Category: OTHER SPORTS

Liverpool, England, July 21, 2019: The Silver Ferns, whose last World Cup title came in 2003, took control of the contest late in the second quarter and didn’t give up their advantage as captain Laura Langman led her side to success with help from some superb shooting from Maria Folau and Ameliaranne Ekenasio (New Zealand…

Tainan, Taiwan, July 20, 2019: World Baseball Softball Confederation President Riccardo Fraccari today officially opened the Tainan Asia-Pacific International Baseball Stadium and Training Centers — a first-of-its-kind elite baseball facility designed specifically for youth athletes aged 12 and under. The complex built at a cost of $130 million and will host the next five editions…

Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 19, 2019: Team South Africa 2023 (Team South Africa) have congratulated Liverpool on hosting a very successful tournament and said that they were looking forward to picking up the mantle as the next hosts of the Netball World Cup. In a media briefing hosted by Team South Africa with the international…

Dublin, July 18, 2019: With 64 days to go until Rugby World Cup 2019 kicks off in Japan, tickets destined for international fans began shipping on Thursday from the DHL Express Tokyo Gateway. This significant milestone marked with a symbolic ticket dispatch ceremony in which the very first batch of tickets officially passed from the…

London, July 15, 2019: South African swimming legend Cameron van der Burgh has spoken of his belief in the work of Laureus Sport for Good in his new role as a Laureus Ambassador. Cameron, who holds both the world short-course 50m and 100m breaststroke records, got straight to work by spending time with young people…

London, UK, Sunday 14 July 2019: The Chair Umpire for the Gentlemen’s Singles Final is Damian Steiner, 44, from Buenos Aires, Argentina (Coin Toss Chair Umpire). Damian is a Gold Badge Chair Umpire, who has employed by the ATP since 2014. This is Damian’s first Gentlemen’s Singles Final at Wimbledon. Damian has also umpired at…

By Carly Baldwin, July 12, 2019: Hosts England ensured a winning start to the Vitality Netball World Cup Liverpool by overcoming a tough Ugandan side at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool this evening. Tracey Neville’s Roses – looking to claim their first ever World Cup title dominant in the first and final quarters of…

Lausanne, July 11, 2019: WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari today applauded the leaders of the BFA and Softball Asia for having signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the WBSC-Asia Baseball5 Commission. The mission of the new commission is to promote and develop the new five-on-five Baseball5 discipline across Asia, attracting more youth and athletes to…

By Tom Lloyd, London, UK, July 3, 2019: Dave Miley today unveiled (Dave Miley unveils ambitious) his manifesto ‘Together for Tennis – ITF Strong’ (available at TogetherForTennis.com) to become President of the ITF. Nominated by Tennis Ireland, Dave Miley is the former ITF Director of Development, and his manifesto drives by what is: Good for…

Tokyo, June 27, 2019: Ahead of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, ITU President and IOC Member Marisol Casado was invited to represent the IOC at the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit in Tokyo, alongside other reputable political leaders such as Antonio Guterres (UN Secretary-General), Christine Lagarde (Managing Director, International Monetary Fund) and Tedros Adhanom…