July 27 - David Beckham (pictured) has been named as an ambassador for International Inspiration, London 2012’s  legacy programme for children and young people, alongside Sir Chris Hoy and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.    

Mozambique and Trinidad & Tobago and plans underway for initiatives in Malaysia, Nigeria and South Africa

receive a massive boost today when Presient Barack Obama is personally invited to the tournament in South Africa

receive a massive boost today when Presient Barack Obama is personally invited to the tournament in South Africa

July 24 - England and the other European contenders should not write off the United States to host the 2018 World Cup, the leader of their bid warned today.    

The World Cup will be in South Africa in 2010 and Brazil in 2014, the first time it has left Europe for

July 24 - England may travel to Thailand for a friendly international next year as the Football Association tries to win support for its bid to host the 2018 World Cup, bid leader Andy Anson (pictured) admitted.    

of Group Six in European qualifying and are just one result away from booking their place in South Africa

July 24 - A record 139 countries broadcast the International Rugby Board's (IRB) Seven World Series, giving the sport a massive boost as it begins its final push to be re-admitted to the Olympic Games.    

The grand prix-style Series, won by South Africa, accumulated 3,323.5 hours of total airtime, an increase

exciting emerging teams to challenge the more traditional Rugby nations such as New Zealand, South Africa

The IRB Sevens World Series comprised eight tournaments in Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, the USA,

July 24 - A record 139 countries broadcast the International Rugby Board's (IRB) Seven World Series, giving the sport a massive boost as it begins its final push to be re-admitted to the Olympic Games.    

The grand prix-style Series, won by South Africa, accumulated 3,323.5 hours of total airtime, an increase

exciting emerging teams to challenge the more traditional Rugby nations such as New Zealand, South Africa

The IRB Sevens World Series comprised eight tournaments in Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, the USA,

July 24 - England and the other European contenders should not write off the United States to host the 2018 World Cup, the leader of their bid warned today.    

The World Cup will be in South Africa in 2010 and Brazil in 2014, the first time it has left Europe for

July 24 - A record 139 countries broadcast the International Rugby Board's (IRB) Seven World Series, giving the sport a massive boost as it begins its final push to be re-admitted to the Olympic Games.    

The grand prix-style Series, won by South Africa, accumulated 3,323.5 hours of total airtime, an increase

exciting emerging teams to challenge the more traditional Rugby nations such as New Zealand, South Africa

The IRB Sevens World Series comprised eight tournaments in Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, the USA,

July 24 - England may travel to Thailand for a friendly international next year as the Football Association tries to win support for its bid to host the 2018 World Cup, bid leader Andy Anson (pictured) admitted.    

of Group Six in European qualifying and are just one result away from booking their place in South Africa

be held at the at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, next year, to coincide with South Africa

This World Cup could unite South Africa more than any other event has done."

July 20 - Danny Jordaan (pictured), the chief executive of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, has sparked

South Africa has made a bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and if we win that, the games will most

It opened in 1890 and staged its first international a year later when South Africa played the British

Lions there.It also staged the opening match of the 1995 World Cup, a tournament South Africa ended

July 16 - The United States wants to create an elite Twenty20 competition along the lines of the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), which would offer circket's hopes of getting into the Olympics a big boost.

The success of the IPL in South Africa is evidence of that."

Netball faces a difficult struggle to get into the Olympics and needs to expand outside the Commonwealth, the President of the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) Molly Rhone (pictured) has said.

administrator is also working to get the sport played at major regional multi-sport games - such as the All-Africa

It is one of my most cherished sport-related possessions: a tiny book celebrating the exploits of the 1966 North Korean football team.

Because North Korea has just qualified for next year’s World Cup finals in South Africa for the first

feeling I won’t be the only Englishman keeping a special eye out for North Korea’s matches in South Africa