By Duncan Mackay October 12 - The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's ruling party, has said it will set up a task force to help Caster Semenya (pictured) rebuild her career following the controversy over her career.

Semenya has rarely been seen since her return to South Africa after her humiliating public scrutiny following

and Olympics Committee (Sascoc) has already launched an investigation into how Athletics South Africa

By Duncan Mackay October 12 - The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's ruling party, has said it will set up a task force to help Caster Semenya (pictured) rebuild her career following the controversy over her career.

Semenya has rarely been seen since her return to South Africa after her humiliating public scrutiny following

and Olympics Committee (Sascoc) has already launched an investigation into how Athletics South Africa

By Duncan Mackay October 12 - The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's ruling party, has said it will set up a task force to help Caster Semenya (pictured) rebuild her career following the controversy over her career.

Semenya has rarely been seen since her return to South Africa after her humiliating public scrutiny following

and Olympics Committee (Sascoc) has already launched an investigation into how Athletics South Africa

By Duncan Mackay October 10 - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has met with officials in India about the Gold Coast's proposed A$1 billion (£570 million) bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018.

the 2014 Commonwealth Games, while other bidders could come from Nairobi in Kenya and Durban in South Africa

By Duncan Mackay October 10 - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has met with officials in India about the Gold Coast's proposed A$1 billion (£570 million) bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018.

the 2014 Commonwealth Games, while other bidders could come from Nairobi in Kenya and Durban in South Africa

By Duncan Mackay October 10 - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has met with officials in India about the Gold Coast's proposed A$1 billion (£570 million) bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018.

the 2014 Commonwealth Games, while other bidders could come from Nairobi in Kenya and Durban in South Africa

players from all corners of the world it is a sentiment that is echoed from New Zealand to Brazil, South Africa

Asian Games, leaving Rugby legacies within each host nation. sevens will also be played at the All Africa

October 9 - An investigation into the handling of the Caster Semenya (pictured) by South Africa's leading sports body has begun.

The committee is looking into the role of Athletics South Africa (ASA) in the gender testing of Semenya

irrelevant to the current matter, which relates to the failure of corporate governance at Athletics South Africa

October 9 - An investigation into the handling of the Caster Semenya (pictured) by South Africa's leading sports body has begun.

The committee is looking into the role of Athletics South Africa (ASA) in the gender testing of Semenya

irrelevant to the current matter, which relates to the failure of corporate governance at Athletics South Africa

83rd in the world as I write this (admittedly only 10 places behind next year’s World Cup host South Africa

in the way that a number of Middle Eastern countries have brought in top athletes, particularly from Africa

What do the rugby sevens World Cup, tennis’s Sony Ericsson Championships and football’s Club World Cup have in common?   Right, all were – or are about to be – staged this year in the Middle East. Add to the list the Dubai World Cup, two Formula One grands prix and the European Tour’s season-ending golf championship and you get a sense of how important a venue for elite sport this politically sensitive but hydrocarbon-rich region has become.  

the world as I write this (admittedly only 10 places behind next year’s World Cup host South Africa

in the way that a number of Middle Eastern countries have brought in top athletes, particularly from Africa

By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen Eduardo Paes is a youthful looking 39. He will be hoping that the next few years will not age him too fast. Paes is the elected Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a prominent figure in the Brazilian city’s successful campaign to host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics. The hangovers of the Cariocas - as local residents are known - from the massive party held on Copacabana Beach to celebrate Rio’s choice as host ahead of Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo last weekend are beginning to clear and now the real work must begin. 

But if it fails then it could slam the door shut in the face for cities in Africa and the rest of the

By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen Eduardo Paes is a youthful looking 39. He will be hoping that the next few years will not age him too fast. Paes is the elected Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a prominent figure in the Brazilian city’s successful campaign to host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics. The hangovers of the Cariocas - as local residents are known - from the massive party held on Copacabana Beach to celebrate Rio’s choice as host ahead of Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo last weekend are beginning to clear and now the real work must begin. 

But if it fails then it could slam the door shut in the face for cities in Africa and the rest of the

October 6 - The NBA is still planning to play a regular-season game in London before the 2012 Olympics, although commissioner David Stern (pictured) said today that no schedule has yet been set.

and beyond, but Stern also said that he would likely follow up the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa

By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen October 6 - Rio de Janeiro's successful campaign to host the 2016 Olympics should encourage an African city to bid for the 2020 Games, Frankie Fredericks (pictured) said here today.

decision to award the Games to a city in South America for the first time in its 113-year history leaves Africa

Fredericks claimed that the fact that FIFA have decided to stage the World Cup in Africa next year

and any of the big cities in South Africa would be capable of hosting the Olympics.

"That could be South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt or Morocco.

if Africa was chosen to the host the Olympics."