By Tom Degun in St Kitts and NevisNovember 14 - Prince Tunku Imran (pictured), the new Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President, has revealed he is hopeful that as many nations as possible will come forward to bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Singapore and South Africa are two obvious examples."

By David GoldNovember 13 - The Argentinean women's hockey team have been granted a reprieve and a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games despite their defeat at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara last month.

India will be Canada, France, Poland, Egypt and the US, whilst the other women's competitors are South Africa

By Tom Degun in St Kitts and NevisNovember 11 - Prince Tunku Imran (pictured right with Mike Fennell) of Malaysia has been officially elected as the new President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) here at the organisation's General Assembly, while Canada's Bruce Robertson and South Africa's Gideon Sam have been elected as the two vice presidents of the organisation.

steps up to CGF President.It is a huge boost for the influential Sam (pictured) and also for South Africa

unopposed.Four of the six regional vice president's were re-elected as well, with Gambia's Abdoulie M Touray for Africa

A time will certainly come to expand the Commonwealth Games Movement, with whispers of a South Africa

By Duncan Mackay in Monte CarloNovember 10 -  Doha are unlikely to agree to a compromise that would see London host the 2017 World Athletics Championships and them the 2019 event, the head of the bid has claimed. 

world of international sport has in recent years explored new areas of the world, for example in Asia, Africa

By Declan WarringtonNovember 7 - The pools have been drawn for the opening event of HSBC Sevens World Series 2011/12 on the Gold Coast, scheduled to take place from 25 and 26 November, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced today.

Gold Coast for the first time, has seeded the defending champions, New Zealand, the runners-up, South Africa

opening day clashes, four of the seeded sides clash as New Zealand face Fiji and Australia meet South Africa

draw provides for some great match-ups on the Friday with New Zealand and Fiji and Australia and South Africa

years people would sometimes have to wait until the final day to see the likes of Australia and South Africa

The full draw is:Pool A: New Zealand, Fiji, Kenya, NiuePool B: South Africa,

By David OwenI don't know if they played a part in Athens's winning submission for the 1896 Games, but moving images have long been fundamental to the business of bidding to host the Olympics and other major sports events.It's easy to see why: with their matchless capacity to open a window on reality – or more usually hyper-reality – motion pictures have an unrivalled ability to transport decision-makers away from the stuffy conference centre they happen to be cooped up in and tap into whatever residue of Olympic emotion they still harbour."I think the films have a visceral, vivid and...

While the message of the film - known as Inspiration, shot in South Africa and featuring four children

By Andrew WarshawNovember 6 - London's bid to stage the 2017 World Athletics Championship is "head and shoulders" above that of Doha,  UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner claimed today.

I think Doha will stand there and say 'we can bring the sport to North Africa, the Middle East and that

abuse of Ferdinand that you really despair.I first encountered the real abhorrence of racism in South Africa

International Olympic Committee, albeit belatedly, played a major part when they banned both South Africa

By Duncan MackayNovember 1 - Sebastian Coe has opened a new £8.25 million ($13.1 million/9.6 million) sports centre at St Mary's University College in Twickenham which is due to host three international teams in the build-up to London 2012. 

 Teams from China, Ireland and South Africa are all due to base themselves at St Mary's before the

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her remarkable Olympic double at the 2004 Athens Games.That first On Camp press conference in South Africa

So when eight athletes were named to go on the first training camp - at Potchefstroom, in South Africa

By Duncan MackayOctober 30 - Former African triple jump champion Francis Dodoo was elected as the new President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) today at a vote that lasted 19 hours and was overseen by armed guards and which is set to be challenged by rival groups.

overseen by Joao Manuel da Costa Alegre Afonso of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

By Tom DegunOctober 30 - Canada's Bruce Robertson (pictured) is hopeful of being re-elected Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) vice-president, despite intense competition for the role.

Antigua and Barbuda); Oceania - Siosifa Takitoa Taumoepeau (Tonga) and Tapasu Leung Wai (Samoa); Africa

By Duncan MackayOctober 29 - South Korea are set to base themselves at the Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC) during next year's Olympics in London, it will be announced next week.  

London's most beautiful parks, is to be the venue for the Association of National Olympic Committess of Africa

Exclusive - Slovenia name King's Cross as their London 2012 homeOctober 2011: Kensington Gardens to host Africa

By David Gold at Somerset House in London October 27 - Half a million people will get a chance to experience the atmosphere of the Olympic Games next year at the BT River of Music experience, announced today by the London 2012 Festival, Serious and BT.

River of Music will be six stages representing each of the continents: Asia will be at Battersea Park, Africa