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The Netball World Cup was first held in 1963. It’s the largest women’s sporting event on the planet – and for the first time it’s being hosted in Africa. Four African teams have made the final 16 of the 2023 tournament, which takes place in Cape Town, South Africa from…

The 2023 Netball World Cup kicks off in Cape Town tomorrow, with the Silver Ferns taking on Trinidad and Tobago. Merryn Anderson checks out their route to the final. 

Netball had become established in South Africa by 1917, much later than other sports that originated in the 1800s. South Africa, however, had a visible presence in the early years of codifying netball for international competition.

Once sacked from her day job after playing for South Africa, she’s now leading Banyana Banyana at the Women’s World Cup.

Cape Town's United Herzlia Schools face scrutiny over alleged enforcement of Zionism and support for Israeli military.

Announcing her retirement from netball, veteran Ash Brazill is relishing playing in her first, and last, World Cup as part of the Diamonds squad in Cape Town.

At first glance, it would appear that there’s little in common between the vast plains of the Canadian Prairies and the mountainous swells of South Africa’s southernmost coastline. But take a closer look into cities like Calgary, Winnipeg, and Saskatoon, on one hand, and Cape Town, on the other, and…

Richie Murphy's side defeated hosts South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday afternoon

Ireland have the better form going into this last four clash in Cape Town (3.30pm Irish time), having drawn with England and beaten Australia and Fiji

After a hugely emotional week, Richie Murphy's charges take on hosts South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday

Munster rugby coach Greig Oliver's death on Rocklands Beach stunned locals as for the two following days the Cape Point Promenade was filled with ambulances and police cars and fire engines as two other locals also drowned in the surf.