South Africa's hopes of participating in the baseball competition at Tokyo 2020 suffered a major setback after a convincing defeat to Spain in the Africa/Europe qualification event in Bologna.

group matches.Spain's victory over South Africa gave their team a much-needed boost after losing to Israel

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has demanded that Iran end its ban on women attending football matches.

international pressure in judo.Yesterday, the International Judo Federation suspended the country over its anti-Israel

Arina Averina found herself in the unusual position of leading her twin sister Dina, as she topped the clubs qualifying on the third day of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship in Azerbaijan.

Russia's Ekaterina Selezneva, who won individual hoop gold yesterday, fourth on 22.600.Linoy Ashram of Israel

The Netherlands made a winning start to the Africa/Europe qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by overcoming the Czech Republic in Parma.

officials were forced to postpone play due to poor weather conditions.Spain suffered a 3-0 loss to Israel

The International Judo Federation (IJF) has announced a protective suspension of the Iran Judo Federation, following pressure applied to judoka Saeid Mollaei at the World Championships to avoid facing an Israeli athlete.

World Lacrosse has announced its most comprehensive digital viewing and broadcast plan for the Men's Indoor World Championship, starting tomorrow (September 19) in Vancouver, British Colombia.

top-five teams in the blue division are, in order of seeding, Canada, Iroquois Nationals, United States, Israel

The Netherlands will hope to build on their European Baseball Championship success by winning the crucial Africa/Europe qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

will advance to a final qualification tournament.The Netherlands are joined by Italy, Czech Republic, Israel

Ramil Guliyev has vowed to perform better at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics Championships after claiming the men's 200 metres title at the Gloria Cup here.

women's javelin title as Laura Whittingham of Britain collected silver with 50.97m.Margaryta Dorozhon of Israel

The Netherlands secured their third consecutive European Baseball Championship title as they eased to a 5-1 victory over Italy in the final in Germany.

silver.Spain won the bronze medal after they emerged with a 16-11 victory from a high-scoring contest with Israel

Sixty-two nations will take part at the upcoming Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku, where Tokyo 2020 places will be up for grabs as well as gold medals.

the defending all-around gold medallist, having finished ahead of silver medallist Linoy Ashram of Israel

Defending champions the Netherlands will take on Italy in the gold-medal match at the European Baseball Championship after both sides came through their semi-finals in Germany.

last-four encounters were hard-fought affairs as the Dutch side edged out Spain 1-0, while Italy beat Israel

Italy beat hosts Germany this evening to secure their place in the semi-finals of the European Baseball Championship.

triumphed 7-5 in the last of the three quarter-final ties held in Bonn.Awaiting them in the last four are Israel

Solingen.Israel are among the four teams through to the semi-finals ©Baseball-em.deBy reaching the semi-finals, Israel

Austria and Croatia claimed wins over Great Britain and Sweden, respectively, in the race for ninth place at the European Baseball Championship in Germany.

of the tournament ©Baseball-em.deAlso taking place tomorrow are the four quarter-final ties between Israel

Italy made it five wins from five to top Group B as Britain's elimination from the European Baseball Championship was confirmed in Germany.

pic.twitter.com/ZNZvm7f0K5— Great Britain Baseball (@GB_Baseball) September 11, 2019The Netherlands defeated Israel

Israel edged out Britain to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the European Baseball Championship

made it three wins from three with a 7-4 triumph at Baseballpark Weyersberg in Solingen.Victory for Israel

defending champions Netherlands in their final match tomorrow.The Dutch moved a step closer to joining Israel