four-year term as President of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) after she saw off the challenge of South

Damgren Nilsson of Sweden, Ahmed Nasser of Egypt and Shin Otsuka of Japan, while Debbie Alexander of South

Africa was elected to the Board for the first time to complete the elections.The ITU Congress closed

, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.African nations taking part include Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, South

Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.Arab nations include Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait

, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE.Across north, south and central America, competing nations include

By Mike RowbottomOctober 18 - Tsholofelo Thipe, the first black woman to represent South Africa on the

in the 400 metres at the Beijing 2008 Games, has tested positive for a banned substance, Athletics South

Africa (ASA) has confirmed.

Thipe and Rapula Sefanyetso, who has also tested positive, are the latest among 10 South African athletes

I don't know what is going on, but doping by South African athletes is becoming a serious problem," ASA

South Africa seems to have some of the dumbest athletes."

Thipe won the women's 100m and 400m events at the 2009 South African championships in Stellenbosch.She

African athletes caught dopingOf the 10 South African athletes to have tested positive this season,

By David OwenOctober 17 - A man called Simon Timson has been tasked with succeeding the hardest act to follow in British sport.

consistency in recent seasons, although the men's Test side was deposed from the number-one ranking by South

Africa this summer.Prior to the ECB, Timson spent six years as performance director of British Skeleton

By Tom DegunOctober 17 - Thomas Bach, the German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) President, has revealed that the country could mount a bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, most likely with Berlin or Hamburg, depending on which city hosts the 2020 Games.

competition, which would come exactly 100 years after the French capital last hosted the Olympics in 1924.South

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

By Tom DegunOctober 15 - Fiji defeated New Zealand 32-14 in the final of the 2012 Gold Coast Sevens to successfully defend the title they won last year and take an early lead in the HSBC Sevens World Series 2012/13.

collect 22 Series points to sit top of the standings ahead of New Zealand who are on 19 points.Meanwhile, South

Africa sit third on 17 points after beating an impressive Kenya in the third place play-off.Earlier

and Scotland while Pool B sees New Zealand, Argentina, Wales and Russia drawn together.Pool C sees South

Africa grouped with Samoa, England and Portugal while the Pool D pits France, Australia, Canada and

By David OwenOctober 12 - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has served notice of completion of another phase in the meticulous two-year review process that will culminate in a new draft of the World Anti-Doping Code.

1, 2013.A new draft code will ultimately be presented to WADA's foundation board at a conference in South

Africa in November 2013.The new code is due to be implemented in 2015.Contact the writer of this story

By David GoldSeptember 29 - Fans attending the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup could spend whole days or more travelling after the confirmation tonight that Kaliningrad and Yekaterinburg are among the 11 cities chosen to host matches.

be Moscow and the central region.The third is the Volga River cluster running from the centre to the south

important, we go with the World Cup around the world, we have been in Europe and the Americas, in Asia, South

Africa, soon to Brazil."

By Duncan MackaySeptember 29 - Oscar Pistorius will join a world-class field of golf professionals, including the winners of ten majors, for the prestigious Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland next week. 

The South African, who won three medals at the London 2012 Paralympics, including two gold, will join

the professionals are paired with the celebrities - in which one of the main attractions is fellow South

Africa Ernie Els, the current British Open champion. 

As a South African it will be lots of fun to be playing in a tournament with other great names of the

By David GoldSeptember 27 - The Special Olympics has received its largest ever donation this week from Paychex chairman Tom Golisano, former United States President Bill Clinton revealed at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative.

York three times.The new Healthy Communities programme is to launch in Mexico, Peru, Romania, Malawi, South

Africa, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as in six US states.Healthy Communities expands free health screenings

By David GoldSeptember 27 - The window for applications to be a volunteer at the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup has closed, with a record number putting themselves forward for the opportunity.

total of 130,919 applied, almost doubling the previous record of 70,000 for the last tournament in South

Africa two years' ago.The vast majority of applicants are Brazilians, with the largest number coming

could trade.I set myself a target of collecting several types of pins:- My countries: UK, Germany, South

Africa, Romania, Singapore (but I didn't get that one)- Volleyball (my sport)- Olympic sponsors I worked

By Tom DegunSeptember 26 - South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) President

South Africa put in a strong performance at the Paralympics as they picked up 29 medals, eight of which

were gold, to finish in 18th place on the medal table.However, while South Africa's Olympic medal winners

$1,210/€940) for gold, R75,000 (£550/$888/€690) for silver and R40,000 (£300/$485/€380) for bronze.But South

Sam also acknowledged the uphill struggle on the Paralympic front, despite the fact that South African

By Tom DegunSeptember 19 - The new International Rugby Board (IRB) chief executive Brett Gosper has helped make the draw for the prestigious 2012/2013 HSBC Sevens World Series opener, which will take place on October 13 and 14.

Scotland and Tonga.Defending HSBC Sevens World Series champions New Zealand line up in Pool A alongside South

Africa, the United States and Canada, while England head Pool C in a group that also features Samoa,

Lindsay Crook of Australia runs with the ball during the third place playoff match between Australia and South

Africa on day two of the Gold Coast Sevens World Series last year"Last year the crowd and the support

Africa, New Zealand, the USA, Hong Kong, Japan, Scotland and finally England next May.In addition to

By Duncan MackaySeptember 17 - South Africa's Sam Ramsamy (pictured) has been elected as the new President

is also a current vice-president of world governing body FINA and is a former President of Swimming South

Africa.

Africa Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC) during the apartheid years from 1976 to 1990, campaigning

against discrimination in sport and against the participation of South Africa's white-only teams in

international sporting events.Ramsamy returned to South Africa upon the lifting of ban on the African