Oscar Pistorius is set to be released from prison once he has agreed to meet with the parents of Reva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he was convicted of murdering in 2013, it has been reported.

model, multiple times through a bathroom door in his home on Valentine's Day in February 2013.Under South

with Pistorius before he is considered for early release from Atteridgeville Correctional Centre in South

Africa's capital Pretoria, as is their right under South Africa's victim-offender dialogue policy.They

The Steenkamps are allowed to make recommendations following their meeting with Pistorius to the South

Africa overturned the ruling and convicted Pistorius of murder.He was sentenced to six years in jail

semi-finals of the International Cricket Council Men’s Twenty20 World Cup after thrashing West Indies as South

Africa exited despite beating England in the final Super12s Group One game.

off 32 to triumph with eight wickets and 22 balls to spare.Australia had to wait until the outcome of South

to the semi-finals.Kagiso Rabada claimed a hat-trick against England but it was not enough to send South

Africa through to the last four ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa then needed to restrict group leaders England

on 179-7, suffering their first defeat of the campaign but Australia’s superior net run rate meant South

Africa bowed out.All eyes will be on Group 2 tomorrow with leaders Pakistan facing bottom side Scotland

Anna Arzhanova has been re-elected as President of the World Underwater Federation (CMAS).

Lebanon, Sameh El Shazly of Egypt, Bozana Ostojic of Serbia, Alex Wong of Hong Kong, Frank Slabbert of South

Africa, Shunji Yoshizawa of Japan, Chul Sik Kang of Korea, Gabor Papp of Hungary, Ulrich Wolf of Germany

New Zealand boosted their chances of reaching the Men's Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals while simultaneously eliminating Namibia with a 52-run win, before India kept their tournament hopes remain alive following a drubbing of Scotland in the United Arab Emirates.

final fixtures of Group 1 take place tomorrow as Australia take on the West Indies and England face South

Africa.

Colombia’s Egan Bernal is among the star names poised to ride at the inaugural Giro d’Italia Criterium in Dubai, with riders set to compete in a short-format event.

being held as part of Expo 2020 Dubai, the first edition of the event to take place in the Middle East, Africa

and South Asia region.A "Made in Italy" campaign is featured at the Expo, which seeks to showcase Italian

Defending champions West Indies have been eliminated from the International Cricket Council Men's Twenty20 (T20) World Cup after a dismal 20-run defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi.

with five wickets for 19 runs against Bangladesh ©Getty ImagesThe result leaves England, Australia and South

Africa fighting to progress from Group 1 in the Super 12.Earlier in the day, Australia boosted their

Australia chased the target in 6.2 overs to significantly improve their net run-rate and climb above South

Africa into second place in Group 1.Adam Zampa starred as he took a career-best 5-19, making him the

Britain’s Alfie Hewett beat compatriot Gordon Reid in an all British battle at the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters as group action continued in the men’s singles competition.

the Netherlands beat Japan’s Momoko Ohtani 6-2, 6-3.In the group’s other game Kgothatso Montjane of South

Africa came from a set down to defeat Dana Mathewson of the United States 2-6, 7-6, 6-1.In Group B,

standings after recording a second successive win when they beat Japan’s Koji Sugeno and Kyu-Seung Kim of South

Pakistan outclassed Namibia by 45 runs to secure their place in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

brutal hitting of Rizwan, Azam and Mohammad Hafeez, who struck 32 from 16 balls.Anrich Nortje led the South

partnerships but fell comfortably short of their target.In the day's earlier game at the same venue, South

Africa cruised to a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh to boost their chances of qualifying for the

semi-finals.South Africa ripped through the Bangladesh line-up, bowling them out for 84 to set up an

easy victory.Anrich Nortje led the South African attack with 3-8 as Bangladesh slipped to 24-3 and then

Nearly 80 per cent of athletes are seriously concerned about climate change and more than half claim that it has already impacted on them, according to a new survey published by World Athletics to coincide with the start of COP26 in Glasgow.

have already been directly impacted.A larger proportion of those were from developing countries in Africa

, Asia and South America where impacts of climate change are being felt the hardest.Several respondents

Jos Buttler scored his maiden international Twenty20 century as England edged out Sri Lanka to take a giant step towards qualifying for the semi-finals at the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

unbeaten start to the tournament.They will be assured of a place in the last four if Bangladesh beat South

Africa in tomorrow's early clash.Only an improbable swing of net run-rate in favour of South Africa

Zimbabwe has been announced as the latest nation to join the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF).

Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia and Nigeria.Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South

Africa, Tunisia and Zambia are also African members of the IMMAF.

South Africa scraped past Sri Lanka despite requiring 15 off the last over, while England swept aside

after hitting 72 runs off 58 balls.Dwaine Pretorius and Tabraiz Shamsi both took three wickets for South

Africa, who were seeking their second win of the Super 12s stage.In reply, Proteas captain Temba Bavuma

a first ball duck across two overs.The Lions appeared favourites heading into the final over, with South

Africa requiring 15 for victory.Consecutive sixes from David Miller, who ended on 23 off 13 balls, helped

South Africa triumph by four wickets off the penultimate ball.Jos Buttler hit 71 runs off 32 balls as

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed dates for the 2022 Congress, which is set to be held virtually.

Bhubaneshwar in India from November 24 to December 5, and the Women’s Junior World Cup, due to be held in South

Africa from December 5 to 16.The FIH's Executive Board said the hockey competitions at Tokyo 2020 were

Egypt's Adham Hatem Elgamal and South Africa's Johanita Scholtz were crowned men's and women's singles

champions respectively as badminton's All Africa Championships drew to a close at the Lugogo Indoor

10 and Algeria's Mounib Celia 21-11, 23-21 in the semi-finals respectively.It was the second-seeded South

13 in the final.Mammeri and Medel have now won four of the last five men's doubles titles at the All Africa

Championships.Scholtz added further success to her name as she won the women's doubles event for South

Africa alongside Amy Ackerman.The pair won their first two matches in straight games, before beating

South Africa's Quinton de Kock has apologised for his refusal to take the knee prior to this team's match

De Kock and his South Africa team-mates were instructed on the morning of their Tuesday (October 26)

apologised and said he will do so in future matches, meaning he will be available for selection for South

Africa throughout the tournament, but cited his unhappiness at being forced to take the action."

refusal to take the knee, he claims, is because his "rights" were taken away from him due to Cricket South

Africa enforcing the rule.Referencing his family situation, which includes black and mixed-race members