By Gary AndersonFebruary 7 - England made the perfect start to their defence of the Wellington Sevens crown as they won all three of their pool matches at the Westpac Stadium and were joined by Australia, Canada and Fiji, who also made it three-from-three on the first day.

Africa 19-5.Canada continue to impress this season by recording three straight wins on the first day

of action in Wellington ©IRBSouth Africa are looking to secure their third straight World Series win

to reach USA Sevens rugby semi-final in Las VegasJanuary 2014: Defending champions South Africa get

off to best possible start at USA Sevens in Las VegasJanuary 2014: Defending champions South Africa look

to bag second win of season in World Sevens SeriesDecember 2013: Inspired South Africa seal World Sevens

By Gary AndersonFebruary 6 - Former England and British and Irish Lions player Nigel Redman has been appointed to a lead role on British Swimming's elite coach development programme, it was announced today.

performance pathway by British Swimming.Redman was part of the successful British and Irish Lions tour to South

Africa in 1997 ©Getty Images Prior to his role with the RFU, Redman assisted in the development of UK

Redman, who won 20 international caps for England as lock and played on the successful Lions' Tour to South

Africa in 1997."

By Gary AndersonFebruary 5 – Security screening company Rapiscan Systems Limited has today been appointed the official security screening equipment provider for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

screening services at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South

Africa."

By Zjan ShirinianFebruary 3 - Tickets for the knockout stages of this year's Women's Rugby World Cup in France have gone on sale.

same pool as the United States, Ireland and Kazakhstan.Hosts France will play Australia, Wales and South

Africa in their bid to advance to the knockout stages.England are in the same pool as Canada, Spain

By Gary AndersonFebruary 1 - A win by Australia's men's water polo team over defending Olympic champions Croatia helped the host nation to clinch the overall title at the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series in Perth, which also saw Aussie swimmers rack up a host of victories at the VenuesWest Challenge Stadium.

overall second place behind the Australians, Jiayu Xu and Yuanhui Fu helped China finish third ahead of South

Africa who were aided by winning performances from Olympic champion Chad le Clos and Karin Prinsloo.Brazil

By Gary AndersonFebruary 1 - The man who helped to end Spain's 44-year wait for a second senior international football title, Luis Aragonés, has died today aged 75 after losing his battle with leukaemia.

period in Spanish football as the national side went on to claim its first ever FIFA World Cup crown in South

Africa in 2010, before retaining the European Championship title in 2012 in Poland and Ukraine."

By Emily GoddardFebruary 1 - Libya have claimed their first African Nations Championship win by beating favourites Ghana 4-3 on penalties.

(CAF) tournament ended with the scoreboard tied at 0-0 after extra time at the Cape Town Stadium in South

Africa before both team's goalkeepers saved two penalties to tie the first five kicks at 3-3 and trigger

Togo footballers as they pull out of Libya gameApril 2013: Libya plans to build new stadiums for 2017 Africa

By Danyal Khan January 29 - The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board today announced a new women's international competition in which the top eight countries will face each other in a series of matches between mid-2014 and the end of 2016.

The 50-over competition will involve Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa,

Sri Lanka, South Africa and West Indies. 

Former South African wicket-keeper Richardson expects interest in women's cricket to increase when England

Provisional recognition had been given to the North, and the IOC proposed to ask South Korea, Olympic

For them, something had to be done about South Africa.The Pretoria Government  enforced a strict apartheid

This meeting decided, in what described as a "vast majority", to do something about South Africa.

Africa did not again take part in the Games until after Nelson Mandela walked free from prison.South

Africa were suspended from the Tokyo 1964 Olympics because of its apartheid policies and did not return

By Gary AndersonJanuary 28 - The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has announced the signing of a new six-year kit deal with sportswear brand Canterbury of New Zealand which will take in the World Cups in 2015 and 2019.

September 1 and the Irish team will wear the new Canterbury kits for the first time when they face South

Africa in the first autumn international fixture at the Aviva Stadium on November 8.The deal covers

By Paul OsborneJanuary 26 - South Africa have defended their USA Sevens title and moved atop the HSBC

After cruising to a 14-0 victory over the 2010 and 2012 champions Samoa in the semi-finals, South Africa

Africa came back from 7-0 down to beat New Zealand 14-7 in the USA Sevens Cup Final ©IRBFollowing the

Africa get off to best possible start at USA Sevens in Las VegasJanuary 2014: Defending champions South

Africa look to bag second win of season in World Sevens SeriesJanuary 2014: Wales Sevens coach John

steps down to take up role with Cardiff BluesDecember 2013: Inspired South Africa seal World Sevens Series

By Paul OsborneJanuary 25 - Canada have defied all the odds and progressed to just their second ever Cup semi-final in the HSBC Sevens World Series with victory over France in the quarter-finals in Las Vegas.

World Series leaders New Zealand in the semi-finals following their 24-7 victory over England.South Africa

in Las Vegas ©IRB/Martin Limas SeraAfter being nudged out of a place in the Cup following defeat to South

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2014: Defending champions South

Africa get off to best possible start at USA Sevens in Las VegasJanuary 2014: Defending champions South

steps down to take up role with Cardiff BluesDecember 2013: Inspired South Africa seal World Sevens Series

By Paul OsborneJanuary 24 - Defending champions South Africa got off to the best possible start in Las

South Africa were the team on form coming into the fourth round of the HSBC Sevens World Series following

against Canada - with not a single point conceded in either tie.The comfortable wins all but secure the South

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2014: Defending champions South

Africa look to bag second win of season in World Sevens SeriesJanuary 2014: Wales Sevens coach John

steps down to take up role with Cardiff BluesDecember 2013: Inspired South Africa seal World Sevens Series

By Gary AndersonJanuary 23 - South Africa will be looking to secure their second consecutive win in the

The South Africans claimed a notable comeback win against reigning World Sevens Series champions New

Cardiff Blues.Williams is expecting a tough battle to get out of the pool, especially from the in-form South

South Africa are coming off a tournament win, the form side in the series and offer a huge physicality

Africa.

Africa seal World Sevens Series title with dramatic comebackDecember 2013: Tributes paid to Mandela

By Gary AndersonJanuary 23 - United States and British duo David Wagner and Andy Lapthorne powered their way to victory in the quads doubles final in Melbourne today to claim the first title of this year's Australian Wheelchair Tennis Open.

The pair were up against US Open singles champion Lucas Sithole of South Africa and home favourite Dylan

Netherlands.However, Ellerbrock's interest in the doubles competition came to an end after she and South