South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock withdrew from action prior to his team's narrow victory over

The team were informed by Cricket South Africa (CSA) the morning of their upcoming match against the

signal that CSA has suggested in place of taking a knee.The 28-year-old subsequently did not feature for South

 In de Kock's absence, South Africa took the knee prior to defeating West Indies ©Getty Images"After

South Africa went on to defeat the West Indies with 10 balls to spare, as they lost just two wickets

Mujeeb Ur Rahman produced a dominant bowling display as he took five wickets and helped Afghanistan hammer Scotland at the International Cricket Council Men's T20 World Cup.

Naveen-ul-Haq taking one wicket.Afghanistan moved top of group two with their triumph.Tomorrow's action sees South

Africa take on West Indies and New Zealand face Pakistan.

The first six netball teams to have qualified for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been confirmed, and represent four continents.

secured the first half of the Birmingham 2022 berths.Australia, world champions New Zealand, Jamaica, South

Africa and Malawi all occupy top-six spots in the world rankings and therefore have had their places

England's home Test match against India which was cancelled this year because of a COVID-19 outbreak in the visitors' camp has been rearranged for July 2022.

time to produce a suitable pitch, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said, so the Test against South

Africa beginning on August 25 has in turn been moved from Edgbaston to Old Trafford.India's men's cricket

 "I’d also like to thank Cricket South Africa for their support and understanding to allow these

Holders West Indies were heavily beaten by England on the first day of the International Cricket Council Men’s T20 World Cup Super12 stage, as the second phase of the tournament got underway in the United Arab Emirates.

wickets with more than 11 overs to spare at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.Australia beat South

Africa by five wickets with two balls to spare as Group One of the Men's T20 World Cup Super12 stage

ImagesIn the earlier game in Group One, held at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Australia defeated South

Africa by five wickets.South Africa lost wickets regularly on the way to posting 118-9, with Aiden Markram

Abu Dhabi Sports Council general secretary Aref Hamad Al Awani underlined their ambition to make the United Arab Emirates a "central hub for sporting events" after being awarded the rights to stage the delayed 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.

place early next year with the UAE confirmed as the new hosts at the recent FIFA Council meeting.South Africa

Association Football final between Mexicans clubs CF Monterrey and Club America.Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal and South

Scotland and Namibia have reached the so-called Super 12 stage of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup for the first time.

two wins from three.Captain Gerhard Erasmus was Namibia's highest scorer, with 53 runs, while former South

Africa international David Wiese smashed 28 off 14 balls, having also claimed two wickets during the

wickets and 108 runs across three games.Bangladesh and Sri Lanka go into Group 1, joining Australia, South

Africa, England and defending champions the West Indies, with the Super 12 stage beginning tomorrow.Namibia

A few days after witnessing the lighting of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Flame, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is set for more duties in Greece at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in Crete.

In 1952, there were only four NOCs in Africa.

This was a time when the South African Government insisted on segregation of different ethnic groups

under apartheid.The IOC President's ambivalence towards the expulsion of South Africa saw African and

Beaumont had called for a programme to be established, to assist new nations which were emerging in Africa

Tottenham Hotspur fans arriving for their match at Newcastle United on Sunday must have thought they had wandered into a Saudi souk by mistake. Scores of male home supporters dressed in Arabian clobber thronged in a typecast entrance to St James' Park selling price souvenir shirts, scarves and programmes while dancing gigs of joy.

Not even those once behind the Iron Curtain or South Africa during the dark days of apartheid run it

doodle on a blank sheet of notepaper.Yet who, say, less than half a century ago could've dreamed of South

Africa cleansing up its image sufficiently enough to host the World Cup?

The FIFA Council has approved a global summit on the international calendar - and principally the proposal to stage World Cups every two years - on December 20.

for the next FIFA Congress, on March 31.The prospect of a biennial World Cup - something UEFA, the South

"organised in one country are probably a thing of the past" and touted cross-border bids from both Africa

and South America when prompted about the regions.The debate has been "heated" and something new for

Kampala will host the All-African Badminton Championships from tomorrow, with seven days of competition scheduled in the Ugandan capital.

Getty ImagesJoining Uganda at the event will be Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Madagascar, Cameroon, South

Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Benin, Botswana, Mauritius

100 per cent ready having passed all the qualifications required by the Badminton Confederation of Africa

Paralympian Patrick O'Leary has been added to the International Canoe Federation's (ICF) Athletes' Committee.

Hungary.Britain's Eilidh Gibson will represent slalom alongside Prskavec, while Bridgitte Hartley of South

Africa is another sprint member with Tótka.Amanda Jennings of Australia is another representative for

Uruguayan football star Diego Forlán has received a teqball table from the country's national federation.

appearances for Uruguay, winning the Copa América with his country in 2011.At the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South

Africa he was awarded the golden ball as the tournament's best player.

Four members of India's junior men's hockey team are believed to have tested positive for dengue at a training camp at the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Southern Centre in Bengaluru.

person to person.The players were all unnamed, but the outbreak appears to have seen the planned tour of South

Africa put on hold, according to The Indian Express.insidethegames has approached Hockey India

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has confirmed the final qualification list for the Birmingham 2022 World Games where canoe marathon is set to make its debut.

among a number of Hungarians to star at the recent ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships ©ICFHungary, South

Africa, Spain, Japan, Denmark, Poland, France, Argentina, Norway, Britain, Portugal, the Czech Republic