By Duncan Mackay in Paris March 24 - Sepp Blatter has claimed that he needs four more years as FIFA President to finish his "mission", which involves using football as a force for good in society and helping develop the sport in the less wealthy countries around the world.

This is what we are doing with the Centres of Hope in Africa where we have football alongside school

By Tom DegunMarch 23 - South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has achieved the B qualification standard for the London 2012 Olympic Games in the 400 metres as he ran a personal best of 45.61sec at the at the Provincial Championships at the Nedbank National Championships for Physically Disabled in Rustenburg.

Runner", stormed to victory on the incredibly fast Olympia Park Stadium track and if selected by South Africa

gold medals at this year's Nedbank National Championships for Physically Disabled in Rustenburg, South Africa

By Duncan MackayMarch 21 - Tokyo will not pursue its bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, it has been claimed today.

the IOC would have awarded consecutive Games to Asia.In their absence, Pescante has picked out South Africa

and Istanbul as Rome's most dangerous rivals.South Africa has yet to officially commit itself to a bid

There is great determination in Africa to put together a strong campaign," said Pescante.He also fears

By Tom DegunMarch 21 - London 2012 has today confirmed that G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited will become the Official Security Services Provider and a tier-three sponsor of London 2012.

David Taylor-Smith, regional chief executive of G4S UK and Africa, added: "We have worked extremely hard

By Duncan Mackay in MarrakechMarch 20 - Casablanca could be set to launch a bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, Morocco's Sports Minister Moncef Belkhayat has revealed.

with a population of three million, has long been touted as a possible candidate to be the first in Africa

to becoming a great sport nation that stages great sporting events," Belkhayat said during the Africa

to put forward Casablanca, which is located on the Atlantic Ocean, for the 2020 Olympics then South Africa

Sam Ramsamy, the South African who is a member of the IOC's ruling Executive Board, said here that if Africa

March 18 - At the halfway stage in the 2010/11 season, the HSBC Sevens World Series is on track to break the record levels achieved last year in television broadcast.

broadcasters.Over the first half of this 2010/11 season, comprising the four events in Dubai, South Africa

of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has been urged to offer as much support to a bid from Africa

for the Olympics as Sepp Blatter gave to the continent's staging of the World Cup in South Africa last

serious candidate to put itself forward for the 2020 Games.The subject was top of the agenda at the Africa

The outcome·is expected·next month and Africa is definitely in the race for 2020."

We will get one city to bid from Africa and the good thing is that in Africa we have unity when it comes

The question is when and where and not whether Africa is ready!"

He needs to do for Africa what Sepp Blatter did."

By Tom DegunMarch 15 - A large number of International Paralympic Committee (IPC) governing Board members and representatives have been included on various International Olympic Committee (IOC) Commissions for 2011 following a review of its membership.

respectively with Annecy, Munich or Pyeongchang set to be awarded the latter event at the IOC session in South Africa

March 14 - Beyond Sport has announced Barclays Spaces for Sports has extended its partnership with the sport and development initiative into a third year.

Beyond Sport, including a prominent presence at the Beyond Sport Summit 2011 taking place in South Africa

later this year.South Africa marks the third destination for the annual Summit following on from events

Further sites and projects are already established in South Africa, the United States, the UK, Zambia

We are particularly pleased this year's Summit will take place in South Africa where we launched our

for entries, furthering our reach into new regions and communities, and plans for the Summit in South Africa

March 10 - The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) have appointed Stanley Mutoya as their new chief executive to replace Robert Mutsauki, they have announced.

post of technical director on a full-time basis at the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearMarch 6 - Britain's football team could begin its preparations for next year's Olympics in London with a match against New Zealand at Wembley Stadium in a special fundraising event for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake if a proposal from the President of the Oceania Football Confederation is accepted.

the opponents for the All Whites, who were the only undefeated side at last year's World Cup in South Africa

March 4 - America's Anjali Forber-Pratt, who won the 200 metres in the T54 category at the International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, tonight received a standing ovation at the TD Garden when she was honoured by the Boston Celtics.

the waist down.Forber-Pratt has returned to India twice to help start orphanages in India West Africa

in India following the 50-over cricket tournament.It is widely accepted that the World Cup in South Africa

Contrast this with South Africa last summer where FIFA had the sort of control a Government may envy.In

South Africa, FIFA behaved as if it was the almighty Vatican of sport.

But so desperate was South Africa to host the competition, that it was prepared to pay any price.It knew

South Africa could argue that the World Cup has boosted its image.In contrast, India with an economy

March 1 - Zimbabwe has withdrawn its bid to host the women's World Cup in 2015 leaving Canada as the only candidate, FIFA announced today.

barest minimum" to stage the tournament, but hoped FIFA would show the same faith it had in South Africa