to swim, as well as work to draw attention to the risk of contracting HIV/Aids in affected parts of Africa

The Scottish, ahem, summer, will presumably be a bit of challenge for some of the athletes from Africa

By Nick ButlerAsamoah Gyan and the rest of the Ghanaian football team will expect to feature prominently at the maiden edition of the Ghana Sports Excellence Awards taking place later this year.

to being the first African team to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

By Nick ButlerAustralia's Dylan Alcott broke British hearts by defeating Andy Lapthorne in the quad singles final at the wheelchair tennis British Open in Nottingham, while Japan's Yui Kamiji claimed the women's singles title. 

of the world's top two ranked players David Wagner of the United States and Lucas Sithole of South Africa

the IOC Headquarters in LausanneA dispute between the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

(ANOCA) and the African Union means the 2015 All-Africa Games in Brazzaville will no longer serve as

Following the dissolution of the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa in July 2013, organisation for the

Brazzaville follows the last edition of the event in Mozambique in 2011  ©AFP/Getty ImagesThe last All-Africa

an appetite for sport within the Empire and in 1912 the cricketers of England, Australia and South Africa

When the Games resumed in Antwerp in 1920 Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa all competed

By Duncan MackayThe Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) have elected Louis Magee as its new President to replace Pat Fitzgerald, who has completed his year's term.

whose brothers also scaled the sporting heights.Jim accompanied him on the British Lions tour of South Africa

occurred to me when I was in Brazil for the World Cup that when the 2010 tournament kicked off in South Africa

By Zjan ShirinianFIFA President Sepp Blatter has cast doubt on Russia's stadium plan for the 2018 World Cup, saying the number of venues could be cut - to the surprise of the Organising Committee's chief.

We are not going to be in a situation as is the case of one, two or even three stadiums in South Africa

By Gary AndersonMore than 400,000 jubilant fans packed the streets of Berlin today to welcome home the Germany squad following the side's triumph at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

over from Klinsmann Löw guided Germany to another third place finish at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa

By Gary AndersonViewers around the world will be able to watch live action from Glasgow 2014 online via an official YouTube channel for the first time in Commonwealth Games history.

Pacific Islands, the Dubai-based TAJ TV for the sub-continent of India, SuperSport throughout Sub-Sahara Africa

, the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union across Asia,  SABC for South Africa and CBC in Canada.The deal

By Gary AndersonThe International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) has elected a new Executive Council during its World Congress in Incheon, South Korea, which sees Germany's Ulf Mehrens replace Canadian Maureen Orchard as President.

United States.Canadian Steve Bach replaces Mehrens as IWBF vice-president, while Craig Moorgas of South Africa

completed by the Presidents of the four IWBF regional zones with Moroccan Hamid El Aouni representing Africa

By Nick Butler Cricket South Africa (CSA) has been set an ultimatum to remove the national flag from

The ultimatum, set by South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) President Gideon

nine weeks and between R500,000 (£27,000/$47,000/€34,000) and R800,000 (£44,000/$75,000/€55,000).South Africa

By Nick ButlerRay Whelan, the chief executive of Match Hospitality, which is at the centre of investigations into a ticketing scam at the FIFA World Cup, has handed himself into police days after being branded a "fugitive". 

"There were people arrested four years ago in South Africa and again here."

By Nick ButlerTuelo Serufho will return to his role as chief executive of the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) in September following a successful stint as head of the Organising Committee for the Gabarone 2014 African Youth Games (BAYGOC).

This report  will be submitted to the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) as

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By Zjan ShirinianGerman coach Joachim Löw told Mario Götze "show you are better than Messi" minutes before he scored the goal which saw his team win the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 24 years.

Germany were runners-up to Brazil in the 2002 final and came third as hosts in 2006 and in South Africa