By Duncan MackayFebruary 10 - Africa has several countries capable already of hosting the Olympics and

 "South Africa can definitely organise the Olympic Games, with its infrastructure, hotels, communications

I don't know if there are 10 countries in Europe that can be better than South Africa in that respect

  FIFA President Sepp Blatter is regarded as a hero in Africa after he backed their staging of

African bid for 2024 Olympic Games imminent, says RamsamyAugust 2011: South Africa will not bid

for 2020 Olympics says Sports MinisterAugust 2011: South Africa still undecided about Olympic bid

By Tom DegunFebruary 10 - UK Sport chair Baroness Sue Campbell has become the latest high profile figure to back a bid from London to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

although the international bidding process will not officially begin until 2014.Canada, New Zealand, South

Africa, Singapore and Sri Lanka are other countries currently considering bids, but it remains to be

greatest Paralympic competitors in history, has been appointed to the new Board of directors at the South

having won 13 gold medals and two silver in the Paralympics during her career.Du Toit also represented South

Africa at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, finishing 16th in the open water swim.South Africe chose du Toit

in Kuala Lumpur, claimed that she is not missing competing and is happy watching new youngsters in South

Africa try to follow her."

By Emily GoddardJanuary 31 - Two British Olympic medal winners have been named on the 18-strong England women's hockey squad heading to the Investec Challenge in Cape Town.

three international caps short of a century, Susie Gilbert and Sam Quek on the England team going to South

Africa for the tournament next week.Goalkeepers Maddie Hinch and Kirsty Mackay, and Dilly Newton and

Olympics also make the team, which will face Olympic gold medallists the Netherlands, Australia and hosts South

Africa at the week-long event at the Hartleyvale Stadium.With Gilbert and Unsworth as co-captains for

England will face the hosts South Africa in their opening match on Monday (February 4) before taking

By Mike RowbottomJanuary 27 - Dame Kelly Holmes has said the goals she set for her On Camp With Kelly project - which has formally come to an end after nine years of operation - have "definitely been surpassed".

Commonwealth, European or global level.After the first training camp was held for eight athletes in South

Africa shortly after the 2004 Olympics, similar initiatives took place in that country, as well as Australia

Camp With Kelly races at major domestic meetings.The first "On Camp with Kelly'"event was a camp in South

Africa for eight young female middle distance athletes, for four weeks soon after Dame Kelly's triumph

The youngest athlete on my first camp in South Africa Non Stanford took the ITU World Under-23 Championship

By James CrookJanuary 22 - The 2013 Australian Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships get underway in Melbourne tomorrow, with five-time champion Shingo Kunieda of Japan facing defending champion Maikel Scheffers of Holland in the pick of the first round ties.

taking.Number one seed Aniek Van Koot, also of Holland, takes on the tenth seed Kgothatso Montjane of South

Africa, who becomes the first African player to contest in a wheelchair tennis Grand Slam.The fourth

By Duncan MackayJanuary 15 - Prince Albert, one of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) most prominent members, has accepted an offer of substantial damages from Britain's Sunday Times over a story in 2011 which had claimed his wife was reluctant to marry him. 

London's High Court by their lawyer, Mark Thomson, who said that the article accused the Prince of having South

prevent her fleeing Monaco before the wedding.It suggested that the former swimmer, who competed for South

Africa in the Sydney 2000 Olympics, was reluctant to marry because she had discovered the existence

By Emily GoddardJanuary 4 - South Africa has gone into mourning following the death of Olympic mountain

, died yesterday when he was hit by a taxi in Shelly Beach, a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province on South

A South African icon and sporting great. RIP my friend."

Some of South Africa's biggest sporting names paid tribute to Burry Stander, who finished fifth in the

mountain biking at London 2012 Gideon Sam, President of the South African Sports Confederation and

Meanwhile, Cycling South Africa (CSA) spokesperson Mylene Loumeau said Stander would be missed by the

By Tom DegunJanuary 5 - Germany's International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Thomas Bach has claimed there is a strong possibility that his country could mount a bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

for the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympics where they lost out to eventual winners Pyeongchang in South

competition as a bid would come exactly 100 years after the French capital last hosted the Olympics in 1924.South

Africa is also tipped to bid to stage the first ever Olympics in Paralympics in Africa, while Toronto

By Tom DegunDecember 31 - Italian handcyclist Alex Zanardi winning two gold medals and a silver on the same course he competed on as a Formula One driver has been voted as the top moment of 2012 by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 

Paralympic Moments of 2012 was Alan Oliveria of Brazil securing a shock victory over Oscar Pistorius of South

Africa in the 200m T44 final while Spanish swimmer Teresa Perales giving her Paralympic gold to her

Alan Oliveria of Brazil securing a shock victory over Oscar Pistorius of South Africa in the 200m T44

By Tom DegunDecember 28 - Sport England chief executive Jennie Price claims that she would fully support a bid from the country for the 2022 Commonwealth Games following the inspirational effect of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

although the international bidding process will not officially begin until 2014.Canada, New Zealand South

Africa, Singapore and Sri Lanka are other countries currently considering bids but it remains to be

By Tom DegunDecember 24 - South Africa's six-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is set to compete

Australia and South Africa are a bit unique in that our seasons domestically fall outside those in Europe

compete in athletics at the Olympics where he made the men's 400 metres semi-final and also anchored the South

African 4x400m relay team in the final, where they missed out on a medal.The South African the went

By Tom DegunDecember 23 - Jakarata will host the 2013 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships, it has been announced. 

New markets like Mexico and South Africa were very keen to host this event, which proves that interest

By Duncan MackayDecember 22 - Dave Beeche, who organised the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Auckland earlier this year, has been named chief executive for the 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, which New Zealand is staging.

 He is hoping that the success of New Zealand's team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,

By Lauren Mattera December 22 - The inaugural World Sports Congress (WSC) 2013 has proclaimed to have attracted support from the UK Government, European Commission along with global sporting organisations, including London 2012, for their conference launching next February.

The Congress has also attracted support from UK Sport, South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic