39 And next enters Margret Rumat Rumar Hassan, the lone competitor from the world's newest country, South

rumoured that, even though the team are not attending the Games as the Ebola outbreak continues in West Africa

By Gary AndersonHua Wilfried Koffi and Murielle Ahoure ensured Ivory Coast finished the African Athletics Championships on a high as they secured the men's and women's 200 metres titles on the final day of action in Marrakech.

record of 9:29.54 to take gold ahead of Sofia Assefa with Moroccan Salima Alami taking the bronze.South Africa

55.32 ahead of Nigeria's Amaka Ogoegbunam and Kenyan Francisca Koki.Lebogang Shange became the first South

By Gary AndersonThe official match ball for next year's Rugby World Cup is set to make its competitive debut later this month.

of supplying rugby kit and equipment and has been the official ball supplier of the World Cup since South

Africa 1995.Replica Rugby World Cup 2015 match balls have been on sale to the public since September

By Gary AndersonEngland thrashed Ireland to reach their fourth consecutive Women's Rugby World Cup final where they will meet Canada, who overcame hosts France in a much tighter affair at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris. 

decider against the United States, who overcame Australia 23-20.In the other classification matches, South

Africa defeated Samoa 25-24 while Spain inflicted an 18-5 loss on Kazakhstan.The last day of action

By Gary AndersonFor the first time in the history of the African Athletics Championships, one country claimed all three medals in the men's 110 metres hurdles as Tyron Akins led home compatriots Alex Al-Ameen and Ogieriakhi Martins to take the crown in Marrakech.

medallist Sunette Viljoen was in impressive form as she secured another gold and Championship record for South

Africa in the women's javelin.Viljoen, winner of a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships, claimed

the men's hammer Egyptian Mostafa Hicham Al-Gamal threw 79.09m to take the gold medal, well clear of South

ImagesFresh from claiming the men's triple jump gold medal in Glasgow, there was further success for South

Africa as Godfrey Khotso Mokoena repeated the result from Hampden Park with a jump of 17.03m to finish

By Zjan ShirinianThe 2014 World Football Championships for players with an intellectual disability kick off in Brazil today.

Disability - on August 23.Saudi Arabia, winners of the 2006 competition in Germany and the 2010 edition in South

Africa, are favourites to lift the title again.Their group contains Japan and Sweden, who has been able

£31,000/€38,000) from Paris Saint-Germain player Zlatan Ibrahimović.Hosts Brazil have been drawn with South

rivals Argentina and the highly fancied French, while the third group contains Germany, Poland and South

By Mike Rowbottom at the Zurich StadthausAthletes competing at the European Championships which get underway here tomorrow will benefit significantly from a unique re-laid track at the Letzigrund Stadium, according to Patrick Magyar, the Organising Committee's chief executive.

"In addition, outside of Europe, we have coverage in Asia, in South Africa, in central America, in Brazil

By Nick ButlerProducts used by sprinting superstar Usain Bolt will be among over 200,000 pieces of Glasgow 2014 memorabilia expected to fly off the shelves when they go on sale in Nottingham this week.

One of the official match used goal post protectors from the gold medal rugby sevens match between South

Africa and New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games is among the items currently up for auction ©Glagow

By Emily GoddardNguse Amlosom has become the first Eritrean athlete to win a medal at the African Athletics Championships by taking gold in the men's 10,000 metres.

champion Joshua Cheptegei did not finish.In the men's shot put, there was a gold and a silver medal for South

Africa, as Orazio Cremona topped the podium with 19.84m, followed by team mate Jaco Engelbrecht with

11.20.Her team mate Mark Jelks was fastest in the men's semi-finals, winning his race in 10.16, while South

By Nick Butler Paraguay's Juan Ángel Napout has been appointed as President of the South American Football

This is a huge challenge for me because to reach because the Presidency of the South American Football

Committee.As well as working hard to deal with the currently struggling image of football administration in South

football tournament, will be held in the United States, the first time it will have been held outside of South

change Paraguay's fortunes on the pitch.After reaching the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup in South

Africa in 2010, the national team finished bottom of the nine-nation South American qualification group

By Nick ButlerA final verdict in the Oscar Pistorius murder case will not be heard until September 11, it was revealed today, following the final day of proceedings in a trial that has already lasted more than five months.

February 14 last year after an argument.But the six-time Paralympic champion, who also represented South

Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games, claims he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired four

, until the verdict is eventually provided by Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa.No jury participate in South

been compatible bedfellows for ages.If it wasn't for their union, apartheid might have prevailed in South

Africa far longer than it did and racial equality in the United States might still be simmering on the

By Paul OsborneThe world of women's rugby was left stunned today after Ireland produced one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history with a 17-14 victory over New Zealand.

between host nation France and Australia who made it two wins from two with comfortable victories over South

Africa and Wales respectively.France need to avoid defeat against the Wallaroos to progress to the knockout

enjoyed the likes of Alistair Brownlee illustrating his enduring brilliance with two triathlon titles, South

Africa stunning New Zealand in the rugby sevens, and the likes of Euan Burton, Hannah Miley and Daniel

By Zjan ShirinianDefence and prosecution lawyers in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius have submitted a summary of their arguments ahead of closing statements beginning on Thursday (August 7).

neatly folded in her overnight bag, suggesting she was planning to leave after the fight.Trials in South

Africa do not have juries.Judge Thokozile Masipa will consider and then issue her verdict, with the