By Andrew WarshawNovember 29 - The power struggle to determine who can and who cannot challenge for the top job in African football is being taken all the way to sport's highest court of law, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

FIFA Executive Committee colleague Jacques Anouma emerged as a rival.Anouma, from Ivory Coast, and South

is "incorruptible" claims former England 2018 bid adviserDecember 2011: IOC have "disrespected" Africa

By Andrew WarshawNovember 26 - Samson Adamu, son of discredited Nigerian football powerbroker Amos Adamu, has hit back at allegations that he collaborated with the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid team in the build up to the ballot almost two years ago.

/€780,000) to sponsor a high-profile gala dinner organised by Samson during the World Cup finals in South

Africa – six months before the crucial vote.The paper quoted Qatar 2022 officials as having confirmed

We wanted to market our bid by showing that Qatar cares about Africa and football in general," he was

By Duncan MackayNovember 26 - Fuleco is the name chosen by the Brazilian public for the controversial cartoon armadillo who will be the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, it was announced today.

cartoon orange for Spain 1982, Pique the chili pepper in Mexico in 1986 and Zakumi the leopard at South

Africa in 2010.

By Duncan MackayBud Greenspan, who along with Leni Riefenstahl was undoubtedly the filmmaker who has done more than anyone to bring the Olympics to life on celluloid, was an unabashed fan of the 17 days of glory."They're two weeks of love," he once told an interviewer. "It's Like Never Never Land. Like Robin Hood shooting his arrow through the other guy's arrow. It's a privilege to be associated with the best in the world. How many times are you with the best in the world in something? They bring things forward that they don't ordinarily do."For Greenspan, an unforgettable New Yorker who in...

Most recently New Moon worked with Pyeongchang to bring the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to South

 William and Damaris, still shines through.In thrilling contrast, First also follows South

African swimmer Chad Le Clos, the young South African swimmer who caused one of the shocks of the Games

Born to a Swiss mother, English father and having been brought up in South Africa, Rowland was always

By Duncan MackayNovember 26 - A bid from South Africa for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics appears

Africa earned in total from being the first country in Africa to host the event, the report said the

Africa has set a high benchmark for Brazil in 2014FIFA reported it made a $631 million (£394 million

FIFA said it spent $1.298 billion (£811 billion/€1.001 billion) on the World Cup in South Africa

but support is growing for Durban or Cape Town to be put forward for 2024 as Africa seeks to host the

Africa"For R27bn I would host the World Cup anytime," said Dawie Roodt, chief economist at the Efficient

MackayNovember 24 - A vote of confidence saw Gideon Sam and his team re-elected at the head of the South

Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) at the elections in Johannesburg today.

 Sam had been first elected following South Africa's poor performance at Beijing in 2008 and had

for the top post from Irvin Khoza, who had been the chairman of the Organising Committee when South

Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup.But he withdrew and urged everyone to back Sam.Sam promised support

Africa and Hlasho from Judo South Africa were the two new members on the Board.Swimming South Africa

South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula (centre) has backed Gideon Sam (right) after his re-election

By Mike RowbottomNovember 24 - Outstanding initiatives in advancing athletics in the six continental areas of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) were honoured in Barcelona today through the presentation by IAAF President Lamine Diack of the Spirit of World Plan Awards.

In Africa, Botswana has introduced a range of initiatives to provide appropriate training opportunities

nbsp;had the programme officially adopted by its Government for inclusion in the school curriculum.In South

By Duncan MackayNovember 21 - Swimming Australia chief executive Kevin Neil has resigned in the wake of the team's poor showing at the London Olympics, which was tarred by reports of pranks and ill-discipline.

instigated several new developments such as the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series involving China and South

Africa in Perth, where $500,000 (£312,000/€385,000) is offered in prize money to swimmers," he said.

By Sara EvansNovember 21 - To help promote tennis participation around the world, The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has launched World Tennis Day in an agreement with the sports promoter StarGames.

finalists Czech Republic and Spain.Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Norway, Portugal and South

Africa have pledged to do similar."

By Duncan MackayNovember 13 - Gideon Sam is set to be re-elected unopposed as President of South African

Khoza, who had been the chairman of the Organising Committee of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

South Africa won a total of six medals at London 2012, including three gold.Leading football administrator

withdrawing from the Presidency for SASCOCKhoza now believes that Sam, a former President of Swimming South

Africa and Springbok team manager, deserves another term having only taken over four years ago, succeeding

story at [email protected] storiesNovember 2012: Sam faces challenge from top South

By Andrew Warshaw at the International Football Arena Conference in ZurichNovember 12 - Sepp Blatter admitted today that he had made mistakes during his 14-year FIFA Presidency but said he would not have got where he is without taking risks.

The next big challenge I had was the [2010] World Cup in South Africa."You have seen the result."

By Duncan MackayNovember 12 - South Africa and Mongolia will make their debuts when the 2013 International

By Duncan MackayNovember 6 - Chad le Clos has been voted the South African Sports Star of the Year after

Voted by the South African public, le Clos beat other top athletes like 2011 winner, the cricketer Hashim

To everybody in South Africa, thank you very much. "You guys are incredible. "God bless."

By Duncan MackayNovember 1 - Gideon Sam will face opposition for the position of President of the South

Sam, a former President of Swimming South Africa and Springbok team manager, has been head of the organisation

the owner of the Orlando Pirates, one of the country's biggest football clubs, was the chairman of South

Mark Alexander.South Africa did better at London 2012 than in Beijing four years ago but Gideon Sam

Africa President Jace Naidoo.A total of 25 names have also been submitted for the five vacant SASCOC

Africa enjoyed one of its most successful Olympic campaigns, winning six medals, three of them gold,

By Andrew WarshawOctober 31 - A star-studded FIFA panel charged with finding ways to make the game more of a spectacle in time for the next World Cup in Brazil has been disbanded.

appointed the Task Force to create a more entertaining World Cup after too many lacklustre matches in South

Africa in 2010.But it got off on the wrong foot as Pelé and others regularly skipped meetings including