A baseball5 webinar has been held for coaches and officials in Benin as the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) continues its drive to develop the discipline across the globe.

The webinar, organised by the WBSC and the Africa Baseball Softball Association (ABSA), was attended

officials in Burkina Faso was held by the WBSC and ABSA.Representatives from Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, South

Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia have all participated in previous WBSC webinars on baseball5

Lokesh Suji, director of the Esports Federation of India (ESFI), has stated a belief that the nation will be "the next powerhouse in esports".

Governments of countries like South Korea, Denmark, Finland, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, North Macedonia

, Ukraine, Brazil, Russia, Thailand, Indonesia, Georgia, South Africa, Serbia etcetera have already recognised

coaching have been held in Egypt and Burkina Faso, as word of the discipline continues to spread in Africa

Representatives from Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia have

Australian Open organisers have said there is no reason for alarm despite Greek player Michail Pervolarakis testing positive for coronavirus after leaving the country.

 The world number 463 has tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in South Africa via Qatar.He

After spending a day in South Africa [Pervolarakis] tested positive," Tennis Australia chief executive

will go through the normal processes in the national incident room and go through the information with South

Africa and tie it off."

The last three nations who will compete in the men's water polo tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are due to be decided at the final qualifier in Rotterdam.

Olympic tournament alongside eight other nations.Serbia, Italy, Spain, the United States, Australia, South

Africa, Hungary and Kazakhstan are the others to have booked their place at Tokyo 2020.

Ampie Louw, the former coach of multiple Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, has died at the age of 72.

Louw is credited for convincing Pistorius to begin an athletics career and coached the South African

He had also become the first double amputee to compete at the Olympic Games, when he was a member of South

for an intruder and was initially found guilty of manslaughter, before the Supreme Court of Appeal in South

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

2017.The 33-year-old is set to remain in jail until 2023 when he is eligible for parole.According to South

Poland)Bronze – Lucrezia Ria (Italy), Nicole Brown (USA)Women’s Featherweight 65.8 kgGold – Amanda Lino (South

Africa)Silver – Jill Holmström (Sweden)Bronze – Andrea Whitney (USA), Florence Bethert (France)Men’s

Apo (New Zealand), Alexander Pärleros (Sweden)Men’s Super Heavyweight +102.2 kgGold – Wessel Mostert (South

Africa)Silver – Nicolo Bonati (Romania)Bronze – Leroy Johnson (Canada)

Flyweight 56.7 kgGold: Micol Disegni (Italy)Silver: Anja Saxmark (Sweden)Bronze: Natalie Jean Ausmeier (South

Africa), Michaela Dostalova (Czech Republic)Women’s Bantamweight 61.2 kgGold: Lucrezia Ria (Italy)Silver

Eoghan Drumgoole (Ireland), Connor Hitchens (UK)Men’s Lightweight 70.3 kgGold: Pieter Roedulf Roets (South

Africa)Silver: Ferdun Osmanov (Bulgaria)Bronze: Iorga Cristian (Romania), Przemyslaw Tokarz (Poland)

Charbel Diab (Lebanon)Silver: Marcin Kalata (Poland)Bronze: Damian Visenjak (Austria), Dwain Meredith (South

Africa)

nbsp;Silver: Janika Antinmaa Antinmaa (Finland) Bronze: Ilaria Norcia (Italy), Cassandra Le Roux (South

Africa)Female Bantamweight 61.2 kg Gold: LaNeisha Vinson (United States) Silver: Bulgaru Daniela

;Silver: Mohammed Almuamari (Bahrain) Bronze: Alibi Temirtassov (Kazakhstan), Julio Plaatjies (South

Africa)Male Bantamweight 61.2 kg Gold: Sharapudin Magomedov (Russia) Silver: Magomed Idrisov

Africa)

Imran Khwaja won a fiercely-fought election against Ricky Skerritt to remain deputy chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). 

Ireland, and Barclay voted for Skerritt, while Khwaja received votes from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, South

Africa, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Malaysia, Singapore and independent director Indra Nooy.Barclay had defeated

Former West Indian cricketer Wavell Hinds is in the running to become the Chef de Mission for Jamaica’s Paralympic team.

scored more than 2,500 Test runs, including five centuries, with his highest score of 213 coming against South

Africa in 2005.Since 2012, Hinds has been President of the West Indies Players’ Association.Robert Darby

The top seed in the women’s singles draw Ashleigh Barty recorded a double bagel win in her first round match on day two of the year’s opening Grand Slam tournament.

Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 6-3 6-4 while ninth seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy defeated Kevin Anderson of South

Africa 7-6 7-5 6-3.Two top 16 players were on the end of upsets on day two including Spain’s Roberto

FIFA President Gianni Infantino spoke of the need to strengthen football in Africa during a call with

Infantino and Ramaphosa, who is the President of South Africa, reviewed the progress that had been made

visited 35 African countries in the last few years, Gianni Infantino stressed the important role that Africa

The rollout of the FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan, supporting football across Africa during the pandemic,

continues to play an important role to keep football alive in the continent.Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South

Africa, has been replaced as African Union chairperson by Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic

India’s cricketers have begun their four-match Test series against England, still feeling the warm glow of their exhilarating victory in Australia a fortnight ago.

De Mello made his way to Kennington Oval in South London to watch England play against the West Indies

The other Test playing nations, Australia, South Africa and the West Indies were, like India, part of