By Paul OsborneAt least five international matches were fixed in the lead-up to the 2010 World Cup according to a FIFA investigative report.

A 44-page report by football's world governing body investigating match-fixing in South Africa found

the ties.In one such case, a match between South Africa and Guatemala, it is claimed match referee Ibrahim

Africa in the 56th minute with the team adding their fourth goal.The match ended 5-0 to South Africa.The

Africa.

during a match between South Africa and Denmark in which Steve Goddard, an Englishman who served as

the boycotts began - and they kept on coming, provoked by Mrs Thatcher's perceived sympathy for the South

Africa regime and its apartheid policy, and her opposition to imposing economic sanctions upon that

Government.The perceived sympathy of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for the South African regime

Cardiff Games who might have had Olympic titles but for the workings of fate, Scotland's Ian Black and South

By Paul OsborneSouth Africa has called for the support of its fellow African Commonwealth countries as

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) hosted a dinner for representatives

underway in Gaborone, in which around 2,500 athletes from 54 African countries are competing.South Africa

South Africa is highly experienced when it comes to hosting major sporting events, having played host

support as our fellow African counterparts so that we win this bid and host this prestigious event in South

Africa."

By Gary AndersonOceania champion Tayla Ford is the leading medal contender and only woman in the six-strong New Zealand wrestling team named for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

win in American Samoa in March, which came after a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Championships in South

Africa last December.Ford has previously represented New Zealand in international judo competition and

I came away with bronze in South Africa but I know I can up my game," said Ford, who is currently ranked

By David OwenA Canadian-led ranking of physical activity of children and young people in 15 countries has placed the 2014 Commonwealth Games host Scotland 15th and last for "overall physical activity".

moderate- to vigorous-intensity activity.Scotland also received an F grade, along with Canada, Nigeria and South

Africa, for "sedentary behaviours".The AHKC report card observed that "Scottish adolescents have extremely

Colombia, England, Finland, Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Scotland, South

Africa, and the United States.The report card can be accessed here. 

By Gary AndersonBotswana President Ian Khama officially opened the 2nd African Youth Games at the National Stadium in Gaborone this evening, hailing the unifying power of sport while also urging those present to remember the plight of the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria and calling for their immediate release.

Ceremony in the Botswanan capital, which saw the more than 2,500 athletes from 54 countries across Africa

place in Rabat, Morocco in 2010 and Khama thanked the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Order of Valuable Contribution to the Olympic Movement during the Ceremony, which was broadcast by South

By Gary AndersonStephen Constantine has set his sights on building a competitive team for the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) after being announced as the new Rwanda national football team coach.

in at the deep-end as his first game in charge will be the second-leg of a qualifier for next year's Africa

in Tunis against Libya, with the return leg set for May 31.Rwanda last appeared at the finals of the Africa

2009 to 2010.He left the Sudan job after the team failed to qualify for the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South

to 20 and August 1 to 3.The winners will then enter Group C of the qualifying proper along with 2013 Africa

extended by one day as draw made for qualifying roundsApril 2014: Framework Agreement signed for 2015 Africa

By Gary AndersonThe World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the line-up for the group stages of this year's Under-15 Baseball World Cup in Mexico, which sees defending champions Venezuela drawn together with the team they beat in the final last time, Cuba.

top seeds Japan and the United States, where they will be joined by Germany, Panama, New Zealand and South

according to the WBSC.Oceania will be represented for the first time by Australia and New Zealand while South

Africa and Tunisia will be the African nations to take part in the tournament."

By Zjan ShirinianFormal site visits have been carried out in the three cities vying to host the 2015 SportAccord International Convention - with Brazil also throwing its hat into the ring.

shown "strong interest" in hosting the event.It means Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Durban in South

Africa and the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic host city of Sochi in Russia - which have all been

By Gary AndersonGlobal law firm DLA Piper has been announced as the main sponsor of the South African

The deal will see the DLA Piper logo appear on the South African training and match jerseys throughout

of South Africa with one shared mission - to proudly represent their country and to compete at the highest

The DLA Piper logo will appear on the training and match shirts of the South African team during the

The other three sides in Group B are New Zealand, South Korea and Argentina while defending champions

Korea, Japan and Belgium while Group B is made up of England, Argentina, Germany, China, South Africa

By Paul OsborneThe Webb Ellis Cup is set to visit some of the most remote places in the world as the 2015 Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour begins its year-long journey across 15 nations with a trip to Japan.

After its trip to Japan, the Cup will move to Australia, followed by Fiji, Madagascar, Kenya, South Africa

By Emily GoddardQualification for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games hockey tournament will get underway next month with the second edition of the Hockey World League (HWL).

17, 2015, before travelling to the United States city of Lancaster on February 28 and Cape Town in South

Africa on March 7.The round two women's matches are set to begin in Uruguay's capital, Montevideo, on

By Paul OsborneShingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji secured a Japanese double in the men's and women's singles for the first time in the 30-year history of the Japan Open, the third Super Series tournament of this year's International Tennis Federation (ITF) Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

.The title was a second in as many days for Kunieda after winning the men's doubles title alongside South

Wagner's sequence of seven successive Japan Open titles with victory in the quad singles final.The South

 Scheffers, Whiley and Lapthorne take Atlanta Open goldsMay 2014: Wagner denies Sithole home win at South

pair get wheelchair tennis wildcards for Roland Garros Grand SlamApril 2014: Top seeds dominate in South

Africa as Gauteng Open comes to a closeApril 2014: World number ones lead entries for Roland Garros

By Nick ButlerA member of Athletics South Africa's (ASA) ad-hoc committee has threatened to resign if

Africa beforehand, only for Chuene to ignore the advice. 

Africa Board delayed by two weeksApril 2014: Marathon legend Ramaala confirms plans to run for Athletics

South Africa PresidencyApril 2014: New Athletics South Africa Board to be elected after mass sackingsDecember

2013: Meeting to dissolve Athletics South Africa Board invalid, claims PresidentJune 2013: Suspension

could rule top South African athletes out of Glasgow 2014 and Rio 2016

By Paul OsborneSpain's Javier Gómez has once again thrown down the gauntlet as he secured his third consecutive victory of the season at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Series in Yokohama,

pace midway through the run, Gómez and teammate Mola pulled away from third placed Richard Murray of South

Africa with just a kilometre to go to the line.As the duo entered the blue carpet together, a sprint