I wonder how many International Olympic Committee (IOC) members have lived in a cave at any point in their lives.

I got full support from them and the Caribbean, majority support from Africa.

Ten-times champions Senegal ended Angola’s Women’s AfroBasket title defence with a slender 56-54 victory on a dramatic day at the event in Yaounde, Cameroon.

over MaliSeptember 2015: Cameroon maintain 100 per cent group stage record with victory over South Africa

Hosts Qatar will be represented by an eight-strong team at this month’s International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Doha, meaning it will be the country's largest-ever contingent at an individual edition of the event.

scheduled to take place at the Qatar Sports Club from October 21 to 31.Related stories October 2015: South Africa

Six athletes are vying for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month award after the list of nominations for September was released today.

is then put to a public vote.Paralympic champion Oyema produced a stunning display at the recent All-Africa

powerlifting champion Esther Oyema of Nigeria broke the world record three times on her way to claiming All-Africa

10-times champions Senegal reached their 13th consecutive Women’s AfroBasket semi-final as they cruised to a 57-38 victory over Mali in a low-scoring quarter-final contest in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Tournament.Related storiesSeptember 2015: Cameroon maintain 100 per cent group stage record with victory over South Africa

The debacle involving the Tokyo 2020 National Stadium has been “disappointing” and preparations for the event in the Japanese capital must move in a “new direction”, Olympic swimming champion Daichi Suzuki has claimed following the launch of a new sports agency in Japan.

way to measure success, but if you look at the Rugby World Cup, just winning one game against South Africa

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has revealed its 23-strong squad for the upcoming International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships, which get underway in Doha on October 21.

Merwe, Langenhoven, Jonathan Ntutu, Tyrone Pillay and Johanna Pretorius all recently represented South Africa

at the All-Africa Games in the Congolese capital Brazzaville.The most notable absentee remains multiple

Merwe is one of the 23 athletes to be named in South Africa's squad for Doha 2015 ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa

We believe this team that has been chosen to represent South Africa at the World Champs is a strong

unbeaten Women’s AfroBasket group stage record as they delighted the home crowd by beating South Africa

South Africa’s women’s team have become the latest side to book their spot at the Rio 2016 Olymoic Games after they won the Women’s Sevens qualifying event with a comfortable 31-5 victory over Kenya on home soil in Kempton Park.

all-important Rio 2016 berth.Having claimed comfortable victories over Zimbabwe, Namibia and Zambia, South Africa

on the scoresheet as the home side recorded a convincing win.The final had started badly for South Africa

States and France have also secured their places by winning their respective regional qualifiers.South Africa

tournament, which will decide the 12th and final qualifier.Elsewhere at the Olympic qualifier in South Africa

Egypt ended Angola’s 18-match unbeaten run at the Women’s AfroBasket after triumphing at the end of a thrilling Group B match in Cameroon's capital Yaounde today.

ahead of their final games but could potentially be overtaken by Uganda after they overcame South Africa

Nigeria were in dominant form as they thrashed Guinea 100-47 in the only game of the Women's AfroBasket in Cameroon's capital Yaounde today.

in Group B, while Nigeria will play Senegal and Angola will meet Egypt.In Group A, Uganda play South Africa

Yokohama Stadium will play host to the finale of another major sporting event after it was confirmed as the replacement location for the 2019 Rugby World Cup final in a "revised roadmap" released by the sport's world governing body today, while the Tokyo Stadium football ground will also be added to a list of 12 venues.

England, where Japan have produced the result of the tournament so far by shocking 2007 winners South Africa

Scotland sit on top of Group B at the Rugby World Cup in England after surviving a fright against the United States at Leeds' Elland Road ground today.

 South Africa sit second in the group with the Samoans third, with the top two reaching the quarter-finals.Elsewhere

Angola maintained their 100 per cent start to the International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) Women's AfroBasket as they continued their bid for a third consecutive title in Cameroon.

they recorded their third win out of three by hammering Uganda 86-34.Mozambique breezed past South Africa

Top players have united at this year’s Rugby World Cup to promote clean sport on the biggest-ever #KeepRugbyClean day.

include "Keep Rugby Clean" ambassadors David Pocock of Australia, Wales captain Sam Warburton, South Africa