By Nick ButlerDecember 5 - Algeria, Morocco, Rwanda and Egypt will contest the semi-finals of the African Goalball Championships in Nairobi after three days of highly competitive round robin action.

Only six teams are competing in Nairobi following the late withdrawal of South Africa, but the tournament

By Nick ButlerDecember 5 -  Vladimir Putin may back a Russian bid for the Special Olympics, which would continue his nation's "decade of sport" as well as improvements in attitudes towards those with disabilities.

With the bidding process for 2019 - pitting together Australia, Germany and South Africa - already closed

By Gary AndersonDecember 5 - The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) has confirmed the 12-team line-up for next year's World Championships in Odense, Denmark, with New Zealand, Finland and France receiving wild card spots.

an impressive showing at the Asia Oceania Championships last month which saw them defeat hosts South Africa

By Gary AndersonDecember 5 - In historic decisions, India and Jordan were today awarded the 2017 Under-17 World Cup and 2016 FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup respectively following unanimous decisions of the football governing body's Executive Committee in Salvador de Bahia 

Officials in India claimed the decision to award the tournament to them ahead of Ireland, South Africa

Jordan were chosen ahead of Bahrain, Uruguay and South Africa to host the women's Under-17 World Cup

By Gary AndersonDecember 4 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revealed the six athletes shortlisted for its November Athlete of the Month Award, including three stars of wheelchair sport, Tatyana McFadden, Nabil Guedoun and Yui Kamiji.

Luanda.Guedoun picked up the tournament's MVP (Most Valuable Player) as his side overcame hot favourites South Africa

By Gary AndersonDecember 3 - A Judo for Peace seminar in Lusaka, Zambia, saw young competitors and officials from six African countries attend a two-day event which included the inauguration of the first stone of the planned national training centre in the city.

the Judo for Peace seminar in Lusaka ©IJF As well as hosts Zambia, judoka from Botswana, South Africa

By Duncan MackayDecember 3 - Kenya is planning to build a new blood centre in Nairobi to help the fight against doping in the country, it has been revealed.

The centre will serve Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and the central Africa region."

will reduce the cost and time it takes to get results whenever we take our samples to Germany or South Africa

By Emily GoddardDecember 1 - A meeting at which the Board of Athletics South Africa (ASA) was dissolved

could rule top South African athletes out of Glasgow 2014 and Rio 2016April 2013: Athletics South Africa

By Mike RowbottomGymnastics is showcased once again in Glasgow this coming weekend (December 7) as World Cup competition returns to the city which is now vaulting to the top as a venue for the sport, with the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships on its list of future engagements.And there is a particular spring in the step of gymnastics internationally in the wake of this year's decision by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Executive Board that it would move up - along with aquatics - to join athletics in the top tier of sports when it comes to...

158 Academies were hosted throughout 2013, involving 4,245 attending gymnasts.Of these, 38 were in Africa

By Paul OsborneNovember 30 - Fiji have won the Emirates Dubai Rugby Sevens title beating South Africa

finals with an emphatic 44-0 victory, the Fiji side put in a scintillating performance to beat South Africa

Fiji's Benito Masilevu was in fine form against South Africa, scoring a try to help his side lift the

South Africa was a very frustrating game."

We did a lot of good stuff but we didn't play the breakdown particularly well and South Africa are very

Branco de Preez put in a good display to help South Africa on their way to the final ©IRB/Martin Seras

By Paul OsborneNovember 30 - The men's Algerian goalball team will be looking to qualify for the 2014 World Championships as they travel to Nairobi for the final continental tournament of the year as strong favourites for the title next week.

will come into the week-long tournament in a strong position, while teams from Morocco, Egypt, South Africa

By Nick ButlerNovember 29 - Australia stunned World Cup winners New Zealand to win the opening round of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Women's World Sevens Series in Dubai as they came from behind to win a thrilling final 35-27.

ImagesNew Zealand, who are also the overall series defending champions, overcame Argentina 26-19.South Africa

top with a 33-12 victory thanks largely to a hatrick from Marcus Watson.England will now face South Africa

By Nick ButlerNovember 29 - A series of courses targeting improvements in standards of technical officials, coaches and classifiers will be held alongside International Paralympic Committee (IPC) athletics events in 2014, it has been announced.

increase educational opportunities in regions particularly including the Asia as well as the Americas and Africa

By Paul OsborneNovember 28 - The World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships opened in Abidjan today, with more than 170 athletes from 15 nations gearing up for the competition in the Ivory Coast capital.

Taekwondo has a very special relationship with Africa and we are delighted to be able to reward the loyal

The growth of taekwondo in Africa over the last two decades has been extraordinary; the WTF now has 49

to athletes and spectators it is clear to see the appetite and passion for taekwondo that exists in Africa

By Nick ButlerNovember 27 - Archers deemed ineligible for future Paralympic competitions following classification changes introduced earlier this month will have the right to appeal, World Archery (FITA) have announced. 

concerned.There should be "at least one hub in Europe, one in Asia, one in the Americas and perhaps also one in Africa