The fourth International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup in Bangkok saw shooters from South

performances from Ukrainian competitors who bagged three gold medals during the tournament, but it was the South

total of six top spot finishes.Home shooter Bordin Sornsriwichai suffered the most at the hands of his South

Ukraine in the women's P2 10m air pistol SH1 as she finished ahead of Ahn Kyounghee and Kim Younmi of South

Korea.There was a South Korean one-two in the men's R1 10m air rifle standing SH1 as Lee Seungchul took

Africa in the mixed P3 25m pistol SH1 final.The final competition in Bangkok saw the South Korean dominance

By Duncan MackayAugust 19 - A date was today set for the trial of South Africa's six-time Paralympic

the date.A judge will preside over the trial and ultimately pronounce Pistorius innocent or guilty as South

Africa does not have trial by jury.

indicted on a charge of illegal possession of ammunition.Pistorius' arrest in February stunned many South

Africa that some of that forensic evidence appears to back up Pistorius's version of events.But the

A court in March eased his travel restrictions, allowing him to leave South Africa to compete as long

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in MoscowAugust 18 - Fittingly, the athlete of the 14th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships produced its final flourish as Usain Bolt became the event's most successful competitor in securing his third gold here by anchoring the Jamaican relay team to victory in a 4x100 metres relay which the United States needed to win to knock the hosts off the top of the final medals table.

Matt Centrowitz of the US came past him on the outside to take silver in 3:36.78, and Johan Cronje of South

Africa bronze in 3:36.83.

By Duncan Mackay at The Hilton in GlasgowAugust 16 - A proposal to move the headquarters of Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) from London to Kuala Lumpur after Glasgow 2014 was blocked today following protests from several countries.

including Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and South

Africa.

Remember how sport united the world in the Seventies to isolate South Africa while it continued to impose

nation that their domestic bigotry wouldn't be tolerated and eventually, sport helped to change the South

By Emily GoddardAugust 13 - International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Leandro Negre has praised the Indian hockey league brought in earlier this year to breathe new life into the sport in the nation.

players - including the Indian national side, and 50 international athletes from Australia, New Zealand, South

Africa, Netherlands, Germany, Malaysia, Spain, and Argentina.Negre, who was in India for the unveiling

By David OwenAugust 12 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved closer to completing its roster of broadcasting deals for the 2013-2016 Olympic cycle, selling rights in 17 Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Indonesia, Iran and Thailand, to Japanese advertising company Dentsu.

free-to-air channel Prime.Other territories where the IOC still has to conclude deals include the Caribbean, South

Africa, the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, Puerto Rico and, insofar as Rio 2016 is concerned, Australia.Dentsu

AndersonAugust 7 - A new National Training Centre in Bloemfontein has been launched today by the South

force behind the new facility is to provide a high quality base for national federations (NFs) across South

Africa, where they can access training facilities, scientific and medical support services and referrals

South African athletes like Olympic 800m silver medallist Caster Semenya will hope to make use of facillities

proposed National Training Centre "At SASCOC, we strive to create a conducive environment for sport in South

Africa through improving and allowing easy access to our sporting infrastructure," said Tubby Reddy,

By Gary AndersonAugust 6 - USA Gymnastics has announced that Bermuda, Denmark, Panama and South Africa

By Nick ButlerAugust 4 - Malaysia's world number one Nicole David secured a record third consecutive women's singles title at the World Games squash tournament in the Colombian city of Cali, while Gregory Gaultier claimed France's first-ever men's singles victory.

2013: Softball's success at World Games gives timely boost ahead of 2020 Olympic decisionAugust 2013: South

Africa claim World Games rugby sevens gold to sign off in style

By Gary AndersonAugust 3 - The route for the Queen's Baton Relay, which will visit Wales for seven days in May 2014, ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, has been revealed today. 

this time round it will cover some 190,000 kilometres starting in Asia before moving onto Oceania, Africa

, South America, the Caribbean and North America before returning to Europe.In all, the relay will last

game of rugby sevens at the World Games in Cali before the sport makes it Olympic debut at Rio 2016, South

Africa defeated Argentina in the gold medal match to complete a dominant run which saw them remain unbeaten

The South Africans win will go some way to easing the pain of their disappointing performance at the

Africans in the Pascual Guerrero Stadium.The victorious South African sevens squad celebrate victory

It's unreal," said a delighted South African coach Vuyo Zangqa afterwards."

I think we answered SASCOC (South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee) President Gideon

South African skipper Kyle Brown returned to lead his side to victory in CaliBoks' skipper Brown paid

By Gary AndersonAugust 1 - The countdown to the start of the International Rugby Board (IRB) 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup continues as today marks exactly one year to go until competition is due to get underway in Paris.

Asian and African representatives to be decided.The final two berths will be claimed on September 7 as South

Africa take on Uganda to see who will represent Africa while the winners of Kazakhstan versus Singapore

By Gary AndersonJuly 31 - The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced that global broadcast figures for the 2012-2013 HSBC Rugby Sevens World Series have risen by five per cent from last year, with a record 4,504 hours of total airtime across 149 territories.

continents, kicking off in the Gold Coast in Australia back in October 2012, ahead of events in Dubai, South

Africa, New Zealand, the United States, Hong Kong and Scotland before the final tournament was staged

World Series champions for a record 11th time in the tournament's 14-year history with former winners South

Africa and Fiji finishing second and third respectively.The New Zealand women's side also claimed the

By James CrookJuly 31- Quadruple Olympic champion Missy Franklin has racked up her third gold medal of the FINA World Championships at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona with a win in the 200 metres freestyle, but decided to abandon her quest for eight gold medals by pulling out of the 50m backstroke semi-final.

Muffat of France (right) It was also a big day for another of the pool stars from London 2012, South

adding to the two bronzes and one silver medal he has already won in Barcelona.There was more glory for South

Africa when Cameron Van Der Burgh sneaked the 50 metre breaststroke title ahead of Australian Christian

win alongside best friend and bronze medallist Giulio Zorzi (right)The bronze medal also went South