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ICC Champions Trophy tournament director praises ticket sales

  • Non-Olympic Sports

International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy tournament director Steve Elworthy has said demand for tickets has been "extraordinary" so far after over 15,000 tickets were sold in one week.

remaining for the game against New Zealand in Cardiff on June 6.Games against Bangladesh on June 1 and Australia

here.Action at the 50-over tournament will take place between June 1 and 18.Hosts England will clash with Australia



Volunteer portal open for WBSC Under-18 Baseball World Cup

  • Baseball and Softball

Volunteers are being sought for this year’s Under-18 Baseball World Cup taking place in Thunder Bay, Canada.

12 teams battling for the title.Group A will see hosts Canada take on South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Australia



Exclusive: Urso and Vlad call for WADA to control weightlifting's anti-doping programme

  • Weightlifting

Two of the men aiming to unseat the most powerful figure in world weightlifting want the sport’s governing body to give control of its anti-doping programme to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Along with Antonio Urso, Romanian Nicu Vlad, seen here competing for Australia, believes weightlifting's

 He spent five years in Australia and won a Commonwealth Games gold for Australia at Victoria 1994


Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games bid backed by authority

  • Birmingham 2022

Birmingham's bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been given the formal backing of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

 Australia, Canada and Malaysia are other countries who have expressed an interest in stepping in


Harvey Norman announced as major partner of 2017 Women’s Rugby League World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Australian retailer Harvey Norman has been announced as the major partner of the 2017 Women’s Rugby League World Cup.

framework for future Rugby League World Cups to build upon as the women’s international game evolves.”Australia

the determination.”The Women’s Rugby League World Cup will take place from November 16 to December 2.Australia


South Africa set sights on World Rugby Sevens Series title in Paris

  • Rugby Sevens

South Africa will be hoping to claim the World Rugby Sevens Series title when the penultimate round of the competition takes place in Paris this weekend

World Cup Sevens in San Francisco in the US.New Zealand, England, Fiji, Kenya, South Africa, Wales, Australia


Australia unveil team to compete at 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

  • Bahamas 2017

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has announced a squad of 75 athletes that will represent the country

“It is with great excitement that CGA today names our team of young athletes who will represent Australia

the development of athletes who competed in Samoa two years ago, with a number likely to line up for Australia

leading the team.Australia finished top of the medals table at Samoa 2015 ©Getty ImagesCommonwealth Games Australia

are confident they will compete with great distinction and will make their families, their sports and Australia


ICC sign Champions Trophy deal with Kingfisher Lager

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that Kingfisher will be the official lager of this year's Champions Trophy.

Hosts England will clash with Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh at the tournament.India, Pakistan


Extra 4.7 billion rubles added to 2018 FIFA World Cup budget

  • Football

An extra 4.7 billion rubles (£63.1 million/$81.6 million/€75.1 million) will be spent on preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, according to the nation's Government.

Sochi and Kazan being used.Alongside Russia, defending World Cup champions Germany will be joined by Australia


Brazil top men's and women's goalball world rankings

  • Goalball News

Brazil continue to lead the way in the latest men's and women's International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) goalball world rankings.

eighth and ninth respectively.In the women's rankings, Britain have moved into 10th place in front of Australia


Officials confirm Perth Stadium will not be ready for Ashes

  • Non-Olympic Sports

stadium in Perth which was due to host the third Test match during the Ashes later this year between Australia

The Western Australia Government and Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed today that the Perth Stadium will

Australian football sides.The Ashes is the longest ongoing Test match series in cricket.Although England and Australia

Test against each other in 1877, the Ashes did not come into existence until five years later.After Australia

these articles, England captain Ivo Bligh said he wanted to "recover those ashes" when they toured Australia


Team Scotland denied access to Gold Coast 2018 Athletes' Village apartment blocks during visit

  • Gold Coast 2018

Team Scotland's Gold Coast 2018 Chef de Mission Jon Doig has expressed his disappointment at being denied entry into the Athletes' Village apartment blocks during a visit to Queensland.

their planning visits, so we are extremely surprised and disappointed that this is not the case here in Australia

return and complete this vital area of work over the next few months.”The Village for the event in Australia


Manohar to see out term as ICC independent chairman

  • Non-Olympic Sports

It has been confirmed that Shashank Manohar will remain as the International Cricket Council's (ICC) independent chairman two months after he tendered his resignation.

plans agreed in 2014 which effectively gave the BCCI, the England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia