By Duncan MackayOctober 21 - South Africa will take on a joint bid from Australia and New Zealand to

of either rugby code and the first competition to be officially known as the "Rugby World Cup".South Africa

the trophy for the first time, beating the hosts 34-20 in the final in Brisbane.The bid from South Africa

By Paul OsborneOctober 18 - The International Swimming Federation (FINA) today announced an extension to their partnership with sports marketing agency IEC in Sports.

executive of IEC in Sports and joint-chief executive of Lagardère Unlimited's media hub across Europe and Africa

But so it is in Pakistan, India and parts of Australia and South Africa where Test cricket is played

If we said 20 years ago that Rio would host the Olympics or South Africa the World Cup, few would have

By Paul OsborneOctober 17 - London University Student James Cook has been named as the first winner of the Parmigiani Spirit Award

over $40,000(£25,000/ €29,000) for Village Water, a charity dedicated to helping small communities in Africa

By Paul OsborneOctober 17 - Kenya has finally been given permission to host the hockey African Cup of Nations in November after security issues caused the tournament to be postponed.

hit the Kenyan capital at Westgate Mall which killed at least 67 people and injured another 175.The Africa

country has gifted Nairobi to be considered ahead of Johannesburg as the alternative host venue.South Africa

The top two teams will clash for the ultimate prize and the right to represent Africa at the 2014 FIH

We have hosted before the Africa Club Championships and it is an honour to host this event.

"We are determined to make it a success," South Africa will go in the tournament as firm favourites

By Emily GoddardOctober 15 - Sky Network Television Ltd has been awarded the broadcast rights for the Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Olympics in New Zealand and the Pacific Island Territories, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today.

quadrennium.Deals have yet to be agreed in a number of territories, including the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa

By Gary AndersonOctober 14 - After seeing his Fiji side lose out to England at the quarter-final stage of the Gold Coast Sevens yesterday, Ben Ryan will renew rivalries with his former team again after both nations have been drawn in the same pool for next month's Dubai Sevens.

a tough three games to start off the defence of their title as they have been drawn against a South Africa

points from second-placed Australia on 19, with England lying in third on 17 points ahead of South Africa

By Nick Butler at the London School of Economics in LondonOctober 14 - Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) claimed here tonight that they have achieved considerable success in getting more people participating in sport around the world.

Welfare to the Ministry of Sport.He also cited the work done in countries as diverse as Germany and in Africa

By David OwenOctober 14 - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has served notice that no additional anti-doping laboratories will be approved over the next five years in either Europe or North America.

labs is likely to be restricted to 40 until at least 2018, and that growth is likely to be focused in Africa

developing a programme to strengthen the analytical capability of the Bloemfontein laboratory in South Africa

and a further new laboratory in the northern part of Africa".A third laboratory, "in the central region

of Africa", would be examined and thereafter development encouraged.Support was also noted for "two

By Gary AndersonOctober 14 - The French Football Federation (FFF) plans to ask world governing body FIFA to review the seeding system for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-offs as it believes the current format is unfair.

Ironically, FIFA came in for criticism for employing the same seeding system for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

called on FIFA to either sanction a replay of the match or allow the Republic of Ireland to go to South Africa

By Gary AndersonOctober 13 - Defending World Sevens Series champions New Zealand came from behind to defeat hosts Australia in the final of the season opening Gold Coast Sevens, signalling their intent to hold on to the title they won in emphatic style last season.

South Africa are a fantastic side but I think they just ran out of steam there."

Dan Bibby heads for the try line in England's record breaking 47-0 win over South Africa to secure third

By Nick ButlerOctober 12 - All of the top seeded nations negotiated the opening day of the 2013-2014 Rugby Sevens World Series on the Gold Coast, although it was defending champions New Zealand who were most impressive as they conceded not a single point in their three pool matches.

early stages of the tournament and indeed the season but, after they finished 41 points clear of South Africa

defeat both Argentina and Samoa to top their pool.They will now face Kenya in the last eight while South Africa

Portugal and defeating Canada while England thrashed Spain 54-7 and also ousted France before their South Africa

By Gary AndersonOctober 10 - Members of the Team Bath netball squad, including double Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Pamela Cookey, visited the offices of sponsors Carter Jonas to mark the firm's role as official property partner of the Superleague champions.

Francis, Serena Guthrie and Mia Ritchie, fresh from their recent 3-0 series whitewash over South Africa

Netball Intensive Training CentreAugust 2013: England Netball sign Fiat as title sponsors for South Africa

By Gary AndersonOctober 10 - This year's African Men's Wheelchair Basketball Championships have been moved from Egypt to Angola as a result of ongoing security fears and political unrest in the North African country.

of at least seven protestors outside the Presidential Palace in the Egyptian capital last year.South Africa

their status as the top African wheelchair basketball team in Luanda Back on the court, South Africa

South Africa have been the leading lights in African wheelchair basketball over recent years, having

he has has clearly never forgiven his former teammate Pietersen - who was born and raised in South Africa