By Gary AndersonFebruary 6 - Former England and British and Irish Lions player Nigel Redman has been appointed to a lead role on British Swimming's elite coach development programme, it was announced today.

pathway by British Swimming.Redman was part of the successful British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa

who won 20 international caps for England as lock and played on the successful Lions' Tour to South Africa

By Gary AndersonFebruary 5 – Security screening company Rapiscan Systems Limited has today been appointed the official security screening equipment provider for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

services at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa

By Zjan ShirinianFebruary 3 - Tickets for the knockout stages of this year's Women's Rugby World Cup in France have gone on sale.

pool as the United States, Ireland and Kazakhstan.Hosts France will play Australia, Wales and South Africa

By Gary AndersonFebruary 2 - Weightlifting qualification criteria for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has been announced following its approval by the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board. 

Championships are eligible to win quota places at the five Continental qualification events taking place in Africa

By Gary AndersonFebruary 1 - A win by Australia's men's water polo team over defending Olympic champions Croatia helped the host nation to clinch the overall title at the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series in Perth, which also saw Aussie swimmers rack up a host of victories at the VenuesWest Challenge Stadium.

second place behind the Australians, Jiayu Xu and Yuanhui Fu helped China finish third ahead of South Africa

By Gary AndersonFebruary 1 - The man who helped to end Spain's 44-year wait for a second senior international football title, Luis Aragonés, has died today aged 75 after losing his battle with leukaemia.

Spanish football as the national side went on to claim its first ever FIFA World Cup crown in South Africa

By Emily GoddardFebruary 1 - Libya have claimed their first African Nations Championship win by beating favourites Ghana 4-3 on penalties.

tournament ended with the scoreboard tied at 0-0 after extra time at the Cape Town Stadium in South Africa

Togo footballers as they pull out of Libya gameApril 2013: Libya plans to build new stadiums for 2017 Africa

By Gary AndersonJanuary 30 - History has been made in Kampala as the first ever dedicated baseball and softball stadium was officially opened by the Uganda Baseball and Softball Association (UBSA).

This is a historic and truly special moment for the community of Gayaza, the nation of Uganda, Africa

to grow, to host internationally sanctioned competitions and welcome countries from East and Central Africa

By Emily GoddardJanuary 29 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded IMG Media the in-flight and in-ship media rights for the Sochi 2014 Olympics.

2014January 2014: IOC unveils second African TV deal in a weekJanuary 2014: Infront awarded Sub-Saharan Africa

By Danyal Khan January 29 - The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board today announced a new women's international competition in which the top eight countries will face each other in a series of matches between mid-2014 and the end of 2016.

The 50-over competition will involve Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa,

Sri Lanka, South Africa and West Indies. 

This meeting decided, in what described as a "vast majority", to do something about South Africa.

progress was made and although the IOC sent working parties to try and resolve the problems, South Africa

did not again take part in the Games until after Nelson Mandela walked free from prison.South Africa

By Gary AndersonJanuary 28 - The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has announced the signing of a new six-year kit deal with sportswear brand Canterbury of New Zealand which will take in the World Cups in 2015 and 2019.

September 1 and the Irish team will wear the new Canterbury kits for the first time when they face South Africa

By Paul OsborneJanuary 26 - South Africa have defended their USA Sevens title and moved atop the HSBC

After cruising to a 14-0 victory over the 2010 and 2012 champions Samoa in the semi-finals, South Africa

by coming from 7-0 behind to beat Canada, appearing in only their second Cup semi-final, 26-7.South Africa

shock comeback to reach USA Sevens rugby semi-final in Las VegasJanuary 2014: Defending champions South Africa

get off to best possible start at USA Sevens in Las VegasJanuary 2014: Defending champions South Africa

 Wales Sevens coach John steps down to take up role with Cardiff BluesDecember 2013: Inspired South Africa

By Paul OsborneJanuary 25 - Canada have defied all the odds and progressed to just their second ever Cup semi-final in the HSBC Sevens World Series with victory over France in the quarter-finals in Las Vegas.

World Series leaders New Zealand in the semi-finals following their 24-7 victory over England.South Africa

Vegas ©IRB/Martin Limas SeraAfter being nudged out of a place in the Cup following defeat to South Africa

this story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2014: Defending champions South Africa

get off to best possible start at USA Sevens in Las VegasJanuary 2014: Defending champions South Africa

 Wales Sevens coach John steps down to take up role with Cardiff BluesDecember 2013: Inspired South Africa

By Paul OsborneJanuary 24 - Defending champions South Africa got off to the best possible start in Las

South Africa were the team on form coming into the fourth round of the HSBC Sevens World Series following

quarter-finals of the competition, even if they were lose to Kenya and the Canadians beat Wales tomorrow.South Africa

this story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2014: Defending champions South Africa

 Wales Sevens coach John steps down to take up role with Cardiff BluesDecember 2013: Inspired South Africa