Japan denied hosts Australia victory in the Asia Pacific Softball Cup final at the Blacktown International

rivals.Congratulations to @JSAteamJAPAN for winning the 2018 Asia Pacific Cup pic.twitter.com/OQs9ECaNk3— Softball Australia

Olympic champions Fiji triumphed in a closely fought final against South Africa at the World Rugby Sevens Series event in Hamilton.

more serene passage to the final, as they beat Scotland 22-0 in the quarter-finals, before overcoming Australia

Uruguay booked their place at the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan after beating Canada in the second leg of the Americas 2 playoff at Estadio Charrúa in Montivideo

Uruguay will join Australia, Wales, Fiji and Georgia in Pool D at next year’s World Cup.Canada, who have

Australia have announced their diving, shooting and table tennis teams for this year's Commonwealth

I’m pretty confident of the sport’s future in Australia with the talent of these athletes here today.

compete in both table tennis and Para-table tennis at the Gold Coast 2018 ©Getty ImagesCommonwealth Games Australia

United States’ Michael Goulian triumphed in the opening event of the Red Bull Air Race Word Championship in Abu Dhabi.

 The series is then due to draw to a conclusion in Perth in Australia on a date still to be announced

Kazakhstan and United States booked their places in the Davis Cup quarter-finals by wrapping up 3-0 victories in their World Group first round ties.

courts in Marbella, with the hosts seeing off Dominic Inglot and Jamie Murray 6-4, 6-4, 7-6.In Australia

Hosts New Zealand are one of four unbeaten teams to progress into the quarter-finals following an action-packed opening day at the World Rugby Sevens Series event in Hamilton.

week’s World Rugby Sevens Series event in Sydney, where they were beaten by eventual winners and hosts Australia

place in the semi-finals are Pool D runners-up Samoa, while Kenya face a last-eight encounter with Australia

an eight-wicket victory in the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup Final against Australia

Australia won the toss and elected to bat at the Bay Oval in Tauranga, with both teams vying to win the

Ishan Porel for 28 and 14 runs respectively.Despite the loss of their captain Jason Sangha for 13, Australia

Jonathan Merlo and Param Uppal impressed at the New Zealand ground.Merlo would eventually top score for Australia

half-century for the first time, having been removed for 31 by Uppal.Despite taking two key wickets Australia

lifted the trophy in 1988, 2002 and 2010.The Indian side had also thrashed Australia by 100 runs in

Laura Langman has made herself unavailable for New Zealand's netball team at this year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.

Pool B against England, Malawi, Scotland, Uganda and Wales.Pool A is headlined by reigning champions Australia

Barbados, Fiji, Jamaica, Northern Ireland and South Africa.At Glasgow 2014, the Silver Ferns lost to Australia

in the final.The win for Australia was sweet revenge having lost to New Zealand in the Melbourne 2006

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have unveiled their five-strong shortlist for January's Allianz Athlete of the Month Award.

Wheelchair tennis players Dylan Alcott and Shingo Kunieda of Australia and Japan respectively have

Bordeaux in France is due to host the penultimate round of the International Equestrian Federation World Cup Jumping Western European League tomorrow.

is second in the Western European League World Cup standings ©Getty ImagesEdwina Tops-Alexander of Australia

New Zealand will seek their second World Rugby Sevens Series men's victory this season when hosting the fourth leg in Hamilton from tomorrow.

They will take on rivals including the two other winners this season, South Africa and Australia, at

champions South Africa currently lead the overall series by four points over New Zealand with Australia

Richard Gasquet beat Robin Haase in four sets today to ensure defending champions France are level with The Netherlands after the opening day of the Davis Cup World Cup first-round tie in Albertville.

terms with Spain ©Getty ImagesOther matches level at 1-1 are those between Italy and Japan in Morioka, Australia

Japan before Yūichi Sugita defeated Andreas Seppi 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6.Germany went ahead against Australia

Australian brothers Damien and Justin Schumann played against each other on the first day of main round competition at the 2018 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Shepparton.

Inia Korowale and Nacanieli Elliot defeated third seeds Paul Burnett and Joshua Court of host country Australia

Commonwealth Games Australia have unveiled their competition and ceremony attire as they prepare for

Diadora is proud to once again partner with Commonwealth Games Australia on the competition uniform for

inspired by a visual expression of unity", created by indigenous artist Jenna Lee.Commonwealth Games Australia

We really feel that we have a created a uniform that befits the honour of representing Australia on the