FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) teamed up with the Brazilian government at Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, today (19 June 2012) to present their strategy to stage the 2014 FIFA World Cupâ„¢ in a sustainable way.

As one of the largest sports events in the world, the FIFA World Cupâ„¢ has a considerable impact on society and the environment. The sustainability strategy developed by FIFA and the LOC aims not only to mitigate the negative impact but also to maximise the positive effects of hosting the FIFA World Cupâ„¢. Green stadiums, waste management, community support, reducing and offsetting carbon emissions, renewable energy, climate change and capacity development are just some of the key issues that will be addressed over the next two years. A total of approximately USD 20 million will be invested by FIFA in the implementation of the strategy. Further support for the sustainability effort will be provided by FIFA's Commercial Affiliates and other involved stakeholders.

Elise Marcotte will be representing Canada in the duet Synchronized Swimming event at the Commonwealth Games which will take place in Delhi next month. The soon to be 22 year old did an exclusive interview with TheSportsCampus where she described Synchronized Swimming as a sport that comprises of both, artistic as well as technical elements.

Marcotte, who began her sojourn with the sport at the adorable age of 5, spends a phenomenal 40 hours a week on training. She qualified on the National AA team at a young age, and now devotes her entire time focussing on international events. Her last outing was at the Japan Open in May where she was part of the team event. Elise was part of the Canadian team that narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing 4th at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Australia came out on trumps by 27 runs in their final group match against Bangladesh and thus secured theirs and Pakistan's safe passage to the Super 8s stage of the ICC World T20. The match was a roller coaster ride for the neutrals in the initial part when the famed Aussie batting line up floundered against a disciplined and crafty Bangladesh bowling attack.

After being reduced to 65/6 in the 13th over, Michael Hussey (47) turned out yet another rescue attack and along with Steven Smith (27) took the Aussies to a competitive 141/7 in their allotted 20 overs. In reply the Bangladeshi batsmen could never really settle down against a lively pace attack on a helpful pitch. Some patent rash shots from their frontline batsmen saw Bangladesh never really in the match as they lost wickets at regular intervals and were eventually bundled out for 114 with an over and two balls to spare.

India, backed by a magnificent hundred from Suresh Raina, clinched a high scoring encounter at St. Lucia against South Africa by 14 runs to top the Group C chart with 2 wins out of 2 in the ICC World Twenty20. Raina's 60-ball effort propelled India to a well above par 186, and the Proteas fell short despite Kallis' 73 and a late burst by AB de Villiers.

Being an early morning start, there was some wind across the ground and swing expected, which was why Graeme Smith made the natural decision to field first. Smith chose Loots Bosman over Herschelle Gibbs while Rory Kleinveldt and Morne Morkel grabbed the final two bowling spots to make it a 5 seamer - 1 spinner attack. In contrast, India chose Piyush Chawla over Zaheer Khan to make it 4 spinners and 2 seamers in their bowling unit. Also, Gautam Gambhir had to be rested due to a bout of diarrhea and Dinesh Karthik was slotted in at the top of the order.

Zimbabwe followed their tense, one-run victory against Australia on Tuesday with a comfortable 12-run win over defending champions Pakistan in their second warm-up match of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Beausejour stadium on Thursday. The underdogs posted a marginal 143-7 in their 20 overs after being put into bat but yet another disciplined bowling and fielding performance restricted Pakistan to a meagre 131 in reply.

The attention of the cricket playing world, never mind the Caribbean, is now rapidly turning towards the revitalised minnows in red. Having been many peoples' favourites to be outplayed by Ireland and Afghanistan amongst the smaller teams, Zimbabwe are now being talked about as potential giant-killers when the tournament proper gets under way.

New Zealand's Suzie Bates believes it is about time the White Ferns took home an ICC trophy having reached both the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2009 and the ICC World Twenty20 2009 - losing both times to England.

"Obviously our plan this year is to win the tournament, it was great last year to make two finals but it was just as disappointing to lose to England twice but I think with this team we've got a core of a group that played in both those finals. We've played two finals and lost two finals and it's about time for us to learn from our mistakes. You can't buy experience like that and for us to have been through two defeats like that is something that has definitely made us stronger and hopefully we'll get one up this time round in the West Indies," she said.

Ireland lost their final warm-up game of the ICC World Twenty20 to their arch nemesis Afghanistan. The margin of defeat was five wickets as the Afghans passed their target of 134 with three balls to spare.

That didn't look likely as a disciplined Irish attack had reduced them to 71 for 4 with just six overs remaining. Gary Kidd bowled the 15th, and from his first ball Asghar Stanikzai was dropped by Nigel Jones on the long-on boundary - a hard chance, but what made it worse for Kidd was the fact that it was parried over the boundary rope for six.