Australia registered a nervy 12-run win over England in a heavyweight International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Cricket World Cup match at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand.

Australia.Earlier West Indies began the tournament with a three-run win over hosts New Zealand before South

Africa avoided an upset as they defeated Bangladesh by 32 runs.India are due to take on rivals Pakistan

Hawaii's John John Florence and Australia's Sally Fitzgibbons were the highest scorers in men's and women's qualification today at the Pro Portugal, the third leg of the World Surf League World Tour in Peniche.

elimination round, with these being Afonso Antunes and Vasco Ribeiro of Portugal, Matthew McGillivray of South

Africa and Deivid Silva of Brazil.Sally Fitzgibbons topped women's qualification in front of Molly Picklum

Pay TV channel SuperSport TV and public broadcaster South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have

The deal means the two channels can broadcast the competition in South Africa, with SABC having the rights

Africa, as it has the duty of providing the international feed."

The SABC have the numbers we need in South Africa as they are a free to air broadcaster and SuperSport

As Netball South Africa, we believe that this broadcast deal between the Netball World Cup Company and

Africa President Cecilia Molokwane."

The Malaysian Hockey Confederation has decided against sending their men’s and women’s teams to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, opting to focus on the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games instead.

women’s events consist of teams from Australia, Canada, England, Ghana, India, New Zealand, Scotland, South

Africa and Wales.Australia men's team has won gold at every Commonwealth Games since 1998 ©Getty ImagesPakistan

World Netball has announced the final six national teams that will compete at this year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

have accepted the invitation.These final six teams will join Australia, New Zealand, England, Jamaica, South

Africa and Malawi in Birmingham this summer.The teams qualified for the competition based on their world

World Netball (WN) has released the latest WN world rankings along with an annual update compiled by statistician David Kendix to certify that the standings reflect the most current shape of the international teams.

New Zealand is in second with 4,553 at 190, followed by England in third on 4,556 and a rating of 182.South

Africa remain in fifth while Jamaica has moved down to fourth and Wales is now eighth with a significant

England are set to defend their title at the delayed Women’s Cricket World Cup, which is due to get underway in New Zealand tomorrow (Friday).

league format in which England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and South

Africa all play each other.The action is set to begin with hosts New Zealand facing the West Indies

a record six occasions.The league phase is then due to conclude on March 27 with India playing South

Africa, with the four teams with the most points following this stage reaching the knockout phase.Here

George Orwell, author of the prophetic novel 1984, once opined that sport is a substitute for war. Ironically, in the reality of 2022, it is now the other way around. At least, as far as Vladimir Putin is concerned.

play.Sporting boycotts alone will be insufficient punishment to force him to back down, but as with South

Africa and apartheid being kicked into touch and made pariahs of the playing field will swell the growing

The cast list of champions at the Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games included Steve Ovett, Steve Cram, Daley Thompson, Ben Johnson and Sally Gunnell on the track, Steve Redgrave in rowing, and Lennox Lewis in the boxing ring. 

They were furious that Britain refused to impose hard-line economic sanctions against South Africa during

Loes Adegeest of the Netherlands and Jay Vine of Australia were crowned respective women’s and men’s champions at the Cycling Esports World Championships, held on a virtual version of the Knickerbocker course in New York.

attack before being caught.Heading into the final kilometre defending champion Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio of South

Africa moved to the front at the bottom of the last climb.Moolman-Pasio used a PowerUp, an option that

As Putin's platoons march menacingly into Ukraine, the world waits anxiously to see whether a sporting giant can push the intransigent Russian dictator into playing the game.

famously said that sport can change the world.It will be interesting to see if sport, as it did in South

Africa, is a catalyst for change.It seems little has changed since Russia reclaimed Crimea.Whether sport

The national lacrosse federations of Cambodia and Nicaragua has joined World Lacrosse as provisional members.

per cent in the last decade, increasing from 45 members to 75.At the beginning of the month, Ghana, South

Africa, Kenya, and Uganda founded the African Association of Lacrosse (AAL).The body is responsible

Malte Hellwig and Paul-Philipp Kaufmann all scored as Germany ended their Hockey Pro League trip to South

Africa on a victorious note.

doubt in the 46th minute, converting a rebound at a short corner.Connor Beauchamp pulled one back for South

Africa, also from a short corner, but it was little more than a consolation.Germany have won four Pro

League games in a row ©Getty ImagesIt was a hugely successful trip to South Africa for Germany as they

won all four games - two versus South Africa and two versus France.With 12 points from six games, the

Germans are up to second in the standings, three points behind The Netherlands.South Africa are pointless

League, while the men also tasted victory versus the same opposition and France ended their trip to South

Africa on a winning note.

Cenard venue was a tighter affair, but Argentina still won.Mustaphaa Cassiem's goal could not save South

Africa from another defeat ©Getty ImagesA Lucas Martinez brace and one goal from Lucas Toscani gave

confirm the victory.Across the Atlantic Ocean in Potchestfstroom, 19-year-old Mustaphaa Cassiem gave South

latter a penalty flick - ensured France won their final game at the North-West University Astro.South Africa

Nour Ahmed Youssri and Nigeria's Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori secured unexpected titles today at the All Africa

the final four as she went in search of her first singles title in the event.Doha Hany lost the All Africa

singles final for the second year running ©Getty ImagesHany lost in the 2021 final to Johanita Scholtz of South

Africa and also has three bronze medals from 2020, 2019 and 2018.In the men's singles, Opeyori avenged

Kobita Dookhee took gold in the women's doubles after beating Amy Ackerman and Deidre Laurens Jordaan of South