New Zealand's Rugby team toured South Africa in 1976 and the African nations boycotted Montreal in protest

Nelson Mandela was released from prison as Apartheid ended and South Africa re-entered the Olympic arena.The

11 months to go until the start of the 2014 International Rugby Board (IRB) Women's Rugby World Cup, South

Africa and Kazakhstan claimed the final two spots for the showpiece event in France.

places on the plane to France for the tournament which is due to take place between August 1 and 17.The South

Marlien Cronje, Dolly Mavumengwana, Zandile Nojoko and Zenay Jordaan all crossed the white line to give South

Africa a commanding 29-0 lead at half-time.The Ugandan cause was not helped by a yellow card for Evenlyne

Asithandile Ntoyanto put the match well and truly to bed, before Nwabisa Ngxatu and Cronje again saw South

Africa record their biggest ever win and qualify for their third World Cup on a score of 63-3.The South

By James Crook at Twickenham Stadium in London September 4 - Leading rugby union referee Wayne Barnes has spoken of the necessity for the global trial of the "crouch, bind, set" scrum engagement sequence here at the home of England rugby today, but also warned that "teething problems" were likely in the implementation.

Rugby Championship, which gets back underway this Saturday (September 7), as well as the Currie Cup in South

Africa, New Zealand's ITM Cup and France's Top 14 since it became active on August 1."

By Nick Butler in Buenos AiresSeptember 2 - Squash 2020  has welcomed surging worldwide support across social media platform's due to it providing an all important build-up of momentum at this late stage of the sport's attempt to be included in the 2020 Olympics.

members.The support has come from across the globe, including from places as far afield as Brazil, Malaysia, South

Africa and Saudi Arabia, and this highlights the sport's global appeal and popularity across all ages

By Gary AndersonSeptember 2 - The Official International Rugby Board (IRB) 2015 World Cup Gilbert ball has been launched just over two years ahead of the showpiece event in England.

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

Africa 1995.The official Rugby World Cup 2015 ball "We are delighted to be launching an official

By Nick ButlerSeptember 1 - Some of the world's best Paralympic skiers will be descending on, and down, the slopes at Thredbo this week for the first ever International Paralympic Committee (IPC) skiing World Cup to be held in Australia.

The four-day event in New South Wales is due to begin tomorrow and follows two season opening competitions

visually impaired slalom and giant slalom classes while entrants will also come from as far afield as South

Africa courtesy of former para-trooper Kingsley Ward in the slalom sitting class.The event forms another

city.Three is the smallest number of cities to contest a final vote for a summer Games since 1981, when the South

successful Olympics but there originally had been doubts over the decision to award the Games to the South

In 1932 Los Angeles held the Games.For 1936, there came bids from Buenos Aires in South America and Alexandria

in Africa.

By Duncan MackayAugust 29 - France's Olympic gold medallist Jean-Christophe Rolland leads the three candidates seeking to replace Denis Oswald as President of the International Rowing Federation (FISA) at the election in Chungju on Monday (September 2) but will face opposition from Australia's John Boultbee and Canada's Tricia Smith, it was announced today. 

Council decided to stage the election - which will follow the conclusion of the World Championships in South

which led to the Socceroos qualifying for both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany and South

Africa respectively.But Boultbee's longest involvement in sport has always been in rowing, having started

By James CrookAugust 29- The Canadian under-23's national wheelchair basketball team will step up their preparations for next month's World Junior Championships in the Turkish city of Adana with a series of friendlies against Great Britain at the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement, Stoke Mandeville.

Canadians have been drawn in Group A for the World Championships, alongside Canada Germany, Iran, Mexico, South

Africa, and their hosts for this exhibition series, Great Britain.Group B will feature Australia, Italy

By Emily GoddardAugust 29 - The 2014 Champions Challenge 1, the winner's of which will qualify for the 2016 Champions Trophy, for men and women will take place in Malaysia and Scotland respectively, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced today.

starting a day later but finishing on the same date.Featuring teams from New Zealand, Spain, Korea, South

Africa, hosts Malaysia, Canada, Ireland and Japan, the men's competition will take place at the 7,500

League Round 1 event in 2012, in the Pahang state capital.The women's tournament, meanwhile, will see South

Korea, the United States, South Africa, India, Belgium, Spain, Ireland and hosts Scotland playing at

By James CrookAugust 28 - Paralympic champion Naomi Riches has won her sixth world title at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju as part of the British Para-rowing mixed coxed four team that stormed to gold today.

half-a-second of the world best time - as the Italians won silver more than five seconds behind and South

Africa followed in third for bronze."

By Gary AndersonAugust 26 - A new Ryder Cup style match-play event between the leading players from Europe and Asia is set to take place at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Malaysia next year.

form of the Nedbank Golf Challenge, which will take place at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South

Africa later this year from December 5 to 8.The tournament is co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour - based

in Southern Africa - and the European Tour, and with a total prize fund of $6,500,000, hopes to attract

By Gary AndersonAugust 20 - Windhoek, Namibia's capital city, will host the World Squash Federation (WSF) 2014 World Junior Squash Championships, it has been announced.

staged in an African country following Egypt, which hosted the 2008 women's Team Championships and South

Africa in 1973 which staged the men's Team Championships.The event, which is due to take place between

signed a deal to become the title sponsors of England Netball's three-match international series against South

Africa next month, whilst the hosts have also announced their 12-woman team for the matches.

England will take on South Africa in the Fiat International Netball Series next monthBrane Bosancic,

World number six-ranked South Africa are sure to offer the hosts a stern test, but England will go into

But while the authorities are more relaxed about imposing it than some others in the Middle East and Africa

against a Jewish opponent.Only once has the IOC really bowed to moral pressure - banning apartheid South

Africa from the Games from 1964 to 1992.