By Gary AndersonSeptember 18 - American former wheelchair Paralympian Ann Cody is the perfect candidate to become the next International Paralympic Committee (IPC) vice-president due to her athletic achievements and her passion for disabled sport, according to US Paralympics.

overseen the implementation of sport development and diplomacy programmes with Paralympic partners in Africa

By James CrookSeptember 18 - Four former New York City wheelchair marathon champions, including four-time winner Kurt Fearnley, have been confirmed for this year's event, which is due to take place on November 3.

Edith Wolf-Hunkeler of Switzerland will head the women's field, while Ernst van Dyk of South Africa

Championships in Florence that will see the event broadcast across Europe, North and South America, Africa

Universal Sports in the US, NHK in Japan, CCTV in China, Eurosport Asia Pacific in Pan Asia, Supersport in Africa

He was known all over the world, Africa, America, everywhere.

By Duncan Mackay at the Mövenpick in Zürich-RegensdorfSeptember 15 - Brian Cookson's campaign to replace Pat McQuaid as President of the International Cycling Union (UCI) received a massive boost here today when Europe pledged its 14 votes to the Briton.

Cookson must now persuade five of the remaining 25 votes from America and Asia, who have nine each, or Africa

By Nick ButlerSeptember 13 - University rowers from Britain, Australia, South Africa and China have been

By James CrookSeptember 12 - South Africa's Government has said that the nation is ready to host the first Olympics and Paralympics on African soil in the city of Durban in 2024, although an official decision is yet to be made on whether the country will join the bid race.

vote before eventually losing out to Rome and eventual winners Athens, but Sport and Recreation South Africa

the encouragement the city has found after recently being identified as the friendliest city in South Africa

I believe that everybody is looking forward to a South African bid because Africa is the one continent

Many people believe that South Africa is the ideal spot for the Games and we will work on that."

;Exclusive - South African bid for 2024 Olympic Games imminent, says RamsamyAugust 2011: South Africa

By James CrookSeptember 11 - The International Rugby Board (IRB) and tournament organisers Australian Rugby Union have announced the pools draw and match schedule for next month's Gold Coast Sevens event, which will kick off the 2013-2014 season.

alongside Kenya, the United States and regional qualifiers Tonga, while last season's runners-up South Africa

By David Owen at The Hilton in Buenos AiresSeptember 9 - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has today given notice of the imminent launch of a method of monitoring athletes' biological parameters on the basis of urine samples, rather than blood.

currently gearing up for the World Conference on Doping in Sport to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa

By David Owen at The Hilton in Buenos AiresSeptember 9 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) now expects the sum raised from broadcasting rights for the Olympic cycle encompassing the Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Games to top $4.1 billion (£2.6 billion/€3.1 billion), Timo Lumme, the television and marketing director, told members today.

broadcasting deals have still to be agreed, with outstanding territories including the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa

New Zealand's Rugby team toured South Africa in 1976 and the African nations boycotted Montreal in protest

Nelson Mandela was released from prison as Apartheid ended and South Africa re-entered the Olympic arena.The

months to go until the start of the 2014 International Rugby Board (IRB) Women's Rugby World Cup, South Africa

Cronje, Dolly Mavumengwana, Zandile Nojoko and Zenay Jordaan all crossed the white line to give South Africa

Asithandile Ntoyanto put the match well and truly to bed, before Nwabisa Ngxatu and Cronje again saw South Africa

By James Crook at Twickenham Stadium in London September 4 - Leading rugby union referee Wayne Barnes has spoken of the necessity for the global trial of the "crouch, bind, set" scrum engagement sequence here at the home of England rugby today, but also warned that "teething problems" were likely in the implementation.

Championship, which gets back underway this Saturday (September 7), as well as the Currie Cup in South Africa

By Nick Butler in Buenos AiresSeptember 2 - Squash 2020  has welcomed surging worldwide support across social media platform's due to it providing an all important build-up of momentum at this late stage of the sport's attempt to be included in the 2020 Olympics.

support has come from across the globe, including from places as far afield as Brazil, Malaysia, South Africa

By Gary AndersonSeptember 2 - The Official International Rugby Board (IRB) 2015 World Cup Gilbert ball has been launched just over two years ahead of the showpiece event in England.

rugby kit and equipment and has been the official ball supplier of the Rugby World Cup since South Africa