South Sudan's recognition is set to be on the agenda at this month's International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting in Kuala Lumpur, and if they are accepted, the issue will be rubber-stamped by the membership-at-large at the IOC Session four days later, insidethegames has been told.

conducted by the IOC, along with the officials from the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

ITV are to broadcast the BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge (WWRC), due to be held in October at the Copper Box Arena on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, it was announced today.

The line-up is completed by hosts Great Britain along with New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and France.As

Sulayman Colley, President of the Gambia National Paralympic Committee (GNPC), has set the country a target of sending six athletes to Rio 2016.

are also targeting powerlifting as another sport the country could qualify an athlete in.With the All-Africa

Great Britain’s two-time Paralympic bronze medal-winning swimmer Rhiannon Henry has announced her retirement from competitive sport after a 14-year career.

with guide Nicole Walters - the PT5 category at the International Triathlon Union event in South Africa

Former England captain and coach Martin Johnson has launched the official ticket design for this year’s Rugby World Cup at Twickenham Stadium in London.

quarter-final, semi-final and the bronze final matches feature photos, supplied by Getty Images.South Africa

taken during the semi-final of the 1999 Rugby World Cup at Twickenham Stadium, where they beat South Africa

Australia versus Fiji at the Millennium Stadium, New Zealand versus Tonga at St James' Park and South Africa

Sierra Leone National Olympic Committee (NOCSL) President Patrick Coker congratulated the newly-appointed national executive of the Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone (SWASAL) for conducting “peaceful and exemplary elections” in welcoming members to his office in Freetown.

which will enhance sports development in the country.”Last year, NOCSL started work on its Olympic Africa

“We hope after the completion of your Olympic Africa project you will incorporate some of our members

Matt Buchi has been appointed head coach of the United States’ men’s wheelchair basketball team for the 2015 Kitakyushu Champions’ Cup in Japan, the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) has announced.

of Illinois, Buchi has also worked with wheelchair basketball camps and clinics in Japan, Israel, Africa

Lieutenant General Wilson Deng Kuoirot has targeted recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following his unanimous election as the first President of the South Sudan Olympic Committee in Juba.

“We’re in close contact with sports organisations and, in fact, during a visit to Africa last year, I

Duracell will be the official battery partner of the Rugby World Cup, due to take place in England from September 18 to October 31, it has been announced.

consumers through rugby not only in the UK & Ireland but also in key markets such as Italy, South Africa

Great Britain beat China 2-0 to take first place at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World League semi-final stage in Valencia.

their Pool B matches, including another 2-0 success against China, Britain went on to defeat South Africa

Earlier in the day, South Africa beat Ireland 4-0 to take seventh place, while the United States were

Australian Jason Day carded a two-under 68 to move to joint-top on the US Open leaderboard at Chambers Bay despite admitting to feeling “groggy” due to drugs he is taking to combat vertigo.

shares the lead with American duo Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth as well as Branden Grace of South Africa

By all accounts Azerbaijan is doing a magnificent job with the inaugural European Games, which are brilliantly orchestrated and staged in enviable splendour. But an ominous black cloud hovers over this sunniest of events.

records on human right were arguably considerably worse than Azerbaijan’s are now said to be.First South Africa

denied entry despite penning several hostile attacks on that rotten regime.Covering sport in South Africa

Robert Dikazolele, assistant secretary general of the National Paralympic Committee of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has passed away.

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The National Olympic Committee of Guinea Bissau (COGB) have held a seminar as they look to restructure and modernise their sports movement in the country through the realisation of a strategic plan.

Olympic Committee (IOC), Olympic Solidarity and the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

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Britain will host the 2016 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Congress, it has been announced.

name change and new logoSeptember 2014: FIBT approves mixed-gender four-man bobsleigh teamsJune 2014: Africa