Travel chaos caused by a new COVID-19 variant has left teams struggling to return home from Zimbabwe after the final qualifier for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Cricket World Cup was cancelled.

have suspended travel from Zimbabwe as well as Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and South

Africa in a bid to combat the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.The World Health Organization

The outbreak of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 in South Africa could present the first significant

The Baton is due to arrive in South Africa next week after visits to Botswana and the Island of St Helena.Birmingham

2022 have not yet made any decision on the Relay in South Africa but Lisa Hampton, head of the Queen

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) branded reaction to the new outbreak

they arrived for matches in the United Rugby Championship, while the scheduled Indian cricket tour to South

Africa remains in doubt.Following Ghana, the Queen's Baton took a tour of Cameroon??

Switzerland has imposed border restrictions against travellers from several countries where the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been identified in a move which could impact the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade.

apply to Hong Kong, Israel and Belgium.Flights from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South

Africa and Zimbabwe are not allowed to land in Switzerland either until further notice, and travellers

abandoned yesterday because of the new strain, while next month's Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup in South

Africa was postponed.Rugby union clubs from Ireland and Wales are also stuck in South Africa, currently

South Africa’s men’s team got their HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series campaign off to a flier as they won

clinch a third consecutive Series gold medal.Ronald Brown scored a hat-trick and converted five of South

and going through the sticks.Lucas Lacamp bagged a late consolation try for Mike Friday’s side, but South

Africa still weren’t done as Shaun Williams touched down their sixth try to complete a comfortable victory.Lovely

Top women’s singles seeds Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha edged into the quarter-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships after winning close contests in the fourth round in Houston.

advanced to the quarter-finals in six games, winning 11-4, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-4.She will now face South

African have gotten to this stage at the @WTTGlobal Championships. pic.twitter.com/6Vkn3toPgh— ITTF-Africa

came from three games down to secure a comeback 6-11, 13-15, 9-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-5, 11-6 win over South

The Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup, scheduled to be held in South Africa next month, has been postponed

including from some of the participating teams, have now strongly increased their travel restrictions with South

Africa, including halting flights."

Following the outbreak of a new coronavirus variant in South Africa, the FIH, @SA_Hockey and the North-West

meeting today to discuss the new variant.Several countries have already either banned flights from South

Africa or asked returning travellers to quarantine.The Men's Junior Hockey World Cup is currently taking

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed its support for biennial FIFA World Cups at the organisation’s Extraordinary General Assembly, as FIFA President Gianni Infantino suggested opponents to the proposal are afraid of losing their position at the top of the sport.

cycle to a biennial one has attracted criticism from European football’s governing body UEFA and the South

clubs".CAF President Motsepe also told the General Assembly that Cameroon was 95 per cent ready for the Africa

Sabatino Aracu will be elected for a fifth term as President of World Skate when the organisation holds its COVID-19-delayed Congress in Rome tomorrow.

events.Nathanael Koty of Benin and Senegal’s Awa Fall are in the running for the top job at World Skate Africa

set to be elected President of World Skate Asia as he is standing unopposed, while Kim Young-soon of South

Men's Olympic champions Fiji will seek to start the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with victory as the new campaign begins in Dubai.

from Australia, Canada and France.Argentina, United States, Kenya and Spain compete in Pool B, while South

Africa, Britain, Ireland and Japan feature in Pool C.The top two teams in each pool will advance to

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is expected to confirm its support of FIFA’s proposed plans for biennial World Cups at an Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo.

CAF is deeply committed to the development, growth and success of football in Africa and the rest of

expected that CAF will signal its support to biennial World Cups.European governing body UEFA and the South

topped their groups in the second round of qualification.CAF’s revised budget for 2021 to 2022 and the Africa

Development Programme are also listed among the agenda items for tomorrow’s meeting.Preparations for the Africa

scheduled to start on January 9 and conclude on February 6.Africa's World Cup playoffs and Cameroon's Africa

England is to welcome Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in January for the Netball Quad Series,

our thanks must go to the staff and players from Netball Australia, Netball New Zealand and Netball South

Africa who have worked tirelessly to confirm this event.Introducing your Netball Quad Series goalers

International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Greg Barclay has expressed his confidence that all teams will travel to Pakistan to compete in the 2025 Champions Trophy, despite admitting India’s participation was a "challenging issue".

due to security concerns.The attacks in Lahore a year later forced the competition to be relocated to South

Africa, while Pakistan also lost the rights to co-host the 2011 World Cup.No Indian cricket team has

Hong Kong and Japan won the respective men’s and women’s titles at the Asia Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai as they booked their places at next year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens.

A 33-7 thrashing of South Korea saw Hong Kong clinch the men’s crown, while Japan defeated China 14-12

in the women’s final.All four teams secured their tickets to the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South

Africa after reaching the final of the competition in the United Arab Emirates.In the men’s event, Hong

Congratulations to China, Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, who all booked their places at the Rugby

Africa from September 9 to 11.

The final three places at next year's International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Cricket World Cup will be decided over the next two weeks as nine teams compete at the qualifier in Zimbabwean capital Harare.

4 to April 3.Defending champions England, the 2017 runners-up India, six-time winners Australia and South

Africa also made sure of their places through their 2017-2020 IWC performances.

FIFA has decided to ditch the two-legged format for the intercontinental playoffs in favour of single games as nations battle to secure the final spots at next year’s World Cup.

Four teams are due to feature in the playoffs with representatives from Asia, Oceania, South America

international playoffs to secure their place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup ©Getty ImagesFour teams from both Africa

and South America can qualify directly to the World Cup with another slot available for the intercontinental