FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke has acknowledged that he will almost certainly leave world football’s governing body at the same time as Sepp Blatter, the President under whom he has served since 2007.

Confederation (CONCACAF) and the European Football Confederation (UEFA), and one representative each of the South

Teams from Africa, North, Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania, South America and Europe will learn

the Closing Ceremony held at Kings Park Stadium following the first visit of voting delegates to the South

but has since undergone extensive renovation, including for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, when it staged South

Moses Mabhida Stadium, named after Moses Mabhida, a former General Secretary of the South

the athletics and rugby sevens.Durban 2022 chairman Mark Alexander showed delegates details of the South

minimum requirement,” Related storiesJuly 2015: Commonwealth Games Associations begin visiting South

Africa to inspect Durban 2022 bidJune 2015: Local Government would pay $90 million towards Durban

Azam Media is to cover the Rio 2016 Olympics in Tanzania, after agreeing a deal for free-to-air transmission rights with Infront Sports & Media, the Chinese-controlled sports marketing company.

, as well as non-exclusive internet and mobile.Infront was awarded broadcast rights in sub-Saharan Africa

January 2014.The territory comprises 43 countries in all, including Nigeria, Kenya and Ethiopia, but not South

Africa.As part of its mandate, Infront, along with TV Media Sport, an Africa specialist, is to produce

Montreal 1976 when the African countries boycotted the event in protest at a New Zealand rugby tour to South

Africa, who were banned by the IOC at the time because of its apartheid policies. 

Defending champions New Caledonia secured their third consecutive men’s football Pacific Games gold medal with a 2-0 victory over Tahiti in an ill-tempered final at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium today.

,” Papua New Guinea coach Ricki Herbert, who had coached New Zealand at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South

Africa, said.

Port Moresby Governor Powes Parkop today called for the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) to push for inclusion on the Asian Games programme and claimed the country “could and should” bid for the Commonwealth Games as early as 2026.

Asian Games are like the Olympic Games and have all the best countries competing like China, Japan and South

Commonwealth Games, Sports Minister claimsSeptember 2014: Australia welcome Asian Games proposal as Africa

Last week in a hotel overlooking London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Dame Tessa Jowell joined volunteers to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the day London was chosen as Olympic hosts for 2012.

Centre at Crystal Palace was one possibility in conjunction perhaps with a pool at Tooting Bec in South

Moscow Olympic boycott and her ambivalence to sanction those who maintained sporting contact with South

Africa in the Apartheid era was another obstacle.Although Howell was a skilled politician, who claimed

to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games will start being inspected by voters today when delegations from Africa

and Asia arrive in the South African city.

Durban 2022 hope the 71 delegates from the Commonwealth Games Associations who have started visiting the South

stringent criteria set by the CGF and that when the CGA votes in September, the Games will be coming to Africa

a conference at the Mangaung City Hall in Free State to discuss how they can work together with the South

The conference, organised by SASCOC in association with the South African Local Government Association

Africa "We urge our members: municipalities, wards and districts to play a role in sport through providing

"Through our support as local Government, we would want to build a South Africa we are proud of, a nation

SASCOC President Gideon Sam urged local Government to use sport to help prevent crime in South Africa

"Districts should contribute to the medal table in South Africa."

United States' Shaquille Walker paced his effort superbly to secure a shock 800 metres title today on the final day of athletics competition at the Gwangju 2015 Summer Universiade.

medal contention with half-a-lap to go.He then overhauled long-time leader Rynardt van Rensburg of South

Africa to triumph in 1min 49.05sec and become the first US man to win the two-lap race at the Universiade

Russia to stay ahead of China in second place on the medals table, with both on 32 golds, although hosts South

 Superb Simbine breaks Summer Universiade record en route to Gwangju 2015 sprinting crownJuly 2015: South

Chuck Blazer, the former FIFA Executive Committee member who turned whistleblower for the FBI, has been banned from football for life, it was announced today. 

money laundering and tax evasion.Among the charges he has pleaded too are accepting bribes to vote for South

Africa to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.Blazer had bugged meetings with senior FIFA executives during

South Sudan's recognition is set to be on the agenda at this month's International Olympic Committee

Janeiro under the national flag rather than the IOC one.It follows last month's founding meeting of the South

at last month's Executive Board meeting in Lausanne, but this was not possible due to the fact the South

could be voted upon at the IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur later this month ©Getty ImagesIf successful, South

conducted by the IOC, along with the officials from the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Sudan membership will be approved in time for Rio 2016November 2014: World's newest nation South

ITV are to broadcast the BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge (WWRC), due to be held in October at the Copper Box Arena on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, it was announced today.

The line-up is completed by hosts Great Britain along with New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and France.As

Great Britain’s two-time Paralympic bronze medal-winning swimmer Rhiannon Henry has announced her retirement from competitive sport after a 14-year career.

race with guide Nicole Walters - the PT5 category at the International Triathlon Union event in South

Africa.

Former England captain and coach Martin Johnson has launched the official ticket design for this year’s Rugby World Cup at Twickenham Stadium in London.

centre, alongside four Rugby World Cup winning captains.As well as Johnson, Australia’s John Eales, South

quarter-final, semi-final and the bronze final matches feature photos, supplied by Getty Images.South Africa

Eales taken during the semi-final of the 1999 Rugby World Cup at Twickenham Stadium, where they beat South

Africa 27-21 before going on to win the tournament for the second time.England is represented by an

Africa versus Samoa at Villa Park.Fans can continue to sell any unwanted tickets through the official

Matt Buchi has been appointed head coach of the United States’ men’s wheelchair basketball team for the 2015 Kitakyushu Champions’ Cup in Japan, the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) has announced.

designed to nurture young players who may be able to participate at Tokyo 2020.The US will face Britain, South

of Illinois, Buchi has also worked with wheelchair basketball camps and clinics in Japan, Israel, Africa