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."

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."

October 4 - Leonard Chuene should have continued lying knowing about controversial gender tests being carried out on world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya (pictured), African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema has claimed.

The President of Athletics South Africa (ASA) was forced to admit last month that he had lied

call for a nation-wide boycott on Nedbank if they do not retain its sponsorship to Athletics South Africa

League's threat comes after the bank cancelled its five-year sponsorship deal with Athletics South Africa

Shivambu said: "Athletics development in South Africa should not be undermined because of slight mishaps

Related stories September 2009: South Africa company reconsidering sponsorship after Semenya scandal

October 3 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on world sports and Olympic officials to lend support to a global climate deal which he called a "race against time".

#160; Ban said he had "sounded the alarm from Antarctica to the Arctic Rim, from the dry plains of Africa

October 3 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on world sports and Olympic officials to lend support to a global climate deal which he called a "race against time".

#160; Ban said he had "sounded the alarm from Antarctica to the Arctic Rim, from the dry plains of Africa

October 1 - Caster Semenya, the world 800 metres champion at the centre of a row over her gender, has been given R20,000 (£1,600) by a strip club in Johannesburg after they were reported for a giant billboard which appeared to poke fun at her expense.

Complaints about it were made to the country's Advertising Standards Authority by Athletics South Africa

October 1 - Caster Semenya, the world 800 metres champion at the centre of a row over her gender, has been given R20,000 (£1,600) by a strip club in Johannesburg after they were reported for a giant billboard which appeared to poke fun at her expense.

Complaints about it were made to the country's Advertising Standards Authority by Athletics South Africa

October 1 - Caster Semenya, the world 800 metres champion at the centre of a row over her gender, has been given R20,000 (£1,600) by a strip club in Johannesburg after they were reported for a giant billboard which appeared to poke fun at her expense.

Complaints about it were made to the country's Advertising Standards Authority by Athletics South Africa

September 30 - Caster Semenya is to be presented with a cheque for R60,000 (£5,000) by the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League at a special ceremony in Johannesburg next month, it has been announced.

An official complaint has been  submitted to the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa

"It just turned out completely different, because the people high up in Athletics South Africa (ASA)&

  SEPTEMBER 30 - JAPAN has today announced it is to bid to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup, an event that England and Wales also want to host.

South Africa had also been considering a bid for the 2015 World Cup but decided earlier this month to

September 29 - Mexico has withdrawn its bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, claiming that they could not afford it during the current economic crisis.

."   In South Africa, an estimated $1.4 billion (£881 million) has been spent on constructing

September 29 - Mexico has withdrawn its bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, claiming that they could not afford it during the current economic crisis.

."   In South Africa, an estimated $1.4 billion (£881 million) has been spent on constructing

  SEPTEMBER 29 - RUGBY has again signalled its determination to show that it is a truly global sport as it strives to regain its place in the Olympics by today awarding one of its major events to Kenya.

which will be played in April 2009, is another major filip to the ongoing development of the game in Africa

“Africa is a key region for the IRB.

Last year an historic accord was signed with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

(ANOCA) aimed at jointly fostering sport and rugby in Africa.  

"The popularity of rugby across Africa continues to grow and the Kenya Rugby Football Union’s hosting

September 29 - Nedbank, the biggest backer of road-running events for Athletics South Africa 

year early because of timing and "logistical challenges" ahead of the the football World Cup in South Africa

International Association of Athletics Federation's request for tests as well as tests done in South Africa