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South Africa added to men's Hockey Pro League despite Omicron concerns

  • Hockey

South Africa have been added to the line-up for the men's Hockey Pro League, despite concerns over the

Africa and Canada during its latest meeting today.The FIH said the two nations competing in the Hockey

and South Africa have replaced Australia and New Zealand ©Getty Images"It's great that both South Africa

The FIH said South Africa would also be given priority to host the Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup, which

Regarding the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup South Africa 2021, which was initially scheduled for

Africa should have priority for hosting it," the FIH said."


South African university sport returns after near two-year hiatus

  • Universiade

South African university sport has returned to action after a near two-year hiatus, with six in-person

e-sport and cycling were all held virtually before the in-person competitions.The University Sports South

Africa (USSA) Netball Championships took place at North-West University in Potchefstroom and the USSA


Weightlifting’s Commonwealth Championships go ahead in Tashkent - and new events added

  • Commonwealth Games

Weightlifters from England, Scotland, Wales, South Africa and most of Oceania will not be there but the

athlete who is especially pleased with the extra chance to qualify, and the venues, is Mona de Lacey, the South

to compete in Tokyo because of COVID-19-related travel disruption and was disadvantaged again when South

Africa withdrew its team from the World Championships because of a travel ban."


United States start as favourites for WBSC Under-18 Women's Softball World Cup

  • Baseball and Softball

The United States will bid for a fourth consecutive title as the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-18 Women's Softball World Cup gets underway in the Peruvian capital Lima tomorrow.

each day - with fans attending required to show proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.South

Africa had already been forced to withdraw from the event due to travel restrictions following the discovery


South Africa and Australia triumph again at World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai

  • Rugby Sevens

There was no change at the top of the podium at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series as South Africa and

A second-half try from JC Pretorius proved to be decisive as South Africa came from behind to defeat

two weeks as Marcos Moneta and Luciano Gonzalez inspired them to a 38-21 victory over France.When the South



Two-time Olympic champions Fiji crash out of World Rugby Sevens Series

  • Rugby Sevens

Two-time Olympic Champions Fiji have crashed out of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai after finishing bottom of Pool C.

In Pool A, favourites South Africa, who have won the last three Sevens Series events, including last

finished bottom of the group on five points.Argentina face Britain in the quarter-finals tomorrow, South

Africa will play Kenya, France are up against the US and Ireland await Australia.And that makes it 3️⃣


World Championships clear to go ahead after Uzbekistan grants exemption for weightlifters

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to start on Tuesday (December 7), can go ahead as planned regardless of COVID-19-related travel restrictions announced by the Health Ministry of host nation Uzbekistan yesterday.

challenging," said Ashley Metcalfe, chief executive of British Weight Lifting.Three African nations – South

Africa, Botswana and Lesotho - have pulled out, and China had already withdrawn.Ten nations were banned

outright from flying into Uzbekistan - nine from Africa plus Hong Kong.The nations whose non-weightlifting


Omicron variant rules South Africa out of WBSC Under-18 Women's Softball World Cup

  • Baseball and Softball

South Africa have been forced to withdraw from the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under

The team cannot travel to Peru because of new curtailments on movement for people from South Africa.

 South Africa is where the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered and it has become the dominant

strain in the country.Omicron is believed to be more transmissible and South Africa's daily case rate

 The South Africans' withdrawal means the WBSC Under-18 Women's Softball World Cup is now an eight-team



Weightlifting World Championships look doomed as COVID-19 strikes again

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to start on Tuesday (December 7), look sure to be cancelled because of coronavrius-related travel restrictions imposed today by the host nation, Uzbekistan.

planned to coincide with the World Championships.Today’s news means that the British nations, Australia, South

Africa, Botswana and Lesotho will not now be able to compete.The Commonwealth Championships cannot go


Alan Hubbard: Cold comfort for Coe over his non-boycott plea for Beijing 2022

  • Inside the Blogs

No one should be surprised to learn that Lord Sebastian Coe is vehemently opposed to boycotts. He made this abundantly clear yet again in a recent interview with the Today Programme when asked whether the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing should be shunned because of China's wretched record on human rights, culminating in the ongoing mystery over the welfare of its leading female tennis player, Peng Shuai.

There is little doubt that establishing South Africa as a sporting pariah helped expedite the abolition


Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in South Africa postponed due to Omicron

  • Wrestling

Emergence of the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, has forced the postponement of the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Pretoria, it has been announced.

The variant was first identified in South Africa earlier this month, so it is no surprise that the Championships

Pretoria before it was postponed ©TwitterThe first batch of the wrestlers had been expected to leave for South

Africa tonight.The biggest name in the team was Geeta Phogat, winner of the Commonwealth Games gold


Pistorius moves prison and prepares to meet parents of murdered girlfriend

  • Athletics News

South Africa's disgraced Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius has been moved to a jail closer to

The meeting is customary in South Africa and is known as "restorative justice".It is seen as an important

DrNO68JvhV— Karyn Maughan (@karynmaughan) November 29, 2021The Steenkamps' lawyer, Tania Koen, told South


Defending champions India reach FIH Men’s Junior World Cup quarter-finals

  • Hockey

Defending champions India reached the quarter-finals of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar, after finishing in second place in their pool.

edition in 2016, started Pool A as favourites and finished top on goal difference.Belgium defeated South

Africa 5-1 and Chile 3-0, and drew 1-1 with Malaysia.

Malaysia won 2-1 and 4-3 against Chile and South Africa respectively, meaning they had to settle for

@FIH_Hockey) November 29, 2021The Netherlands topped Pool C with an unbeaten record after defeating South

Spain 3-2 and the United States 14-0.Spain recorded two big wins defeating the United States 17-0 and South