By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year October 28 - The headquarters of the African Sports Confederation of Disabled (ASCOD) is to be moved from Cairo to Luanda in Angola, it has been announced.

By Tom Degun October 27 - Double Paralympic champion David Weir has told insideworldparasport the London 2012 Games may be his last competition before retirement.

"Developing nations in Africa have really started making an impact on the world stage and there are also

October 26 - International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Bernard Lapasset is promising this year's Sevens World Series will be the "biggest and best " ever.

, the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens kicks off the eight-event series, which also visits South Africa

As the third-placed team in last year's World Series standings, Australia top Pool C and face South Africa

October 23 - American swimmer Fran Crippen, who was a contender to win a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, has died whilst taking part in the last leg of the 10 kilometres Marathon Swimming World Cup in Fujairah today, swimming's governing body FINA said.

claimed that Crippen, in contention for the World Cup in pursuit of eventual winner Chad Ho of South Africa

people from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has taken place at the Great Lakes of Africa

October 18 – The "best shooting competition ever" drew a record worldwide television audience of almost 600 million, it has been claimed.

television stations, cinemas, airplanes and more then 450 broadcasters, from Oceania to North America, from Africa

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 13 - New Zealand have won their fourth successive Commonwealth Games rugby sevens gold medal after a stunning comeback from 10 points down to beat a valiant Australia 24-17 in the final.

Australia secured their best finish at the Games with a silver medal while South Africa ensured Southern

" South Africa had earlier claimed the bronze medal after fighting back from 14-5 down at half-time

" Bernado Botha's breakaway try put South Africa 5-0 up early on but England seized control with

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 9 - The Commonwealth Games have received a minor boost with the news that all 500 competitors tested for doping have received the all-clear.

" South Africa Chef de Mission Patience Shikwambana has moved to diffuse the potentially volatile

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 8 - South African Paralympic legend Natalie du Toit stormed to victory in the women’s 100 metres butterfly S9 category to take her personal tally to three gold medals and sign off from the competition in style.

IPC World Championships August 2010: Du Toit lights up Eindhoven with golden swim August 2010: South Africa

swimming competition involves swathes of the world’s finest swimmers from England, Australia, South Africa

Douglas Bader ward, for she has since learned to fly light aircraft -winning a scholarship to South Africa

By Tom Degun in New Delhi October 7 - Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington (pictured) claimed the first Commonwealth gold medal of her career as she stormed to victory in the women’s 800 metres freestyle final here today.

South Africa’s Wendy Trott, fastest qualifier for the final, was a distant second in 8:26.96 while

Douglas Bader ward, for she has since learned to fly light aircraft -winning a scholarship to South Africa

October 5 - The International Rugby Board (IRB) today celebrated the one-year anniversary of being voted on to the Olympic Games programme for Rio de Janei in 2016 by announcing a major sponsorship deal with HSBC. 

has been awarded title naming rights to the record-breaking IRB Series of tournaments in Dubai, South Africa

 By Mike Rowbottom in New Delhi October 5 - Suresh Kalmadi, chairman of the much-criticised organising committee of Delhi 2010, today insisted the embarrassing absence of spectators at many of the Commonwealth Games venues would be sorted out “by tomorrow”.

made to fill the gaps at some venues, notably the netball, where England’s match against South Africa