South Africa were banned from competing in the Olympics on the eve of Tokyo 1964 due to its apartheid

South Africa returned to the Olympics and Paralympics at Barcelona in 1992 while Rhodesia was renamed

By James CrookMarch 6 - The crisis-hit South African Football Association (SAFA) is set for more unwelcome

attention after President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) Gideon

Sam ordered a probe into alleged match fixing in the South African national team's warm-up games before

body FIFA said in the report that the match-fixing could not have happened without interference from South

President Gideon Sam has ordered a probe into alleged match-fixing in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup in South

Africa"The other part of that issue of course is the issue of governance." said Sam."

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesDecember 2012: Interpol joins SAFA match-fixing investigationDecember 2012: South

By Duncan MackayMarch 6 - Denmark's Poul-Erik Høyer appears to be the clear favourite to be the new President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) after a record 52 countries officially seconded his candidature. 

Kang Young Joong of South Korea, who last December announced his decision not to seek a third term in

The dialogue with our friends in Badminton Confederation of Africa has been good so farand I look forward

to visiting Africa and develop that dialogue directly with the memberassociations in Africa."

By James CrookFebruary 28 - The draw for the 2013 IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow threw up some interesting ties today, including defending Champions Wales against two-time winners Fiji in Pool E of the 2013 tournament in Russia this June, along with Uruguay and Tonga.

getting past fellow Pool F members Hong Kong and Portugal.The host nation Russia will take on Scotland, South

Africa and Japan in Pool B, whilst the United States will face fellow North Americans Canada in Pool

sees defending champions Australia, who won the inaugural event in 2009, take on beaten semi-finalists South

Africa in Pool B, along with China, and Ireland, who have qualified for the first time.Finalists New

By Duncan MackayCertain days will always reverberate through history and for Nenad Lalovic he will forever remember where he was when he received news of the day that wrestling was dropped from the core programme of Olympic sports, a decision which, in the short-term at least, has dramatically changed the direction of his life."I can remember all of it," the Serbian recounts to insidethegames. "The 12th of February. I was in my office in Belgrade. I was working my affairs and was not looking at the internet or anything. Then one friend from Switzerland sent me an SMS, 'Did you see what...

If you go in any village in Africa or in South America, every group has his wrestling.

By Duncan MackayFebruary 25 - Denmark's Poul-Erik Høyer, the 1996 Olympic singles gold medallist, is among three candidates to be put forward as the new President of the Badminton World Federation, it was confirmed today. 

Kang Young Joong of South Korea, who last December announced his decision not to seek a third term in

always fear that Europe could unite on the current situation but members from Pan America, Oceania and Africa

By Duncan MackayFebruary 24 - A special documentary on Oscar Pistorius and the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, has already been commissioned by the BBC. 

made BBC Three's recent fast turnaround special, Superstorm Sandy: Caught on Camera, and were also in South

Africa to make Dispatches: Murder on Honeymoon, on the case of Anni Dewani, a Swede whose British businessman

CrookFebruary 20 - Six countries have confirmed their intentions to bid for the rights to host the 2019 Africa

Kenya did win the rights to host the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations, but lost the opportunity to host it

to South Africa due to internal politics and failing to satisfy the CAF that there would be enough stadia

Before the [2010] World Cup went to South Africa, everybody was [against it].

bid for the 2013 tournament but were defeated by Libya, who went on to swap their hosting rights with South

Africa, who were due to host the event in 2017, due to conflict in the country."

By Tom DegunFebruary 19 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven admitted the Movement is in a state of "shock and disbelief" following Oscar Pistorius' alleged murder of his girlfriend but that the tragic incident will not stop the positive momentum for disability sport created by London 2012.

incident, we will move forward and we need to make the differentiation between what happened there in South

Africa are what we're about as a Movement."

future campaigns with Oakley suspending their contract with Pistorius and Thierry Mugler removing the South

By Emily GoddardFebruary 17 - England Hockey has signed up Berlei as its official sports bra supplier in a deal that also sees the brand become the official partner of its Back to Hockey initiative.

England's women have just returned home from South Africa where they managed a repeat of the British

By Tom DegunFebruary 14 - The world of sport has reacted with shock and disbelief after South African

The South African Police Service was surprised to hear allegations on the radio this morning that the

allegedly murdered his girlfriend at his home on the exclusive Silver Lakes complex in Pretoria The South

leadership at SASCOC has been inundated with enquiries regarding an alleged shooting incident involving Team South

Africa Olympian and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius and his girlfriend," said the statement."

Following the news of the alleged shooting incident involving South African athlete Oscar Pistorius this

GoddardFebruary 14 - Six-time Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder after the South

and bronze in the 100m.At Beijing four years later he claimed the 100m, 200m and 400m treble.South Africa

the Second World War – George S Patton, who as a General drove his men to vital victories in North Africa

this point you could argue that the French pair were in a similar position to that in which Chinese, South

By Tom DegunFebruary 10 - South Africa produced a stunning performance in the final of the 2013 USA Sevens

With a record crowd of 67,341 in attendance in Las Vegas across the three days of competition, South

Africa, who picked up their first HSBC Sevens World Series title since 2011."

We haven't had this feeling for a while now," said South Africa's head coach Paul Treu."

In winning the USA Sevens title, South Africa become the fifth different nation to win the HSBC Sevens

Africa have climbed to second in the Series standings on 73 points although they still remain someway

unwavering hold over the field at the Investec Challenge to claim the title with a 4-2 win over hosts South

Africa.

The world number 11 ranked team, South Africa, put up a good fight against the world number ones, but

Striker Jade Mayne (right) on attack in the final against the Netherlands South African Beijing 2008