feel included in "their" event.Coca-Cola engaged local communities during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Alexandra township, where I watched Japan versus Paraguay, was one of about 1,000 "taverns" across South Africa

By Emily GoddardNovember 3 - India's men and Belgium's women have become the latest squads to book their places at the 2014 Hockey World Cup to take place in The Hague, the Netherlands.

spots left to fill, with these set to be taken by the winners of the rescheduled Men's and Women's Africa

hosts New Zealand to secure Oceania Cup titles October 2013: Kenya to host rescheduled hockey Africa

By Emily GoddardNovember 3 - Defending champion Geoffrey Mutai and his compatriot Priscah Jeptoo won the men's and women's races at the New York City Marathon today to ensure a Kenyan clean sweep of the event.

Lusapho April of South Africa finished third, clocking 2:09:45.Priscah Jeptoo wins the women's race of

African Men's Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Luanda as they overcame reigning champions South Africa

South Africa came into the Championships, moved from Egypt to Angola over security fears, looking to

By Gary AndersonNovember 1 - Canada's Clean Air Champions (CAC) charity, supported by some of the country's top Olympic and Paralympic athletes, has been awarded the 2013 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport and Environment Award at the IOC World Conference on Sport and the Environment in Sochi.

host city Cape Town, the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark and the Green Africa

By Nick Butler at Mosimann's in LondonOctober 31 - London rower James Cook was presented with the inaugural Parmigiani Spirit award here today in a ceremony attended by officials from the International Rowing Federation (FISA) and watchmakers Parmigiani, as well as other key figures in the sport.

raised over $40,000 (£25,000/€29,000) for "Village Water", a charity that helps small communities in Africa

By Paul OsborneOctober 30 - Host nation France look set to face a particularly tough group at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup as the draw for the tournament was made today.

Up until this point everything has been hypothetical but now we can give France, South Africa and Australia

The French women face tough opposition after being drawn against Australia, Wales and South Africa in

By Nick ButlerOctober 30 - Kenya appears likely to be the next country to be reprimanded by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) following a surge of recent drugs scandals and the lack of progress over the last 12 months.

investigation to be carried out.But no results have yet been publicised.Rodney Swigelaar, director of WADA's Africa

By Paul OsborneOctober 28 - UEFA President Michel Platini has aired proposals to increase the number of teams participating at the FIFA World Cup from 32 to 40.

expressed desires to cut the number of European teams competing in the tournament in favour of teams from Africa

Currently, 13 of the 32 teams who take part at the World Cup come from Europe, with five coming from Africa

By Gary AndersonOctober 24 - Global logistics outfit DHL has been announced as an official worldwide partner of the Rugby World Cup 2015 in a deal that sees the firm continue its partnership that began at the tournament in New Zealand in 2011. 

handover ceremony in Dublin next month On the way, the Cup will stop off in Australia, South Africa

By Paul Osborne October 24 - Australia's BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series in Perth has received a huge boost with the announcement that Brazil and Japan will now be competing in the pool competition at next year's event.

The two nations will join Australia, China and South Africa in the pool at the Challenge Stadium in the

potential bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games - but they could face stiff opposition from South Africa

the South African Sports and Olympic body (SASCOC), has, meanwhile, reiterated the fact that South Africa

Commonwealth Games to capitalise on Olympic facilitiesNovember 2011: Gideon Sam could lead South Africa

By Gary AndersonOctober 23 - Former South Africa rugby sevens head coach Paul Treu is to take over in

Treu ended his nine-year spell in charge of his native South Africa in August and has now been snapped

Paul Treu in action for the Springboks during his playing days During his time with South Africa

Sevens pick up where they left off last season with victory at Gold CoastFebruary 2013: South Africa

stun New Zealand to take USA Sevens title in Las VegasMay 2011: South Africa pull off remarkable

comeback to win Edinburgh Sevens as New Zealand lift overall World Series titleMay 2011: South Africa

By Gary AndersonOctober 22 - Glasgow 2014 has announced the 18 international technical officials (ITOs) and the 25 national technical officials (NTOs) that will officiate in the netball competition at the Commonwealth Games.

represented across the 43 technical officials, including Scotland, England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

finally got the message Tommie Smith and John Carlos were sending out and removed then apartheid South Africa