By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in MoscowAugust 18 - Fittingly, the athlete of the 14th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships produced its final flourish as Usain Bolt became the event's most successful competitor in securing his third gold here by anchoring the Jamaican relay team to victory in a 4x100 metres relay which the United States needed to win to knock the hosts off the top of the final medals table.

Centrowitz of the US came past him on the outside to take silver in 3:36.78, and Johan Cronje of South Africa

By Nick Butler at The Hilton in NanjingAugust 18 - Ser Miang Ng, vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), put forward his vision here today to mobilise young people into greater unity and coperation using sport.

During my lifetime I am confident that there will be an Olympic Games in Africa," he said.

By Duncan Mackay at The Hilton in GlasgowAugust 16 - A proposal to move the headquarters of Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) from London to Kuala Lumpur after Glasgow 2014 was blocked today following protests from several countries.

including Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa

Remember how sport united the world in the Seventies to isolate South Africa while it continued to impose

By Emily GoddardAugust 13 - International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Leandro Negre has praised the Indian hockey league brought in earlier this year to breathe new life into the sport in the nation.

including the Indian national side, and 50 international athletes from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

By David OwenAugust 12 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved closer to completing its roster of broadcasting deals for the 2013-2016 Olympic cycle, selling rights in 17 Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Indonesia, Iran and Thailand, to Japanese advertising company Dentsu.

channel Prime.Other territories where the IOC still has to conclude deals include the Caribbean, South Africa

, the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, Puerto Rico and, insofar as Rio 2016 is concerned, Australia.Dentsu

By Gary AndersonAugust 7 - A new National Training Centre in Bloemfontein has been launched today by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).

behind the new facility is to provide a high quality base for national federations (NFs) across South Africa

National Training Centre "At SASCOC, we strive to create a conducive environment for sport in South Africa

By Gary AndersonAugust 6 - USA Gymnastics has announced that Bermuda, Denmark, Panama and South Africa

By Nick ButlerAugust 4 - Malaysia's world number one Nicole David secured a record third consecutive women's singles title at the World Games squash tournament in the Colombian city of Cali, while Gregory Gaultier claimed France's first-ever men's singles victory.

Softball's success at World Games gives timely boost ahead of 2020 Olympic decisionAugust 2013: South Africa

By Gary AndersonAugust 3 - The route for the Queen's Baton Relay, which will visit Wales for seven days in May 2014, ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, has been revealed today. 

this time round it will cover some 190,000 kilometres starting in Asia before moving onto Oceania, Africa

By Gary AndersonAugust 3 - There are 22 qualification spots up for grabs for the men's 2015 International Handball Federation (IHF) World Championships in Qatar, which sees an spot awarded to the African Handball Federation (CAHB) following its improved results at this year's Championships in Spain, it has been announced.

rugby sevens at the World Games in Cali before the sport makes it Olympic debut at Rio 2016, South Africa

By Gary AndersonAugust 1 - The countdown to the start of the International Rugby Board (IRB) 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup continues as today marks exactly one year to go until competition is due to get underway in Paris.

African representatives to be decided.The final two berths will be claimed on September 7 as South Africa

take on Uganda to see who will represent Africa while the winners of Kazakhstan versus Singapore and

By Gary AndersonJuly 31 - The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced that global broadcast figures for the 2012-2013 HSBC Rugby Sevens World Series have risen by five per cent from last year, with a record 4,504 hours of total airtime across 149 territories.

continents, kicking off in the Gold Coast in Australia back in October 2012, ahead of events in Dubai, South Africa

Series champions for a record 11th time in the tournament's 14-year history with former winners South Africa

By James CrookJuly 31- Quadruple Olympic champion Missy Franklin has racked up her third gold medal of the FINA World Championships at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona with a win in the 200 metres freestyle, but decided to abandon her quest for eight gold medals by pulling out of the 50m backstroke semi-final.

the two bronzes and one silver medal he has already won in Barcelona.There was more glory for South Africa