South Africa has reacted angrily after FIFA claimed the country paid a bribe to help win the rights to

system.In legal documents, claims are made of a $10 million (£7 million/€9 million) payment made by South

Africa in order to secure votes for the 2010 tournament.It is claimed that the money was paid to the

South Africa did not pay any bribe nor did it illegally obtain the right to host the World Cup,” he said

We paid money to a legacy project in the African diaspora in the Caribbean.South Africa held the first

World Cup on the continent in 2010 ©Getty Images “It was a resolution of the South African government

American football player Nate Ebner is to take a break from the sport in a bid to be selected for the United States' rugby sevens team at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

winning the North American qualification tournament on home soil in Cary in June.Fiji, Great Britain, South

Africa, New Zealand, Argentina, France, Japan, Kenya and Australia will also compete, alongside hosts

FIFA will attempt to reclaim "tens of millions of dollars" from corrupt members and other football officials, it has been announced.

the documents state.Reference is made to a $10 million (£7 million/€9 million) payment made by South

Africa in order to secure votes for the 2010 World Cup, while it is claimed Morocco paid bribes in the

Africa money, along with former CONCACAF general secretary Blazer.Chuck Blazer is among the 41

Ultimately, given defendant Warner’s strong illicit ties to the South African bid committee, the South

of the governing body's congress, is another of the officials named in the FIFA legal claim.Former South

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to lead an anti-doping taskforce in the run-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics in August.

a level playing field for all athletes.”Anti-doping organisations in Denmark, Japan, Australia and South

Africa will also be involved with the operational activities of the taskforce.Among the tasks will be

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has today revealed the new official emblem of the 2016 Under-15 Baseball World Cup.

shapes and a universal colour scheme.The glove is intended to represent WBSC and its 142 members across Africa

are Australia, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, South

FIFA has banned three officials in connection with the Lindile Kika match-fixing scandal in South Africa

Kika, the former head of national teams at the South African Football Association (SAFA), was banned

"compelling evidence" that a number of warm-up games had been rigged ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South

Africa and Colombia was one of the games investigated ©Getty ImagesSedibe, Goddard and Carelse have

Three cases were decided concerning international friendly matches played in South Africa in 2010."

The investigation, initiated on November 2014, against former football officials of the South African

New Zealand moved to within two points of overall leaders Fiji as they beat South Africa 19-14 in a

Australia in the semi-finals as they ran in four tries on their way to a high-scoring 29-18 success.South Africa

Defending champions Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand booked their places in the quarter-finals of

States, who finished fourth on home soil at the Las Vegas Sevens, in the quarter-finals tomorrow.South Africa

Afghanistan qualified for the Super 10s stage of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 with a 59-run success over Zimbabwe in India today.

ranked countries come in.They have joined defending champions Sri Lanka in group one, alongside England, South

Africa and West Indies.The other clash in Group B at Nagpur today was a rain affected dead-rubber, with

South African officials have promised to host a world-class Commonwealth Games at Durban in 2022, despite

million (£26 million/$38 million/€34 million) to help host the first Commonwealth Games to be staged in Africa

Scott's admission has heightened fears over early preparations for the event after the South African

South Africa's Cabinet estimated that the Games could generate ZAR20 billion (£975 million/$1.5 billion

at least 11,500 people.Tubby Reddy, chief executive of SASCOC, claimed they had already engaged the South

Our partners in government are working with us to ensure that the first ever Games in Africa will be

Sweden’s women secured the final European berth available at Rio 2016 as they won the four-team UEFA Olympic Qualifying Tournament thanks to a 1-1 draw with the hosts at the Stadium Sparta-Het Kasteel in Rotterdam today.

join the hosts Brazil, the defending gold medallists United States, Canada, Colombia, New Zealand, South

Africa and Zimbabwe at Rio 2016. 

Johannesburg will host the Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship this year.

Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling (CTFB) Federation revealed its choice today and will be taking the tournament to Africa

for the first time.A bid described as “compelling” by the Tenpin Bowling Association of South Africa

, supported by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, won over the CTFB leadership.The

South Africa will also be hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Durban, although bowling is not on

Karate South Africa (KSA) has had the threat of its membership from the African Karate Federation (UFAK

issued a suspension and began moves  to end its membership of the continental body.Last August. the South

KSA and its affiliates will keep on working towards a solution to the challenges that face karate in South

Africa, and wider on the continent,” he wrote.

Fiji overturned a 15-0 half-time deficit against Australia to successfully defend their USA Sevens Cup title in round five of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. 

TwitterFiji's win gives them a five-point lead at the top of the World Rugby Sevens Series standings, ahead of South

Africa on 86 and New Zealand on 82, at the halfway stage.Australia are fourth with the United States

, who finished fourth in Las Vegas after losing to South Africa in the third place play-off, sitting

fifth.The US lost 21-14 against Fiji in the semi-finals and South Africa fell to a 14-12 defeat at the

Fox Sports and Nine Entertainment have signed a late deal to show the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 in Australia.

as New Zealand, Pakistan and Australia.Awaiting the Group B winners in Group One will be England, South

Africa, West Indies and defending champions Sri Lanka.Tomorrow’s first matches will both be in Group