and is co-hosted by New

Zealand ©Getty Images"The move from Sydney Football Stadium to Stadium Australia is big for Australian