By Emily GoddardJuly 31 - The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has unveiled a commemorative sculpture to celebrate its solidarity programme aimed at developing opportunities for the sport's next generation of athletes.

number of social projects, such as horse-assisted therapy for seriously disadvantaged teenagers in South

Africa, sports classes for multiple sclerosis sufferers in Sardinia and training of farriers, saddlers

By James CrookJuly 26 - Antonio Castro, the son of Cuba's former leader Fidel, has hailed the baseball friendship series between Cuba and the United States for encouraging unity through sport in the same spirit as the Olympics, claiming its success has made officials even more determined to get the sport back on the Games programme.

nurture the development of the sports even further on a global scale, and expanding markets in China, Africa

, India, South America and Europe have shown encouraging signs of progress in recent years, with the

By Gary AndersonJuly 24 - Britain's Sophie Hahn announced herself onto the global stage in dramatic fashion at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Lyon as the 16-year-old smashed the world record in the women's T38 100 metres on her way to claiming her first major title - having only taken up the sport earlier this year.

100m, whose time of 12:32 saw her finish ahead of London 2012 silver and gold medallists Ilse Hayes of South

Africa and Moroccan Sanaa Benhama respectively.Away from the track, the women's F42/44 shot put title

By James CrookJuly 24 - With just two places left up for grabs for next year's Women's World Cup in France, the International Rugby Board (IRB) have announced the dates of the fixtures that will determine which nations will fill the remaining spots for next summer's showpiece tournament.

The first African qualifier is due to take place at the Buffalo City Municipality Stadium in the South

This is the first time we are having a qualification process for Africa, which recognises the level of

By Gary AndersonJuly 22 - Palestine head the list of National Associations that have declared an interest in hosting the upcoming FIFA Congresses in 2016 and 2017.

the Congresses with seven indicating interest for both 2016 and 2017.Costa Rica, Canada, Malaysia, South

Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have declared an interest for both years.They

are joined by Greece, Jamaica, Jordan, South Korea, Mexico, Panama and Uzbekistan for the 2016 Congress

By Gary AndersonJuly 21 - Belgium's Joachim Gérard secured the biggest title of his career to date as he beat world number two Stéphane Houdet of France at the Wheelchair Tennis British Open singles final in Nottingham today.

British Open title in succession with a straight sets win over fellow Dutchwoman Marjolein Buis and South

nice to have got another of these British Open titles," said Wagner who lost out to Lucas Sithole of South

Africa in the quad singles final the day before.

By Gary AndersonJuly 21 - Team Sky's Chris Froome became the second British rider to win the Tour de France following Bradley Wiggins victory last year, as the 100th edition of the world's most iconic cycling road race came to a close in Paris today.

as leading points scorer.Froome, who was born in Nairobi, Kenya to a British father and grew up in South

Africa, took the lead of the race on stage eight by winning the Ax 3 Domaines in the Pyrenees,

By Gary AndersonJuly 20 - South African Lucas Sithole became the first African player to win an

the men's quads, and was looking to follow up his victory over the American in the semi-finals of the South

as the first two with neither player managing to force a decisive advantage.However, the 26-year-old South

first African to do it [win a Super Series], hopefully it inspires other wheelchair tennis players in Africa

By James CrookJuly 18 - American world number one David Wagner will take on South African world number

Wagner will now face his South African Open conqueror Sithole in the final, after the second seed defeated

with teammate Jiske Griffioen, who saw off the challenge from fifth seed Kgothatso Montjane of South

Africa, also 6-2, 6-2.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJuly

By James CrookJuly 17 - Britain's world number 10 quad player Jamie Burdekin took out the first seeded player at the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships, producing an impressive 6-0 whitewash over American fourth seed Greg Hasterok in his first competitive appearance since May to book a semi-final berth at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.

), said.But standing in his way of a place in the final is world number three Lucas Sithole of South

Africa, who defeated Burdekin's teammate Antony Cotterill 6-2, 6-1 to reach the semis."

Britain's Lauren Jones 6-1, 6-0.Dutch third seed Jiske Griffioen and fifth seed Kgothatso Montjane of South

Africa will face off for a place in the final four after they came through ties against Israel's

By James CrookJuly 15 - The Mayor of Gwangju, Kang Un-tae, has told of his hopes to see a unified Korean team at the 2015 Summer Universiade in his city, whilst four North Korean students were invited to the Youth Leadership Programme (YLP), which will take place in Gwangju next month, to boost the relationship between the nations teenagers.

for the YLP is achieved, then we have good reason to believe in the successful formation of the joint South-North

to cooperate further in regard to this matter.The YLP is a sports training programme for youths from Africa

By Gary AndersonJuly 15 - South African canoeists occupied the majority of the medal positions

More than 380 athletes from around the world converged on the north coast of Portugal to witness South

Africa exert near total dominance by winning four out of the six medals on offer.Reigning South African

Sean Rice from South Africa won the inaugural ICF Ocean Racing World Championship title in Portugal

Africa's Bianca Beavitt in third.South Africa also reasserted its dominance in the junior events.Kenny

Rice - younger brother of Sean - Nicholas Notten and Gene Prato completed another South African clean

By James CrookJuly 14 - South Africa has named a squad of 32 athletes for the International Paralympic

Africa at the Stadium Parilly, while veteran Paralympian Ntombizanele Situ will compete in the

shot put.The squad is unaffected by the ongoing stand-off between Athletics South Africa (ASA) and the

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) as they are affiliated with the South

Africa Sports Association for the Physically Disabled (SASAPD)."

South Africa has always excelled at both the Paralympics and IPC Championships and brought many medals

Lassana Palenfo has been re-elected as the President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

ahead of Chad's Aggrey Moussa Mahamat, while Dacosta Joao Manuel of Sao Tome and Principe defeated South

By Mike RowbottomAs the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow loom on the horizon, England's netball team appear better placed than ever before to challenge the traditional dominance of the perennial - all right, quadrennial - world champions. Namely New Zealand or Australia, who have passed the trophy above England's straining grasp since the World Championships began in 1963.Since that first event, in Eastbourne, only one other nation has featured on the winning step of the podium - although when Trinidad and Tobago earned that honour in 1979 they had to share that top step with - yes, New Zealand and...

It is a striking advert for the forthcoming Test series against South Africa...Ready for the red carpet

England's elegant players advertise the forthcoming series against South AfricaThat image gives an immediate

event for the 2014 Games.Meanwhile the senior team will be warming up with that Test series against South

Africa in the UK in September, after which there are plans to visit South Africa in December to play