November 6 - Officials from Athletics South Africa (ASA) have been accused of physical and verbal abuse

  The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) suspended Chuene and

over Semenya October 2009: Calls for politician to be banned from Semenya discussions October 2009: South

November 6 - Officials from Athletics South Africa (ASA) have been accused of physical and verbal abuse

  The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) suspended Chuene and

over Semenya October 2009: Calls for politician to be banned from Semenya discussions October 2009: South

November 6 -  A $1 billion (£570 million) bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games from the Gold Coast has made a big step closer after Event Knowledge Services (EKS), who had been carrying out an audit, gave it a positive report, the city's Mayor Ron Clarke (pictured) said today.

Coast would be expected to be up against Abuja in Nigeria, Auckland in New Zealand and Durban in South

Africa.

November 6 -  A $1 billion (£570 million) bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games from the Gold Coast has made a big step closer after Event Knowledge Services (EKS), who had been carrying out an audit, gave it a positive report, the city's Mayor Ron Clarke (pictured) said today.

Coast would be expected to be up against Abuja in Nigeria, Auckland in New Zealand and Durban in South

Africa.

November 6 -  A $1 billion (£570 million) bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games from the Gold Coast has made a big step closer after Event Knowledge Services (EKS), who had been carrying out an audit, gave it a positive report, the city's Mayor Ron Clarke (pictured) said today.

Coast would be expected to be up against Abuja in Nigeria, Auckland in New Zealand and Durban in South

Africa.

By Duncan Mackay   November 5 - Leonard Chuene (pictured), the President of Athletics South Africa

  The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) said that that Chuene

statement saying it would abide by the ANC's recommendations, including apologising to Semenya and South

  A statement from the ASA said: "Consequently, Athletics South Africa wishes to

publicly and unconditionally apologise to Caster Semenya and her family, the President of South Africa

  "Athletics South Africa hopes that this will bring closure to a very unpleasant episode

By Duncan Mackay   November 5 - Leonard Chuene (pictured), the President of Athletics South Africa

  The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) said that that Chuene

statement saying it would abide by the ANC's recommendations, including apologising to Semenya and South

  A statement from the ASA said: "Consequently, Athletics South Africa wishes to

publicly and unconditionally apologise to Caster Semenya and her family, the President of South Africa

  "Athletics South Africa hopes that this will bring closure to a very unpleasant episode

By Duncan Mackay   November 5 - Leonard Chuene (pictured), the President of Athletics South Africa

  The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) said that that Chuene

statement saying it would abide by the ANC's recommendations, including apologising to Semenya and South

  A statement from the ASA said: "Consequently, Athletics South Africa wishes to

publicly and unconditionally apologise to Caster Semenya and her family, the President of South Africa

  "Athletics South Africa hopes that this will bring closure to a very unpleasant episode

November 4 - Nearly £2 billion worth of Olympic and Paralympic-related contracts are still up for grabs, businesses attending the London 2012 Business Summit at ExCeL were told today.

contracts on offer from other host nations including Canada, hosts of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, South

Africa, which is staging the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Russia, where Sochi is putting on the 2014 Winter

  "With host countries like, Russia, Brazil and South Africa needing to develop their infrastructure

November 4 - Nearly £2 billion worth of Olympic and Paralympic-related contracts are still up for grabs, businesses attending the London 2012 Business Summit at ExCeL were told today.

contracts on offer from other host nations including Canada, hosts of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, South

Africa, which is staging the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Russia, where Sochi is putting on the 2014 Winter

  "With host countries like, Russia, Brazil and South Africa needing to develop their infrastructure

November 4 - Nearly £2 billion worth of Olympic and Paralympic-related contracts are still up for grabs, businesses attending the London 2012 Business Summit at ExCeL were told today.

contracts on offer from other host nations including Canada, hosts of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, South

Africa, which is staging the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Russia, where Sochi is putting on the 2014 Winter

  "With host countries like, Russia, Brazil and South Africa needing to develop their infrastructure

November 4 - Nearly £2 billion worth of Olympic and Paralympic-related contracts are still up for grabs, businesses attending the London 2012 Business Summit at ExCeL were told today.

contracts on offer from other host nations including Canada, hosts of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, South

Africa, which is staging the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Russia, where Sochi is putting on the 2014 Winter

  "With host countries like, Russia, Brazil and South Africa needing to develop their infrastructure

first I knew of the doubts over Caster Semenya’s gender was in an e-mail from Zola Budd whose South

erupted after Semenya won gold in the World Championships but it seems ironic now when a senior Athletics South

Africa official, Dr Simon Diamini, is claiming that Semenya's problems were caused because her critics

     Jealousy was not Zola's motivation in sending me a link to a story on a South

     We met first when the Daily Mail sent me to South Africa in 1984 to check out

November 3 - The South African team will be based in Twickenham for their pre-Olympic training camps

  The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) put together a task

"     Related stories August 2009: South Africa buoyed for London 2012 by

Berlin success May 2009: South Africa identifies talent for London 2012 March 2009: Scientific

sponsorship for South African 2012 medal drive March 2009: South Africa out to show in 2012 it's not

a banana republic February 2009: Cash boost for South Africa's London 2012 challenge

November 3 - The South African team will be based in Twickenham for their pre-Olympic training camps

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) put together a task team in July

These facilities will help South African athletes train and prepare well for the London Games."

Related stories August 2009: South Africa buoyed for London 2012 by Berlin successMay 2009: South Africa

identifies talent for London 2012March 2009: Scientific sponsorship for South African 2012 medal driveMarch

2009: South Africa out to show in 2012 it's not a banana republicFebruary 2009: Cash boost for South