By Duncan MackaySeptember 26 - Rene Fasel was re-elected by acclamation as the President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) after no-one stood against him at the sport's General Congress in Tokyo today.

vice-presidents were also elected by acclmation.Finland's Kalervo Kummola will continue to represent Europe and Africa

By Tom DegunSeptember 25 - World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue has launched a campaign to get the sport included on the programme at the Paralympics in time for the Games in 2020.

Championships will take place in Aruba in November and we are expecting entries from Pan America, Europe, Africa

By Tom DegunSeptember 19 - The new International Rugby Board (IRB) chief executive Brett Gosper has helped make the draw for the prestigious 2012/2013 HSBC Sevens World Series opener, which will take place on October 13 and 14.

and Tonga.Defending HSBC Sevens World Series champions New Zealand line up in Pool A alongside South Africa

Crook of Australia runs with the ball during the third place playoff match between Australia and South Africa

Series.Following Australia, the Series will head to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before travelling to South Africa

By Duncan MackaySeptember 17 - South Africa's Sam Ramsamy (pictured) has been elected as the new President of the Confederation of African Swimming (CANA), succeeding Algeria's Mustapha Larfaoui, who had stepped down after holding the position since the creation of the organisation in 1972. 

also a current vice-president of world governing body FINA and is a former President of Swimming South Africa

was a high-profile anti-apartheid campaigner in London and was chairman of the South Africa

participation of South Africa's white-only teams in international sporting events.Ramsamy returned to South Africa

By Andrew WarshawSeptember 17 - FIFA and Brazil 2014 have announced that a yet to-be-named armadillo will be the World Cup mascot.

– a lion dressed in the Union Jack flag and named Willie.The mascot of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

By Tom DegunSeptember 16 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) chief executive Xavier Gonzalez admitted that the organisation would like to have seen more coverage of the Paralympic Games in the United States after American broadcasting giant NBC declined to show a single minute of live coverage on its network from London 2012.

Brazil's Alan Oliveira's (left) victory over Oscar Pistorius (right) of South Africa at the London 2012

highlights were shown in the United States and, unlike the Olympics, little at all in many countries in Africa

were worthier than those of Oscar Pistorius and co in the Olympic Stadium.Oscar Pistorius of South Africa

September on the second day of the Games.Another star of the Games was the famous Oscar Pistorius of South Africa

hosting the Olympic Games, these plans never materialised.The national federations of Denmark, South Africa

  Amongst growing unrest, South Africa were banned from the Games due to opposition against its

, Toronto hosted the Paralympics.The Games faced several boycotts due to the participation of South Africa

By Mike Rowbottom at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 8 - Victoria Arlen denied home favourite Ellie Simmonds a third gold medal tonight as she won the Paralympic 100 metres freestyle S6 title in a world-record time of 1min 13.33sec.

 comfortably fought off a brief challenge from Beijing 2008 gold medallist Kevin Paul of South Africa

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre in the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 4 - Oscar Pistorius has escaped punishment from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) following his outburst in the immediate aftermath of his loss to Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira in the 200 metres T44 final with the organisation's President, Sir Philip Craven, contentiously handing his full backing to the South African.

We're waiting for the National Paralympic Committee of South Africa to go through the official channels

after controversial Paralympic 200m defeatAugust 2012: Pistorius named flag carrier for South Africa

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre in the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 4 - Oscar Pistorius has escaped punishment from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) following his outburst in the immediate aftermath of his loss to Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira in the 200 metres T44 final with the organisation's President, Sir Philip Craven, contentiously handing his full backing to the South African.

We're waiting for the National Paralympic Committee of South Africa to go through the official channels

By David Gold at the BMW Pavilion in the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 4 - Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has claimed that Oscar Pistorius' comments after his defeat in the Paralympic 200 metres T44 final to Brazil's Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira will reopen the debate on whether amputees should be allowed to run in able-bodied events (pictured top).

after controversial Paralympic 200m defeatAugust 2012: Pistorius named flag carrier for South Africa

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 3 - Oscar Pistorius has issued an apology for the "timing" of his of attack against Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira, which came immediately after the Brazilian beat him in the T44 200-metre final, however the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) could still punish the South African for it.

controversial Paralympic 200m defeat August 2012: Pistorius named flag carrier for South Africa

at Olympic Closing CeremonyAugust 2012: Amputee Pistorius still has Olympic medal shot as South Africa