December 2 - Rugby organisers are hoping to smash through the 500,000-spectator barrier in the HSBC Sevens World Series which kicks off in Dubai tomorrow.

Hong Kong, Wellington, Dubai and South Africa have all reached the stage where they sell out, the London

Sports Internet Writer of the YearNovember 18 - British coach Emma Swanwick has been sacked by Triathlon South

Africa (TSA) as high performance manager after only a year in the role following a series of complaints

had been employed by TSA to help provide managerial, administrative and logistical support for South

storiesOctober 2010: British sex-change coach appointed as high performance manager by Triathlon South

Africa

November 14 - More than 300 young rugby protégés from 12 countries will hone their skills at the IRB Junior World Championships 2011 in Italy next June.

against Argentina, Wales and Italy in Group A.Australia, France, Fiji and Tonga will contest Group B, and South

Africa, England, Ireland and Scotland will battle it out in tightly-matched Group C.Games will be played

side.Three players involved in the 2010 Championship have since made the step-up to the Test arena - South

November 12 - The firm which designed the London 2012 Olympic stadium has scooped two international awards for its work on other sporting venues.

Populous won the World's Best Sport Building award for South Africa's Soccer City Stadium, which hosted

new exciting future to an otherwise rundown area, becoming instantly recognisable as the face of the South

Africa and the FIFA World Cup.Damon Lavelle, project architect, who received the award, said: "We are

stadium is already providing a lasting cultural and sporting legacy for the people of Johannesburg, South

Africa and Africa generally."

By Cathy Wood at the Global Sports Industry Congress in London November 1 - Awarding major events such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the FIFA World Cup to emerging nations have far reaching economic, political and social benefits according to speakers at the opening session of the Global Sports Industry Congress in London.

"You heard that about South Africa."

By Tom Degun in Almaty October 31 - Ivan Khodabakhsh, the chief operating officer of the World Series of Boxing (WSB), admitted that the new global boxing competition is a huge investment for everyone involved but claimed he is fully confident it will pay off.

opportunity for us to expand both in three continents where we have franchises and in new continents like South

America and Africa," he said.

    Shauna Mullin was born in South Africa and moved to Edinburgh, playing indoor

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has widened its broadcasting appeal to sub-Saharan Africa

Under the terms of the deal arranged by IEC - the IAAF's exclusive media rights agency for Europe and Africa

The deal covers all of terrestrial sub-Saharan Africa with the exclusion of South Africa and Ghana, where

and has provided to IEC and the IAAF considerable terrestrial broadcast guarantees across sub-Saharan Africa

Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme (CAA), the IAAF's continental association for the territory of Africa

commented its President, Lamine Diack, "as not only is athletics' terrestrial coverage in sub-Saharan Africa

By Tom Degun October 27 - Double Paralympic champion David Weir has told insideworldparasport the London 2012 Games may be his last competition before retirement.

"Developing nations in Africa have really started making an impact on the world stage and there are also

next weekend which sees him go up against the likes of Australian defending champion Kurt Fearnley and South

October 26 - International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Bernard Lapasset is promising this year's Sevens World Series will be the "biggest and best " ever.

again, the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens kicks off the eight-event series, which also visits South

Africa, New Zealand, USA, Hong Kong, Australia, England and Scotland, climaxing at Murrayfield from

As the third-placed team in last year's World Series standings, Australia top Pool C and face South Africa

October 23 - American swimmer Fran Crippen, who was a contender to win a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, has died whilst taking part in the last leg of the 10 kilometres Marathon Swimming World Cup in Fujairah today, swimming's governing body FINA said.

swimmers claimed that Crippen, in contention for the World Cup in pursuit of eventual winner Chad Ho of South

Africa, had showed signs of fatigue sometime on the third lap of the five-lap race.

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 13 - New Zealand have won their fourth successive Commonwealth Games rugby sevens gold medal after a stunning comeback from 10 points down to beat a valiant Australia 24-17 in the final.

Australia secured their best finish at the Games with a silver medal while South Africa ensured Southern

" South Africa had earlier claimed the bronze medal after fighting back from 14-5 down at half-time

" Bernado Botha's breakaway try put South Africa 5-0 up early on but England seized control with

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 9 - The Commonwealth Games have received a minor boost with the news that all 500 competitors tested for doping have received the all-clear.

" Fennell also commented on the issue of South African swimmer Roland Schoeman allegedly making

" South Africa Chef de Mission Patience Shikwambana has moved to diffuse the potentially volatile

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 8 - South African Paralympic legend Natalie du Toit stormed to

The medal was also South Africa’s 100th ever Commonwealth Games gold and du Toit, who lost her leg in

ahead at IPC World Championships August 2010: Du Toit lights up Eindhoven with golden swim August 2010: South

Africa look to du Toit for inspiration in Eindhoven

swimming competition involves swathes of the world’s finest swimmers from England, Australia, South

Africa and Canada.

In the men’s hammer competition, for instance, the South African, Christiaan Harmse (pictured),