of the Netball Quad Series at the Copper Box Arena while New Zealand pulled off a 54-43 win against South

Africa.

raucous crowd in London.Earlier in the day, New Zealand picked up their first win of the series against South

South Africa's women have made winning start to their title defence at hockey's Africa Cup of Nations

Lillian du Plessis, Bernadette Coston and Tarryn Glasby scored South Africa's goals in a 3-0 win over

to Wednesday (January 19).Men's action also got underway at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium, with South

Africa once more beginning their title defence in dominant style.South Africa put Namibia to the sword

Five nations are set to lock horns in Kuala Lumpur for the final spot in the women’s Twenty20 cricket competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

the next six days.The winner will join India, Australia, Barbados, England, New Zealand, Pakistan and South

Africa at Birmingham 2022 where women’s cricket will make its Commonwealth Games debut.They will also

drop into Group B alongside hosts England, New Zealand and South Africa in Birmingham.Competition in

Birmingham 2022 with all the matches played at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.India, Australia, New Zealand, South

Africa, and Pakistan qualified for the Commonwealth Games based on the International Cricket Council

With two wins each so far, England and Australia have confirmed their spot in the final of the 2022 Netball Quad Series, but are still to play against each other in the final group game tomorrow at the Copper Box Arena in London.

Both teams recorded victories over South Africa and crucially, world champions New Zealand, to ensure

Africa - who have always finished fourth in the Netball Quad Series since its 2016 inaugural tournament

Africa by a score of 60-40.At half-time, South Africa only trailed by five, but let the floodgates open

in the third quarter by conceding nine more than their opponents.Australia out-scored South Africa by

Africa are to play tomorrow, before a rematch in the game for third on Wednesday (January 19).

The club fields a women's team which plays in the South West Lacrosse League.

was chosen as the English candidate over Liverpool, and stepped in to host the Games after Durban in South

Africa was stripped of the hosting rights.

South Africa are set to begin the defence of their men's and women's Africa Cup of Nations hockey titles

team, sitting 14th in the world in the men's standings and 16th in the women's.The last seven men's Africa

Cup of Nations have been won by South Africa, as well as all the last six in the women's competition.Eight

opening game in Pool A in which they are followed by South Africa, who face Zimbabwe - the only other

B features 2013 bronze medallists Kenya who start against Zambia, and hosts Ghana who have lost to South

ranked 21st and 35th respectively by the FIH.The final scheduled game on the first day of competition is South

set to host the first Netball Quad Series since 2019 from tomorrow, with the host nation up against South

Africa, New Zealand and Australia at the Copper Box Arena in London.

September bilateral series against world champions New Zealand, before beating Jamaica in December.South Africa

won the Africa Cup last year, staying unbeaten in 2021, but placed last when this tournament was last

rankings.England are yet to win the Quad Series, but finished runners-up in each of the past three editions.South Africa

teams took part in the flagship tournament.Australia won their seventh world title after defeating South

Africa in the final.New Zealand defeated hosts England to win the bronze medals.World Judo ChampionshipsThe

Next month's postponed Indoor Hockey World Cup in Belgium has been cancelled because of COVID-19 concerns in the host country.

major FIH competitions due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.FIH Women’s Junior World Cup to be played in South

Africa in April 2022.

The FIH has also confirmed that the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup in South Africa, which was initially

GB Taekwondo has signed British sportswear manufacturer Castore to a long-term sponsorship deal leading up to the Paris 2024 Olympics.

League football clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers and Newcastle United, McLaren F1, England Cricket, Cricket South

Africa and Samoa Rugby Union.The details of the deal have not been announced, nor the precise services

Final selections for the Ireland, Lebanon and South Africa's teams competing at the International Mixed

Abu Dhabi is set to host the IMMAF World Championships from January 24 to 29 2022 ©IMMAFSouth Africa

Championships who is set to fight in the United Arab Emirates.Chief executive of Mixed Martial Arts South

Africa (MMASA) Jason Brown has named Nathanial Kamara, Allistar Kunene, Khaya Ntombela, Esteban Van

Performances by three athletes in 2021 have been officially recognised as the inaugural 50 kilometres world records by World Athletics.

Ethiopian Ketema Negasa's time of 2 hours 42min 7sec, set in Port Elizabeth in South Africa in May at

Namibian teenage sprinter Christine Mboma has been voted the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year for 2021, becoming the first woman to win the accolade after a successful Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

women's 200m final ©Getty Images"I feel great and really proud to be a Namibian," Mboma told BBC Sport Africa

Mboma won the award ahead of Kenyan Olympic champions Eliud Kipchoge and Faith Kipyegon, South African

Fiji Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) chief executive Lorraine Mar is hoping for "returns of investment", with its outlay on this year's Commonwealth Games and the Pacific Mini Games likely to be considerable.

With the Rugby World Cup Sevens due to take place in South Africa in September, and the delayed men's

South Africa's appeal to FIFA over the conduct of a referee in their decisive defeat to Ghana in November

The South African Football Association (SAFA) made a complaint to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee about

penalty to Ghana after Leicester City midfielder Daniel Amartey went down following minimal contact from South

win and, pivotally, the top spot in the group.Ghana had to win their last match in the group against South

Africa to qualify for the third and final round of African qualification for the World Cup later this

organisation.The SAFA said they were considering their option on whether they wanted to pursue their case.South Africa