Canada got their Men’s Softball World Championships title defence off to a flying start with a 10-2 victory over South Africa during the opening day.

third highest ranked team at the tournament, claimed a 5-1 victory against the United States while Australia

Fiji have sealed their place at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan after coming from seven points down to beat Tonga 14-10 in Nuku'alofa today.

against a side from Europe.After sealing their place, Fiji will now join Pool D in Japan alongside Australia

Qualification for the 2018 Hockey World Cups will be on the line at the Hockey World League Semi-Final in South African city Johannesburg, where action is due to begin tomorrow.

 Pool B also contains India, hosts South Africa and Chile.In the men’s event, Australia will look

In case you hadn’t noticed, the Garcia Report was released last week after lurking in locked drawers of desks in Zurich, Sydney, Munich and New York where the few people who were supposed to have a copy kept it. Sepp Blatter even sneaked one home from the office before he left, I’m led to understand.

respectable former prosecutor, and now Judge, did to two women whistleblowers, Bonita Mersiades of Australia

These include:A deal before the bidding phase began, but when Australia knew that they would bid, with

the German FA that goes to the heart of the integrity of the Australian bid.An agreement for Australia

Asia, Africa and good old Jack Warner’s Trinidad and Tobago in the name of "development".Payment by Australia

bid; and in the other, something is not right about this entire way of decision-making by FIFA and Australia

Belarus’ Vladimir Samsonov won his 27th International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour title today after beating France’s Simon Gauzy in the final of the Australian Open in Gold Coast.

I think today I played fantastically and I am so happy to get the title in Australia."

Cricket Australia (CA) have confirmed the cancellation of the Australia A cricket team tour of South

“The Australia A tour was projected to cost CA in the vicinity of AUS$250,000 (£147,000/$190,000/€166,000

“Australia A squad members with multi-year state and BBL contracts will continue to have these honoured

New Zealand moved up to fourth place in the International Cricket Council Women’s World Cup standings after thrashing the West Indies by eight wickets at the County Ground in Taunton today.

overs.West Indies’ defeat was their fourth in as many outings at the tournament, having also lost to Australia

by virtue of a slightly superior run rate.Both teams have five points with hosts England on six and Australia

A call has been made for the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Athletes’ Commission to intervene in an investigation assessing complaints made against the organisation’s director of media and communications Mike Tancred.

The AOC expects very high standards of athletes who represent Australia at the Olympic Games, and the

Committee Athletes’ Commission, as the principal custodians of the Olympic movement and Olympism in Australia

Canada will begin the defence of their World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Men's Softball World Championships title on home soil tomorrow, when action begins in Whitehorse.

round.The remaining teams will compete in the placement round.Canada are joined in Pool A by Argentina, Australia

will be making their Men's World Championship debuts this year.India's first outing will see them face Australia

Japan made an emphatic start to the defence of their World Cup of Softball title with two wins on the opening day of play in Oklahoma City.

day though as they lost their opening match to Puerto Rico 3-1 before recovering to beat Canada 5-4.Australia

Former England footballer Jamie Carragher showed a delegation from the UK Government around Anfield as they completed a two-day inspection visit of Liverpool's bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

March after failing to meet a series of financial deadlines.Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney in Australia

international to leapfrog their opponents at the International Cricket Council Women’s World Cup, while Australia

momentum, leading to India holding on for a 16 run victory.India are joined at the top of the standings by Australia

at Grace Road in Leicester.Ellyse Perry, Elyse Villani and Alyssa Healy all made half-centuries as Australia

reached 290-8.Kristen Beams and Ashleigh Gardner then claimed three wickets apiece as Australia bowled

Uganda’s netball team have qualified for next year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast having risen into the top 12 of the world rankings following their triumph at the Africa Championship.

above Uganda in the world rankings at fifth and sixth respectively.World and Commonwealth champions Australia

Gold Coast has been announced as host of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Triathlon Series Grand Final in 2018.

The Gold Coast has been a great date on ITU’s calendar for many years and we are extremely proud that Australia

giving Queensland "significant global exposure and providing a major boost for the profile triathlon in Australia

global triathlon event on the Gold Coast reinforces Queensland’s standing as the home of triathlon in Australia

The 12th edition of the World Cup of Softball is due to get under way tomorrow in Oklahoma City with the hosts looking to get revenge on Japan.

tournament will see eight teams battling for the title.Along with the US and Japan, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia