A time will certainly come to expand the Commonwealth Games Movement, with whispers of a South Africa

By Duncan Mackay in Monte CarloNovember 10 -  Doha are unlikely to agree to a compromise that would see London host the 2017 World Athletics Championships and them the 2019 event, the head of the bid has claimed. 

world of international sport has in recent years explored new areas of the world, for example in Asia, Africa

and South America and also understood the need for greater flexibility in the traditional calendar to

By Declan WarringtonNovember 7 - The pools have been drawn for the opening event of HSBC Sevens World Series 2011/12 on the Gold Coast, scheduled to take place from 25 and 26 November, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced today.

the Gold Coast for the first time, has seeded the defending champions, New Zealand, the runners-up, South

Africa, Samoa, England, Fiji, hosts Australia, Argentina and Wales.

Africa.

Africa set to go head-to-head before we even reach the finals," he said."

The full draw is:Pool A: New Zealand, Fiji, Kenya, NiuePool B: South Africa,

By David OwenI don't know if they played a part in Athens's winning submission for the 1896 Games, but moving images have long been fundamental to the business of bidding to host the Olympics and other major sports events.It's easy to see why: with their matchless capacity to open a window on reality – or more usually hyper-reality – motion pictures have an unrivalled ability to transport decision-makers away from the stuffy conference centre they happen to be cooped up in and tap into whatever residue of Olympic emotion they still harbour."I think the films have a visceral, vivid and...

While the message of the film - known as Inspiration, shot in South Africa and featuring four children

chanting abuse of Ferdinand that you really despair.I first encountered the real abhorrence of racism in South

Africa in the wretched days of Apartheid when interviewing a black cyclist who stood trembling in front

and the International Olympic Committee, albeit belatedly, played a major part when they banned both South

Africa and the then Rhodesia from the Games until their respective unholy houses were in order.Sport

By Duncan MackayNovember 1 - Sebastian Coe has opened a new £8.25 million ($13.1 million/9.6 million) sports centre at St Mary's University College in Twickenham which is due to host three international teams in the build-up to London 2012. 

 Teams from China, Ireland and South Africa are all due to base themselves at St Mary's before the

and support services attract professional athletes to train on campus, including athletes from the South

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesApril 2011: St Mary's University signs deal with China for London 2012November 2009: South

Africa to base themselves in Twickenham for London 2012 

earned her remarkable Olympic double at the 2004 Athens Games.That first On Camp press conference in South

Africa in November had attracted enormous media interest, given Holmes's astonishing exploits.The side-room

So when eight athletes were named to go on the first training camp - at Potchefstroom, in South Africa

By Tom DegunOctober 30 - Canada's Bruce Robertson (pictured) is hopeful of being re-elected Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) vice-president, despite intense competition for the role.

as CGF vice president, but faces a tough battle with Kenya's Kip Keino, England's Ian Emmerson and South

he will relinquish at the General Assembly next month.Meanwhile, Sam is the current President of the South

Antigua and Barbuda); Oceania - Siosifa Takitoa Taumoepeau (Tonga) and Tapasu Leung Wai (Samoa); Africa

By Duncan MackayOctober 29 - South Korea are set to base themselves at the Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC

London's most beautiful parks, is to be the venue for the Association of National Olympic Committess of Africa

Exclusive - Slovenia name King's Cross as their London 2012 homeOctober 2011: Kensington Gardens to host Africa

By David Gold at Somerset House in London October 27 - Half a million people will get a chance to experience the atmosphere of the Olympic Games next year at the BT River of Music experience, announced today by the London 2012 Festival, Serious and BT.

River of Music will be six stages representing each of the continents: Asia will be at Battersea Park, Africa

at Jubilee Gardens, Europe in Trafalgar Square and Somerset House, North and South America at the Tower

By David GoldOctober 25 - South Africa's Premier Soccer League (PSL) has requested that the country's

The South African under-23 team play in a qualification tournament in Morocco at the end of November,

event fall outside of the FIFA calendar and club teams are not obliged to release their players.With South

Africa failing to qualify for the African Nations Cup, which takes place in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon

We took this decision to give the Africa Cup of Nations the respect it deserves and to ensure that there

By Tom DegunOctober 24 - South Africa's four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius (pictured) has

when he reached the 400 metre semi-final in Daegu, Korea.He also won a medal at the event, helping South

Africa to silver in the 4x400m relay.Pistorius looks increasingly likely to become the first double-leg

Pistorius was also recently named South Africa's Best Dressed Man by GQ magazine, highlighting his growing

By Tom DegunOctober 24 - South Africa's four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius (pictured) has

able-bodied World Championship earlier this year, when he reached the 400 metre semi-final in Daegu, South

Korea.He also won a medal at the event, helping South Africa to silver in the 4x400m relay.Pistorius

Pistorius was also recently named South Africa's Best Dressed Man by GQ magazine, highlighting his growing

By David GoldOctober 22 - Cameroon's women's football team edged out Nigeria to take their place at the London 2012 Olympic Games, after a 4-3 penalty shootout victory, with the sides unable to be separated after 210 minutes of play.

Nigeria when they take part in an Olympic qualifying tournament in Morocco next month.Cameroon join South

Africa in qualifying for London 2012 and it will be the first time they have competed at the Olympic

By David GoldOctober 14 - The London 2012 Olympic football qualifying tournament for Africa, which doubles

from security forces.The competition features two groups of four, with Egypt, Ivory Coast, Gabon and South

Africa in Group A, and Algeria, Morocco, Senegal and Nigeria in Group B.The top three finishing teams