By Tom DegunDecember 28 - Sport England chief executive Jennie Price claims that she would fully support a bid from the country for the 2022 Commonwealth Games following the inspirational effect of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

although the international bidding process will not officially begin until 2014.Canada, New Zealand South Africa

By Tom DegunDecember 24 - South Africa's six-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is set to compete in Australia for the first time ever after he confirmed his participation in the Sydney and Perth instalments of the 2013 Qantas Australian Athletics Tour.

Australia and South Africa are a bit unique in that our seasons domestically fall outside those in Europe

By Tom DegunDecember 23 - Jakarata will host the 2013 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships, it has been announced. 

New markets like Mexico and South Africa were very keen to host this event, which proves that interest

By Duncan MackayDecember 22 - Dave Beeche, who organised the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Auckland earlier this year, has been named chief executive for the 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, which New Zealand is staging.

 He is hoping that the success of New Zealand's team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,

By Lauren Mattera December 22 - The inaugural World Sports Congress (WSC) 2013 has proclaimed to have attracted support from the UK Government, European Commission along with global sporting organisations, including London 2012, for their conference launching next February.

The Congress has also attracted support from UK Sport, South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic

By Andrew WarshawDecember 21 - Interpol has been drafted in to help with the investigation into the match-fixing scandal that has sent shock waves through South African football.

This week the South Africa Football Association (SAFA) suspended its President, Kirsten Nematandani (

Ramaloko, explaining the involvement of Interpol.The scandal could not have come at a worse time for South Africa

So what has Qatar in common with South Africa?

When South Africa started on its quest to bring the World Cup to Africa for the first time the whole

And there were many in Germany and England, not connected with the bids, who felt South Africa should

It now a cliché to say South Africa staged a fine World Cup.

They will not experience the glow South Africa did.

By Andrew WarshawDecember 18 - Two years after staging the World Cup and just weeks before hosting January's African Cup of Nations, South African football has been plunged into crisis after the President of the country's national federation, Kirsten Nematandani (pictured), was suspended along with four others in a new match-fixing scandal.

in the interim.Nematandani had last month stood unsuccessfully for the vice-president of South Africa

South Africa versus Guatemala is one of the games under the match-fixing investigationSouth Africa's

three goals in the match against Colombia, refereed by a Kenyan official, came from penalties.South Africa

who adore their sport in a country that has made great strides since the dark days of apartheid South Africa

Andrew Warshaw in DohaDecember 17 - Pinned to a wall in the engine room of Qatar's 2022 World Cup headquarters in downtown Doha is a detailed planner outlining what is headed "Programme Wide Masterplan: Stage One Draft."

Look how long it took Africa."We have only been in place since 1971 as a country."

the aspect of nation building is playing such a key role in 2022 planning, just as it did in South Africa

South Africa in 2010 was a great success on so many levels yet wasn't perfect."

Look how long it took Africa. We have only been in place since 1971 as a country."

the aspect of nation building is playing such a key role in 2022 planning, just as it did in South Africa

By Tom DegunDecember 16 - Four different scenes from the London 2012 Paralympic Games have appeared in Google's yearly highlights film - Google Zeitgeist.

Ireland, visually impaired sprinter Jason Smyth was the fifth most searched for athlete and in South Africa

By Emily Goddard at the Sinan Erdem Arena in IstanbulDecember 15 - Ryan Lochte of the United States secured his second swimming world record in as many days here at the FINA World Short Course Championships, this time by touching the wall in 50.71sec in the men's 100 metres individual medley semi-final today.

semi-finals in 22.23, the 32-year-old from São Paulo held off 100m butterfly champion Chad Le Clos of South Africa

By Duncan MackayDecember 14 - Christine Sinclair today helped unveil the official logo for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada at a special ceremony in Vancouver.

globe.Canada has qualified automatically as hosts and will be joined by five entries from Asia, three from Africa

By Andrew Warshaw in DohaDecember 14 - It is just over two years since that momentous December day when Qatar stunned the footballing world by winning the race to stage the 2022 World Cup by a landslide.

South Africa in 2010 was a great success on so many levels yet wasn't perfect."

By Andrew Warshaw at the Doha Goals conference in DohaDecember 11 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe claims more major sports events must be taken round the world in order to improve the infrastructure and enhance the wellbeing of fans in developing nations.

The Games have to go to Africa," Coe said."The issue is about timing."