By Emily GoddardSouth Africa today defeated New Zealand 26-17 in their home Sevens World Series final

in Port Elizabeth was a repeat of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medal game, where South Africa

Afrika's sin bin to reduce the deficit to two.The United States were the winners of the Plate in South Africa

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By Nick ButlerA Rome bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics is expected to be confirmed by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi tomorrow.

and Budapest are also considering bids.Baku, Doha and either Pretoria or Gauteng Province in South Africa

By Nick ButlerAn Extraordinary Session of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (HOC) will take place in February to analyse the feasibility of a Budapest bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics following the outcome of the Agenda 2020 reform process.

Istanbul, runner-up to Tokyo in the 2020 race.Baku, Doha and either Pretoria or Gauteng Province in South Africa

By Mike RowbottomThe International Olympic Committee's (IOC) recent and much heralded Agenda 2020 deliberations in Monaco have done nothing to discourage Fernando Aguerre, President of the International Surfing Association (ISA), about the prospects of his beloved sport riding a wave into the Olympic Programme.The clear horizon indicated by the decision to abolish the cap of 28 sports in the summer Games has set this 56-year-old Argentinian-born entrepreneur dreaming - California dreaming, naturally.With an indication expected this week over the United States' intentions of bidding for the 2024 summer Games - and with two Californian cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles,...

The ISA has been responsible for developing and growing the sport - particularly in Asia, Africa and

By Nick ButlerCollaborative meetings between Olympic Committee heads and officials from the two Portuguese-speaking island nations of Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe have taken place in order to mutually boost progress.

the larger of the two islands which make up the nation, around 250 kilometres off the coast of West Africa

By Nick Butler at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte CarloLima will host the 130th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in 2017 after defeating Helsinki in an election here.

will launch a bid.Other countries reportedly considering attempts are Germany, Qatar, Istanbul, South Africa

By Paul OsborneFormer wheelchair racer Anne Wafula-Strike has been appointed a non-executive director at UK Athletics.

Born in Mihuu, Kenya, Wafula-Strike became the first wheelchair racer from East Africa to compete at

Anne Wafula-Strike was the first wheelchair racer from East Africa to compete at the Paralympics in Athens

Qatar, Azerbaijan, Germany, Turkey, France, Italy and South Africa might have something to say about

By Duncan Mackay at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte CarloWorld Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari has described today's decision to make the Olympic programme more flexible like being called "off the bench" with the "bases loaded". 

well as existing and upgraded venues able to host the sports in both traditional and new markets in Africa

By David Owen at the Fairmont Hotel in Monte CarloSenior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sam Ramsamy is soon to be given a leadership role on the Durban 2022 Commonwealth Games bid team, in a signal that the bid is finally poised to crank up into higher gear, insidethegames understands.

Federation General Assembly.The Durban Commonwealth Games bid is seen in some influential circles in South Africa

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ButlerEgyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has opened the Special Olympics Middle East and North Africa

also symbolic for political reasons, due to the disorder and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa

By Paul OsborneSouth Africa have won the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens after a superb 33-7 victory over

of the show in the Sevens Stadium as he matched brilliant attack with sturdy defence to power South Africa

South Africa over powered Australia to cruise to a 33-7 victory in the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens

By Nick ButlerA bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup could form part of a three-pronged Italian effort to host major sporting events, with plans to stage the 2022 Ryder Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics also in place.

due to take place in Japan.But, with Ireland having also formal confirmed a bid yesterday, and South Africa

By Nick ButlerNew Zealand gained perfect revenge for last year's defeat by edging Australia to win the World Rugby Women's Sevens in Dubai today following a remarkable comeback after they appeared dead and buried at half-time.

today, with 2013 champions Fiji starting as they hope to go on with three victories in Pool A.South Africa

By Nick ButlerAn All-Ireland bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup has been given the green light this morning by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).

no opposition has been confirmed, there is likely to be a strong international challenge, with South Africa

, Argentina, Italy and the United States other nations reportedly considering bids.Of these, South Africa