By Emily GoddardApril 20 - Ten of the women who earned an Olympic bronze medal as part of the Team GB hockey squad at London 2012 have been named among the athletes to feature on the new 29-strong England and Britain line up that will prepare for the Rio 2016 Games.

and Ellie Watton following their successful international debuts at the Investec Challenge in South Africa

By James CrookApril 19 - FC Barcelona and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have agreed a partnership which will see them work together in an attempt to maximise impact from global development projects through the use of sport.

source of pride for our club to contribute to the promotion of the values of sport amongst youth in Africa

By Emily GoddardApril 18 - Scotland face a tough challenge in the group stages of the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships (WYNC) on home soil after they were picked in Group C alongside third seeds Jamaica, Wales, the Cayman Islands and Samoa - all big names in the sport - in the draw at Glasgow's Emirates Arena.

The full 2013 WYNC groups are as follows:Group A – Australia, South Africa, Fiji, Israel, NamibiaGroup

signed a partnership agreement with OlympAfrica designed to develop the sport across the continent of Africa

Associations.OlympAfrica is supported by the IOC, the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

By Tom DegunApril 15 - Britain's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Maria Miller has promised that she would support a bid from London for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

original choice, Johannesburg, was stripped of the event amid concerns of concerns about the way South Africa

By James Crook at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in TokyoApril 14 - Riccardo Fraccari has been confirmed as the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) President for another term, after the Italian ran unopposed for the post at the Ordinary Congress here.

the seat for the Americas, Lee Byung Suk of South Korea for Asia, Nigerian Ishola Williams for Africa

By Duncan MackayApril 13 - Athletics South Africa (ASA) plunged further into crisis when its entire Board

By Duncan MackayApril 12 - Seychelles are to investigate setting up a new National Paralympic Committee (NPC), with the help of UK Sport.

nbsp;115-island country spanning an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, east of mainland Africa

By Emily GoddardApril 11 - Britain's double Olympic dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin and German two-time Olympic eventing gold medallist Ingrid Klimke are among the eight Olympic and Paralympic heroes, world champions and national stars named today as ambassadors of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) solidarity programme.

consultancy services, including horse-assisted therapy for seriously disadvantaged teenagers in South Africa

Libya is planning to build a new 60,000-seater stadium in capital city Tripoli in time to host the 2017 Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo and Togo in June on home turf.Libya had been scheduled to host this year's Africa

Cup of Nations, but the country had to swap hosting rights with South Africa - who held the rights to

security fears.One of the currently under-construction stadiums in Tripoli which will be used for the 2017 Africa

By Tom DegunApril 9 - A new annual international tournament in Tbilisi, Georgia, has been launched by the International Rugby Board (IRB) as part of their strategy to increase the competition schedule for second tier nations.

until 16 this year and feature Rugby World Cup 2015 hopefuls Georgia and Uruguay, as well as the South Africa

The addition of Emerging Ireland and the South Africa President's XV ensures a high-calibre competition

The inclusion of the South Africa Presidents's XV and Emerging Ireland teams will provide valuable Tier

By James CrookApril 6 - The team draws have been made for football, volleyball, basketball, water polo, rugby sevens, and field hockey at next summer's Universiade in Kazan, and the Phillippines men's basketball team have cursed their luck as they were handed the unenviable task of facing reigning champions Serbia.

take on Canada, France and Peru.In the women's football, Russia, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and South Africa

By Emily GoddardApril 5 - The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has revealed the schedules for the women's hockey World League semi-finals taking place in Rotterdam and London in June as the competing teams step up their preparations for the 2014 World Cup qualifying tournaments.

players from the British team that won bronze at London 2012 - will play alongside Australia, South Africa

kicks off with the US taking on Italy, before China play Argentina, Australia meet England and South Africa

LondonThe last day of pool matches features games of the US versus China, Argentina against Italy, South Africa

By Tom DegunApril 3 - Golf legend Gary Player has revealed his huge disappointment at missing out on the chance to design the course for the Rio 2016 Olympics when the sport will return to the Games following a 112-year absence.

Gary Player of South Africa (blue shirt) gives putting lessons to Brazilian golfers Cristian Barcelos

By Tom DegunApril 2 - Former Olympic and Commonwealth Games representative Tommy Yule has been named by British Weight Lifting as their new performance director and has been charged with leading the team to success at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The 37-year-old was born in South Africa but grew up both in Scotland and England and therefore represented