By David GoldMay 1 - Conrad Stoltz of South Africa returned to take gold at the ITU Cross World Championship

By Tom Degun in DohaApril 30 – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge officially opened the 9th World Conference on Sport and the Environment here tonight at a special ceremony.

year, 43 candidatures were submitted with one winner selected for each of the five continents.From Africa

By Tom Degun in DohaApril 30 - Munich 2018 chair Katarina Witt (pictured) and chief executive Bernhard Schwank have arrived at the prestigious 9th World Conference on Sport and the Environment here in order to promote, what they claim, is their own ground-breaking environmental concept.

vital technical presentation to the IOC in Lausanne on May 18 shortly before heading to Durban in South Africa

By Andrew WarshawApril 29 - FIFA President Sepp Blatter says all 208 member nations will choose·future World Cup hosts, Olympic-style, if he is re-elected on June 1 - instead of the vote being determined by a select few.

I imagine that I have about the half votes from Asia and Africa and surely a majority in the rest of

By Tom DegunApril 26 - Oscar Pistorius, the four-time Paralympic gold medallist, has targeted the A-qualification standard for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) 2011 World Athletics Championships in Daegu in Korea in the 400 metres after recently smashing his personal best.

standard for the World Championships after he ran a personal best of 45.61sec in Rustenburg in South Africa

By David GoldApril 26 - The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has announced that Port Elizabeth is to be the new host of the South African leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series.

said: "I am delighted to be able to confirm that Port Elizabeth will host the Emirates Airlines South Africa

By Duncan MackayApril 21 - Durban has promised to "roll out the red carpet" when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) visits the city later this year to hold its Session in the hope of boosting its own bid.

Durban is the favourite to be put forward by South Africa to bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics

perfect weather which is suitable for the Olympic Games' climate," said Naidoo.The importance that South Africa

storiesFebruary 2011: Cape Town pull out of race to bid for 2020 OlympicsFebruary 2011: South Africa

MinisterJanuary 2011: IOC announce timetable for 2020 Olympic bidsDecember 2010: Rogge tells South Africa

April 16 - Britiain's hree-time World Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington took Ironman South Africa

Wellington put on yet another impressive record-breaking performance by shattering the Ironman South Africa

In wiping out Natasha Badmann's Ironman South Africa bike course record of 4:45:23, Wellington managed

steps in my journey, I believe my desired ambition can be achieved.I have just left for South Africa

By David GoldApril 13 - Giant killers Tanzania will have to repeat their stunning heroics against Cameroon in the last round of African qualifiers for the 2012 Olympic football tournament if they are to keep their hopes alive of playing in London next year, after being drawn against Nigeria.

·World Cup 2010 qualifier Algeria will face Zambia in another intriguing tussle, whilst South Africa

By David GoldApril 11 - Sydney 2000 Olympic gold medalists Cameroon will not be competing at London 2012 after crashing out of the African Confederation's first round of preliminary qualifiers.

success they have enjoyed in recent years.Having reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in South Africa

brushed aside the challenge of Burkino Faso 5-2.Benin, Congo, Gabon, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa

By Tom Degun At SportAccord in LondonApril 7 - Government regulations on advertising and trading at the London 2012 Games could see marketers fall foul of legislation and criminalised for standard business practice according to a new paper launched today by The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).

sponsors' vast investment in the event.Similar rulings were introduced in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

By Tom Degun at SportAccord in LondonApril 6 - Charles Beigbeder, leader of the Annecy Bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, is confident that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will provide some much-needed heavyweight political punch to their campaign to host the Games ahead of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote in Durban on July 6.

Grospiron stepped down citing a lack of financial support, is confident Sarkozy will follow suit in South Africa

April 3 - New Zealand's all-conquering sevens rugby team had double cause for celebration after a historic win in Adelaide also boosted their chances of regaining the HSBC World Sevens Series.

A peerless display over two days at the Adelaide Oval culminated in a tense 28-20 win over South Africa

England and benefited before the final kicked off after their closest rivals were eliminated by South Africa

in the second semifinal.New Zealand had not lost to South Africa - twice winners in Adelaide - for two

South Africa were very quick and dangerous."

By Duncan MackayMarch 28 - Kenya have joined the list of African countries who claim that they are interested in bidding for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

No country in Africa has won more Olympic medals than Kenya so we have all the rights to host the

Games and we are asking Brazil to support us," said Odinga.South Africa are already in the final stages

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