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Top seeds make winning start in quad doubles at the Wheelchair Doubles Masters

  • Wheelchair Tennis

Last year’s quad doubles finalists Anthony Cotterill and Andy Lapthorne and Nick Taylor and David Wagner both made winning starts at the 2017 UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters at the Sportcentrum Schaapskooi, in Bemmel, Netherlands.

British top seeds Cotterill and Lapthorne secured a 6-3 7-5 victory against Heath Davidson of Australia


France maintain perfect start to Inas World Basketball Championships

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

France continued their perfect start to the men's event at the International Federation for Intellectual Impairment Sport (Inas) World Basketball Championships as they beat Japan to claim their second win in Italy.

teams in the group, are yet to record a victory.In the women's competition, played in the 3x3 format, Australia

wins.Australia Gold, one of two teams from the country who are competing in the women's event, along with Australia



Werth steals the show with Best Athlete Award at the FEI awards

  • Equestrian

Germany's Isabell Werth, one of dressage's most decorated champions, has received the Best Athlete Award at the ninth edition of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) Awards Gala 2017 in Montevideo.

FEI Solidarity Award for the inaugural Retraining of Racehorses project in Assam, India.Emma Booth, Australia



England humbled by the Cook Islands at Rugby League World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England's women scraped through to Sunday's World Cup semi-finals in Sydney but not before suffering a shock 22-16 defeat to the Cook Islands in their final group game.

The Cook Islands were given no chance after being heavily beaten 58-4 by Australia and 76-0 by New

Chapman's England.Elsewhere, Maddie Studdon set up five tries and scored another as red-hot favourites Australia

following a 36-8 win over Papua New Guinea in their opening inter-group match and a 38-0 defeat by Australia


Egypt and France win opening matches at Inas World Basketball Championships

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

Egypt and France both claimed comfortable victories as men's action began at the International Federation for Intellectual Impairment Sport (Inas) World Basketball Championships in Italy.

the rest of the competing nations in the Italian city.Japan are the other team in group one, while Australia


Fiji welcomes Queen's Baton for first time since 2006

  • Gold Coast 2018

The Gold Coast 2018 Queen’s Baton has arrived in Fiji for two days of celebrations as its tour of Oceania continues.

2018The Baton will then head to Vanuatu, Norfolk Island and New Zealand.It will eventually arrive in Australia


World Rugby deny Prime Minister's claim that Samoa is bankrupt

  • Rugby Sevens

World Rugby has denied a claim by the Samoan Rugby Union (SRU) that they are bankrupt and have promised to continue to back development of the sport in the Pacific Islands.

keep the sport alive in his country.There are concerns globally that while the top tier sides - Australia


Nick Butler: Skulduggery or sour grapes? Examples of hometown advantage in sports

  • Inside the Blogs

Peru became the last team to secure a spot at next year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia last week. They qualified for their first Finals since 1982 despite suffering the ignominy of their captain and leading scorer Paolo Guerrero failing a drugs test shortly beforehand.

four years earlier at Los Angeles 1984.The biennial Ashes Test Series in cricket between England and Australia

Australia have gone 28 matches undefeated at the “Gabbatoir” since losing to a great West Indies team



Six countries taking part in Inas World Basketball Championships

  • Paralympics

Men’s and women’s teams from Australia, Egypt, France, Japan, Poland and Portugal have arrived in Loano

Australia have dominated the court in recent years and will stride out at the Palagarassini stadium as

final work-outs ahead of the start of the tournament in Italy tomorrow ©Hamish PattersonPortugal beat Australia

 “We do not know how the other teams will be, but we know from their past that Poland and Australia