March 25 - Natalie Du Toit (pictured), who competed in the Olympics and Paralympics last year, is the latest big name to sign up for the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, it has been announced.

  The South African became the first ever female amputee swimmer to qualify for both the Olympics

    The 25-year-old Du Toit, who is from Cape Town and carried the flag for her native South

Africa at the opening ceremonies for both the Olympics and Paralympics, will compete in the 100 metres

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March 22 - The decision to move cricket's India Premier League (IPL) because of security concerns have been angrily condemned by leading political figures there who fear the effects it will have on the Commonwealth Games.

feared by senior politicians there that the decision to relocate the multi-million dollar IPL to either South

Africa or England because the Government could not guarantee security because it clashed with the country's

By Duncan Mackay in Berlin

decision yesterday to move cricket's multi-million pound Indian Premier League (IPL) out of the country to South

Africa or England because of security fears has raised fresh doubts that the country will be able to

"It is the same way that FIFA has clearly recognised that the 2010 World Cup should go to South Africa

March 21 - England and their rivals bidding to host the 2018 World Cup will not be allowed to launch expensive lobbying campaigns, FIFA President Sepp Blatter (said) has said.  

They are Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Qatar, Russia, South Korea and United States,

Qatar and South Korea have applied only for the 2022 finals, while the other nine candidates are in both

Blatter said: "There shall be no exhibitions of the candidature until the [2010] Congress in South Africa

which is due to be held between May 31 and June 3 in the Bahamas, and three tournaments being played in Africa

this year - the Confederations Cup in South Africa, the under-20 World Cup in Egypt and the under-17

March 22 - There are new doubts over whether New Delhi will be able to stage the 2010 Commonwealth Games after officials today decided to move the Indian Premier League (IPL) out of the country because of security fears.

around the world, including England's Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, is set to be moved to either South

Africa or Britain.