The 2026 World Cup will kick off on June 11 with joint-hosts Mexico playing South Africa at the Azteca Stadium – iconic venue of the 1970 and 1986 finals – followed by South Korea against a playoff winner after the complex draw was made on Friday.

Striker Yoane Wissa is back in training and getting close to making his Newcastle United debut, manager Eddie Howe said of the DR Congo international on Friday.

The Fiji U17 women’s national team has arrived in Samoa with renewed confidence, strong leadership, and a talented roster determined to elevate the nation’s presence in women’s basketball.

Friends United opened their National Club Championship campaign in style this afternoon, thumping Lami Rangers 7–1 in the opening match at the Fiji Football Association headquarters in Suva.

Five-times Olympic swimming gold medallist Ian Thorpe said he has joined the crew of supermaxi LawConnect as it chases a third consecutive victory in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race.

“Frustrated, angry, that is it.”

Eben Etzebeth, South Africa’s double World Cup-winning second row, has been banned for 12 weeks for an eye gouge against Wales.

Fiji Boxing Commission chairman Adi Nayaran says Winston Hill’s Pan Pacific welterweight title fight tomorrow marks a significant milestone for local boxing.

The 2025 Dayal’s Sawmillers National Club Championship kicks off today with matches in the Western and Southern zones, while the Northern zone will stage its lone fixture tomorrow.

The Wallabies new head coach Les Kiss will begin his tenure against Eddie Jones’s Japan, according to Australia’s 14-Test schedule for 2026.

Major League Pickleball is set to introduce electronic line-calling for its matches next season, following a deal with technology firm Owl AI, the company’s founder Jeremy Bloom told Reuters.

Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus has issued a warning against those backing the All Blacks to beat Australia in their Pool A clash at the 2027 Rugby World Cup.