With time ticking down to the start of an unusually intricate and spread-out Winter Olympics, organisers of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games say that they are on track.

Injured Australia captain Pat Cummins bowled for the first time since July on Wednesday as he races the clock to be fit for the second Ashes Test against England.

World Cup winners Kurt-Lee Arendse, Franco Mostert and Lood de Jager return after missing the final rounds of the Rugby Championship.

The Proteas have drawn first blood in a three-match T20 series against Pakistan.

Banyana Banyana have secured a place at the 16th edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, early next year.