South Africa appears to have avoided a ban from the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the country

Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Members’ Council and Interim Board believe a "crisis has been averted" after

Council, claimed Mthethwa’s proposed intervention would have caused "irreparable harm" to the sport in South

Africa and internationally."

Today is a historic day for cricket in South Africa and we look forward to being part of a new governance

Africa notice of the Government's intent to strip the organisation of its recognition ©Getty Images"I

Organisers of the the rearranged Olympic Games in Tokyo have announced the schedule for football tournament following the draw conducted by FIFA last week.

afterwards.Starting at 5pm the same day, Mexico are due to play France in Group A, followed by hosts Japan against South

Africa at the Tokyo Stadium.Also starting at 5pm at the Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, New Zealand are set

to play South Korea in Group B, later followed by Honduras against Romania.Brazil defeated Germany in

Six of the eight teams that will compete in the women's Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are now known after the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced all but two of the qualified nations.

World champions Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa have all qualified for the event

Sydney is to stage the Netball World Cup in 2027 after Netball Australia won the rights to the tournament.

as this and will work to ensure that lasting benefits will be enjoyed by communities throughout New South

girls inside and outside of the netball community, and this is the ninth World Cup to be awarded to New South

Zealand in the final when Sydney last held the Netball World Cup in 2015 ©Getty ImagesSince 2019, New South

which will deliver enormous economic and social benefits to our state for years to come," added New South

Africa is due to stage the 2023 World Cup, where New Zealand will be defending champions."

South Africa is on the brink of being banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the country's

Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa has exercised the Government's power to intervene in the troubled Cricket South

Africa (CSA), which could be removed as the organisation responsible for the sport in the country by

said it has not received any complaint from the CSA.Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa has given Cricket South

Africa notice of the Government's intent to strip the organisation of its recognition ©Getty ImagesCSA

chairman Stavros Nicolaou warned the threat from the Sports Ministry could have grave consequences for South

The International Esports Federation (IESF) has added six new members from three continental zones.

Bodies from Armenia, Croatia and Lithuania in Europe, as well as Djibouti in Africa and Honduras and

Posted by Esports Suriname on Thursday, 1 April 2021The IESF - which has its headquarters in Busan in South

Defending Olympic men's football champions Brazil will open their Tokyo 2020 campaign against Germany in a repeat of the Rio 2016 final.

against Rio 2016 bronze medallists Canada at the Sapporo Dome on July 21 with the men scheduled to face South

Africa at the Tokyo Stadium the following day.As well as facing South Africa, hosts Japan will meet

Mexico and France in Group A.Group B consists of New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras and Romania, while

Elected World Taekwondo officials are set to only be able to serve three consecutive terms in any role after reforms which also include age limits and steps to improve gender balance were approved by the Council today.

towards a candidate's limit, so President Chungwon Choue will be able to stand for re-election.The South

Federation President, died in March.World Taekwondo vice-president Fouly was the leader of World Taekwondo Africa

Israel has named an expanded roster of 44 players for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which has been submitted to the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

includes all 24 players who secured Israel's berth at the Olympics by winning the WBSC Baseball Europe/Africa

first time since Beijing 2008.Cuba has won three of the five Olympic titles, with the United States and South

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has announced Veldskoen Shoes as

systems are in place and with sponsors supporting the team, we are confident that the delivery of team South

Africa to Tokyo Olympics will be successful."

SASCOC President Barry Hendricks added: "We are pleased with the tremendous support corporate South Africa

Africa Olympic and Paralympic Games official off-field sponsor."

Businesses can buy Veldskoen for their work teams and share in the spirit of being South African, by

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Esports Open III has tipped off, with the NBA 2K21 tournament attracting a record 60 national teams.

event.The toal of 60 teams is an increase from 38 in the FIBA Esports Open II.Six teams will compete in the South

East Asia, Africa and Middle East conferences.

 Eight teams are in the North and Central America conference, with seven in the equivalent for South

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The decision by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to send a team to Birmingham 2022 is a major boost to Commonwealth Games organisers.

cricket.India's national team had not played for a year because of COVID-19 before losing at home to South

Africa in a one-day international and T20 series last month.The BCCI is currently advertising for a

The South African Lacrosse Association (SALA) has been accepted as a World Lacrosse member, taking the

It is the fourth World Lacrosse member from Africa, joining bodies from Uganda, Kenya and Ghana.SALA's

The membership application we received from the South African Lacrosse Association was outstanding, offering

a long-term vision and plan for the continued growth of lacrosse in South Africa in which we have a

Hopefully, in the next decade, we will be able to send teams to represent South Africa on the World Championship

Cook Islands - March 2022Not everyone would enthusiastically celebrate a lawn bowls bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, but the Cook Islands certainly would.

Bowls is an important sport in the Cook Islands, with the Gold Coast pair beating England and South Africa

The Gambia - June 2022The Gambia has only won a solitary bronze medal in its Commonwealth Games history but will travel to Birmingham 2022 with Africa's fastest woman.

These are problems which other countries in Africa will be able to identify with.A ceremony marking The

The Gambia is the smallest country in mainland Africa and is surrounded on three sides by Senegal.It

national stadium is not certified by the Confederation of African Football, we recently had to play South

 "Outside the Africa Cup of Nations, I would put the Commonwealth Games as the second biggest event