December 6 - Another 14 Olympic and non-Olympic international sports federations, along with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), have joined Peace and Sport.

and expertise to Peace and Sport's locally-based projects in Côte d'Ivoire, the Great Lakes region in Africa

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearDecember 5 - South Africa's bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics has been given a boost after International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge said the country "has joined the top league of games organisers in the world".

city is put forward will draw encouragement from Rogge's remarks "I have to congratulate South Africa

The overall principle is that South Africa is prepared to host the Summer Olympics."

candidate for 2020 OlympicsJuly 2010: Africa is 20 years away from hosting the Olympics, claims senior

IOC memberJuly 2010: South Africa officially enter race for 2020 OlympicsJuly 2010: Rogge - It is up

to South Africa to decide whether to bid for Olympics

December 2 - A group of athletes committed to serving world peace through sport have been joined by another four big names.

visiting some of the world's most vulnerable areas such as Haiti, Colombia, the Great Lakes Region of Africa

December 2 - Rugby organisers are hoping to smash through the 500,000-spectator barrier in the HSBC Sevens World Series which kicks off in Dubai tomorrow.

Hong Kong, Wellington, Dubai and South Africa have all reached the stage where they sell out, the London

November 21 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has agreed a two-year broadcasting deal covering Norway.

IEC in Sports - the IAAF's exclusive media rights agency for Europe and Africa – concluded the negotiations

Internet Writer of the YearNovember 18 - British coach Emma Swanwick has been sacked by Triathlon South Africa

storiesOctober 2010: British sex-change coach appointed as high performance manager by Triathlon South Africa

ZOC) to take up a new role as technical director of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

And last month I travelled to Maputo, Mozambique, to inspect the facilities for next year's All-Africa

November 14 - More than 300 young rugby protégés from 12 countries will hone their skills at the IRB Junior World Championships 2011 in Italy next June.

Argentina, Wales and Italy in Group A.Australia, France, Fiji and Tonga will contest Group B, and South Africa

November 12 - The firm which designed the London 2012 Olympic stadium has scooped two international awards for its work on other sporting venues.

spectators in every corner of the world and has already become a cultural signifier of the new South Africa

stadium is already providing a lasting cultural and sporting legacy for the people of Johannesburg, South Africa

and Africa generally."

November 9 - Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) vice-president Paul Bird has been elected chairperson of the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Regions' Council, it has been announced.

in 1993 and is its longest serving member, was elected by international representatives from Asia, Africa

By Mike Rowbottom in BristolThere are several hundred people milling about at Filton College's newly laid running track. Teams of children from local Bristol schools chatter in their groups under floodlights, awaiting occasional calls to action. The section of enclosed seating near the finishing line is full up with spectators and VIPs, all sheltering from an evening wind that whips the banners set out along the infield into ceaseless activity.TV camera crews from ITV and BBC are on the prowl, their lights shining into the gloom of the stands to pick out relevant visiting parties. Photographers gather the yellow, white,...

Reeves talks of Keino as being "the Mandela of east Africa."

By Cathy Wood at the Global Sports Industry Congress in London November 1 - Awarding major events such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the FIFA World Cup to emerging nations have far reaching economic, political and social benefits according to speakers at the opening session of the Global Sports Industry Congress in London.

"You heard that about South Africa."

By Tom Degun in Almaty October 31 - Ivan Khodabakhsh, the chief operating officer of the World Series of Boxing (WSB), admitted that the new global boxing competition is a huge investment for everyone involved but claimed he is fully confident it will pay off.

expand both in three continents where we have franchises and in new continents like South America and Africa

    Shauna Mullin was born in South Africa and moved to Edinburgh, playing indoor

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has widened its broadcasting appeal to sub-Saharan Africa

Under the terms of the deal arranged by IEC - the IAAF's exclusive media rights agency for Europe and Africa

The deal covers all of terrestrial sub-Saharan Africa with the exclusion of South Africa and Ghana, where

and has provided to IEC and the IAAF considerable terrestrial broadcast guarantees across sub-Saharan Africa

Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme (CAA), the IAAF's continental association for the territory of Africa

commented its President, Lamine Diack, "as not only is athletics' terrestrial coverage in sub-Saharan Africa