Lassana Palenfo has been re-elected as the President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

By Gary AndersonJuly 12 - Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), has been granted the Ivory Coast's Medal of the Republic's Noble Commander by Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan at a ceremony in Abidjan.

position for 37 years - was also awarded the Medal of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

By David OwenJuly 11 - Turkish officials are scrambling to contain a fallout from an apparent doping crisis that has broken at an uncomfortable time for the Istanbul 2020 Olympic and Paralympic bid.

and Madrid in Abidjan for the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

By David OwenJuly 10 - With less than two months to go before the host-city of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games is chosen in Buenos Aires, Tokyo 2020 has unveiled two new sponsors.

- are preparing to attend the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Olympic Movement around the globe".Takeda said he was looking forward to meeting with "my friends from Africa

professionalising boxing in the Olympics, major fistic elements in the Britain, the United States, Africa

By Mike RowbottomAs the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow loom on the horizon, England's netball team appear better placed than ever before to challenge the traditional dominance of the perennial - all right, quadrennial - world champions. Namely New Zealand or Australia, who have passed the trophy above England's straining grasp since the World Championships began in 1963.Since that first event, in Eastbourne, only one other nation has featured on the winning step of the podium - although when Trinidad and Tobago earned that honour in 1979 they had to share that top step with - yes, New Zealand and...

It is a striking advert for the forthcoming Test series against South Africa...Ready for the red carpet

for the 2014 Games.Meanwhile the senior team will be warming up with that Test series against South Africa

in the UK in September, after which there are plans to visit South Africa in December to play the hosts

By Duncan MackayJuly 5 - Glagow 2014 announced today that they have appointed the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) as it latest broadcast rights holder for the Commonwealth Games. 

writer of this story at [email protected] storiesMay 2013: SuperSport wins Africa

By Duncan MackayJuly 3 - South Africa's Chad le Clos, who shot to worldwide prominence at London 2012 when he beat Michael Phelps to win the Olympic gold medal in the 200 metres butterfly, has signed with the Professional Sports Group, a leading marketing company.

"Whilst home is South Africa, where he enjoys incredible support, Chad can become a global sports star

By Gary AndersonJune 30 - New Zealand's men's and women's sides completed an historic double at the 2013 International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup Sevens as both sides powered their way to victory at a rain-soaked Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

stopped for an hour midway through the first-half due to thunderstorms.The Fijians had overcome South Africa

By Duncan MackayJune 30 - South Africa's athletes will be able to compete in the Universiade, which is due to begin in Kazan on Saturday (July 6), after the organisation which governs student sport in the country withdrew its membership of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).

refusing to send a track and field team to the event in Russia because they have suspended Athletics South Africa

(ASA) in a row over governance.University Sports South Africa (USSA) have now pulled out of SASCOC so

For now, I'm happy that the team will represent South Africa in Russia."

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

By Gary AndersonJune 29 - Holders Wales set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with favourites New Zealand at the International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup Sevens in Moscow, while neighbours England also face Southern Hemisphere opposition in their quarter-final, as they take on Australia.

South Africa take on Fiji and Kenya face France in the other quarter-final matches of the men's tournament

host nation Russia in Pool B, Scotland exited the main competition after being trounced 41-0 by South Africa

the efforts of their Antipodean cousins, as they notched up comfortable victories over China, South Africa

was the only player to cross the Australian try-line, and following victories over China and South Africa

By Duncan MackayJune 29 - India's position as the centre of cricket was strengthened today when it was awarded the World Twenty20 for the first time in 2016 and its fourth 50-over World Cup in 2023, as well as the second World Test Championship in 2021.

World Cup in Sri Lanka last year The World Twenty20 was launched in 2007 when it was held in South Africa

By James CrookJune 28 - Holders Wales notched up a win in the first game of their International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup Sevens title defence, whilst British neighbours England and Scotland also got off to a winning start at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

with tries coming from Chris Dean, Andrew Turnbull and Michael Fredo, whilst Pool B favourites South Africa

By Duncan MackayJune 28 - Malaysian city Johor Bahru has been given the go-ahead by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to host the World League semi-final, which is due to start tomorrow, following a dramatic improvement in the quality of the air.

conditions The event will feature eight teams with Germany, England, Pakistan, Korea, Argentina, South Africa

By Duncan MackayJune 28 - South African athletes hoping to compete at the Universiade in Kazan next month are set to become the first casualties in a row between the country's governing body and National Olympic Committee.

Athletics South Africa were banned last week by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic

At the last Universiade in Shenzhen two years ago, South Africa finished 24th overall with seven medals

South Africa will send a team of 93 athletes competing in 11 sports but Chef de Mission Nomsa Mahlangu

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