South Africa’s women’s team have become the latest side to book their spot at the Rio 2016 Olymoic Games after they won the Women’s Sevens qualifying event with a comfortable 31-5 victory over Kenya on home soil in Kempton Park.

Six South Korean cities will stage matches at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, it has been announced, with world football’s governing body also confirming the tournament will take place from May 20 to June 11.

Leading South Korean actor Lee Min-ho has been named as an Honourary Ambassador for the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, it has been announced.

Crowds at next year’s World Rugby Sevens Series event in London will be dramatically reduced while bars will close earlier in a bid to cull drunken behaviour, the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has chaired the first official meeting of the Organising Committee for the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, due to take place in Baku, it has been announced.

T44 100 metres world record holder Jarryd Wallace of the United States is the latest Paralympian to star in a series of promotional videos ahead of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Doha next month.

The Usain Bolt Foundation will become part of the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) Athletes for a Better World programme, the Jamaican multiple-Olympic sprinting champion has announced.

The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has attended a presentation of the "Madrid Healthy City" initiative, aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles in the workplace.

Four-times Olympic swimming champion Janet Evans has been appointed vice-chair of Los Angeles 2024, it has been announced, marking the first major addition to the city’s bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in nine years’ time.

Pyeongchang 2018 vice-president Young-jin Kwak dismissed concerns over their removal of "sacred" trees in order to build a ski run for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, remaining adamant there were no plans to move the venue despite mounting protests from a leading South Korean environmental group.

Angola survived a scare in the opening match of their Women’s Afrobasket title defence as they came from behind to beat Senegal in a low-scoring contest on the first day of the event in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Professional services provider Deloitte and US Paralympics have unveiled an interactive classification guide ahead of next year’s Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The Netherlands will begin their Hockey World League Final title defence with a London 2012 gold medal rematch against Germany after the International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed the schedule for the event in Raipur, India.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chair Gunilla Lindberg says she is “totally convinced” venues will be ready in time to stage Pyeongchang 2018 test events despite the hectic schedule, while reiterating that deadlines remain tight here today.