SYDNEY (SMH) ---- Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones has warned against writing off the world champion Springboks despite their Tri Nations form slump.

South Africa have named a 29-strong training squad for a four-day camp in Johannesburg next week ahead of the home leg of the Vodacom Tri Nations.

The International Softball Federation (ISF) has rejected baseball's latest offer to join together in a bid for Olympic reinstatement.

The International Cricket Council have confirmed New Zealand Cricket chairman Alan Isaac as its vice president.