By Declan WarringtonDecember 16 ­- Four-time Paralympic Games gold medalist Marc Woods is finalising his preparations for the Centenary Race to the South Pole, widely regarded as the toughest race on earth.

won 12 Paralympics medals across five Games from 1988 to 2004 and left the UK for Cape Town, South Africa

By Duncan Mackay at the Ritz Carlton in TokyoDecember 16 - Issa Hayatou is "incorruptible", a top African football official who worked on England's bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup has claimed, despite a stain being placed on his character after he was given a reprimand by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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By Duncan Mackay December 12 - International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Bernard Lapasset has been re-elected for a second consecutive term by members of the IRB Council at a meeting in Los Angeles today.

today.Lapasset then inflicted further humiliation on Beaumont when he used his casting vote to elect South Africa

By David GoldDecember 12 - The International Table Tennis Federation (ITFF) has announced a $2.5 million (£1.6 million/€1.9 million) prize fund for the 2012 ITTF World Tour, which will replace the Pro Tour.

£67,000/€78,000).A satellite tour system will complement the World Tour, starting with the 2012 Euro-Africa

By David GoldDecember 12 - The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has moved to clarify a dispute between Malaysia and Spain by insisting that the latter's men's team has not been awarded a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games as of yet, and were still competing in an Olympic qualifying tournament next year.

South Africa had opted not to take up their Olympics slot as they wanted their men's and women's teams

Straits Times, the Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) alleged that a private deal between Spain and South Africa

Europe.Insidethegames understands that the FIH has not received this letter as yet, and confirmed that South Africa

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By Tom DegunDecember 10 - New Zealand defeated hosts South Africa in dramatic fashion with the final

play of the match to win the Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa Sevens in what was round three of the HSBC

reigning Series champions won a thrilling final 31-26 in front of 30,000 fans to claim the first South Africa

Elizabeth.In doing so, they have drawn level with Fiji on 51 points at the top of the World Series with South Africa

South Africa played really well but it was great for my new young guys to come on and provide something

To beat South Africa on their ground is great for us."

Zealand led in the first-half through the captain DJ Forbes and half-back Tomasi Cama but twice South Africa

By David GoldDecember 10 - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has expressed its disappointment at the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to reprimand its President Issa Hayatou for allegedly accepting payments from FIFA's former marketing partner ISL.

By Duncan Mackay in LausanneDecember 9 - Lamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), today continued to insist that he had done nothing wrong despite receiving a warning from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission for receiving money from marketing company ISL.

the first things I did was to have the IAAF directly handle the contract for TV rights in Europe and Africa

By Tom DegunDecember 9 - The French city of Lyon has today been announced as the host of the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Athletics Championships.

officials from 118 countries with the likes of the four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius of South Africa

By David GoldDecember 6 - A late, late header from Bordeaux's Andre Biyogho Poko was enough to give Gabon a shock 1-0 win over Senegal and a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament, making them the first African nation to qualify.

week.Having lost their opening game to Egypt, Gabon were heading out of the tournament when trailing to South Africa

Morocco and Nigeria overshadows African Olympic qualifiersOctober 2011: Urgent talks sought as South Africa

Jacques Rogge), FIFA President de nos jours and IOC member, is confiding that he will depart from South Africa

By David GoldDecember 5 - Four African teams remain in the hunt for a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament, with Senegal facing Gabon and Egypt taking on hosts Morocco in the crucial semi-finals.

stunned the Ivory Coast 3-1 to make it to the last four, finishing second to Egypt, who beat South Africa

Morocco and Nigeria overshadows African Olympic qualifiersOctober 2011: Urgent talks sought as South Africa

By Tom DegunDecember 2 - USA Rugby chief executive Nigel Melville (pictured) has revealed that the United States are currently discussing a bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which would also see Canada host games in the competition.

time.The competition has previous been staged in Oceania three times, Europe three times and South Africa

By Tom DegunDecember 2 - Remaining tickets for the London 2012 Paralympic Games are set to go back on sale on a first come, first served basis at exactly 1pm today.

those at the Olympic Stadium on September 6 when reigning Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius of South Africa

By Tom DegunDecember 2 - Remaining tickets for the London 2012 Paralympic Games are set to go back on sale on a first come, first served basis at exactly 1pm today.

those at the Olympic Stadium on September 6 when reigning Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius of South Africa