By Duncan MackaySeptember 13 - New Zealand has been chosen to stage this year's Champions Trophy after a late bid from India to remain as hosts failed, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced today.

the eight-team event as the hosts and will have to play in November's Champions Challenge in South Africa

By David GoldSeptember 13 - South Africa's women have qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament for the first time in history after a 1-1 draw with Ethiopia saw them through 4-1 on aggregate.

South Africa had won the first leg in Johannesburg 3-0 to give them a comfortable lead going into the

Nigeria will hope to join South Africa when they contest the second leg of their qualifying tie with

By Mike RowbottomSeptember 11 - England finished top of the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) medals table for the first time since 2000 as their athletes added 19 golds on the final day of competition in the Isle of Man.

final victorious flourish to the day with a 41-20 victory in the floodlit grand final against South Africa

By Jo HalpinSeptember 11 - The ninth FINA World Junior Women's Water Polo Championships begin in Trieste today.

The 2009 champions, Russia, are in Group B and must face South Africa, the Netherlands - winners of

Palace International Horse Trials as the event acts as the London 2012 team eventing qualifier for Africa

By Tom Degun in LondonSeptember 7 - Four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has claimed that although his will always have a small amount critics who oppose him, he feels that 95 per cent of people are fully support of what he does.

month became the first Paralympian to win an able-bodied World Championship medal when he helped South Africa

By Tom Degun in LondonSeptember 7 - Four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has claimed that although he will always have a small amount critics who oppose him, he feels that 95 per cent of people are fully support of what he does.

month became the first Paralympian to win an able-bodied World Championship medal when he helped South Africa

By Tom DegunSeptember 6 – South African four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius today stormed out of a BBC Radio Four interview after being described as an "inconvenient embarrassment" to athletics authorities due to the controversy surrounding his prosthetic legs.

first Paralympian to win an able-bodied World Championship medal on last week when he helped South Africa

By Tom DegunSeptember 6 - South African four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius today stormed out of a BBC Radio Four interview after being described as an "inconvenient embarrassment" to athletics authorities due to the controversy surrounding his prosthetic legs.

first Paralympian to win an able-bodied World Championship medal on last week when he helped South Africa

By Duncan MackaySeptember 6 - India have been stripped of its right to host the Champions Trophy in December, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced today.

the Champions Trophy, India has been invited to play in the Champions Challenge to be held in South Africa

By Duncan MackaySeptember 5 - Facebook is to measure the effect of London 2012 on leading brands associated with the Olympics and Paralympics, it has been revealed.

sponsorship is," said Kathy Dykeman, Facebook's lead on measurement for Europe, Middle East and Africa

Facebook research and analytics team has already run the same initiative at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa

By David GoldSeptember 2 - Fabiana Beltrame made history at Lake Bled in Slovenia today by becoming the first Brazilian rower to take a World Championship title.

the Czech Republic, and Germany had to settle for third.Further back, France came fourth and South Africa

By Mike Rowbottom in DaeguSeptember 2 - Oscar Pistorius will leave these World Championships as a silver medallist – even though he did not run in the 400 metres relay final where his South African team-mates secured second place behind the United States.

first double amputee to compete in an able-bodied World Championships, ran the opening leg for South Africa

You can imagine...Earlier in the evening, Caster Semenya of South Africa reached the 800m final as the

By Mike Rowbottom in DaeguSeptember 1 - Oscar Pistorius, who made history by becoming the first double amputee to compete in the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, can now add to that achievement being the first to reach a final - as well as being a national record holder.

the baton smoothly to teammate Ofentse Mogawane, before Willem de Beer and Shane Victor brought South Africa

By Mike Rowbottom in DaeguSeptember 1 - Oscar Pistorius, who made history by becoming the first double amputee to compete in the World Athletics Championships on Sunday (August 28), can now add to that achievement being the first to reach a final - as well as being a national record holder.

the baton smoothly to teammate Ofentse Mogawane, before Willem de Beer and Shane Victor brought South Africa