FEBRUARY 13- RUSSIA today became the first country to express its interest in hosting the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Australia, England, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Scotland, South Africa and Wales have confirmed their intention

to tender for Rugby World Cup in 2015, while Australia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Scotland, South Africa

FEBRUARY 8 - PACIFIC COLISEUM, the venue to be used for the figure skating at next year's Winter Olympics, has been praised by international officials and competitors.  

More 100 athletes from 15 countries such as Australia , Uzbekistan ,China, Mexico ,South Africa , the

 FEBRUARY 5 - UEFA PRESIDENT Michel Platini (pictured) said today he would try to convince FIFA to restrict the candidates to host the 2018 World Cup to European bids only, which would boost England's chances.

The 2010 World Cup finals are being hosted by South Africa with Brazil hosting the 2014 tournament.

  FEBRUARY 3 - SOUTH AFRICA'S Government has offered its support for the country to bid for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup tournaments as England consider withdrawing because of the economic crisis.

South Africa memorably hosted and won the 1995 World Cup in an event that help unite the country after

infrastructure [would] be in place at the stadiums and across the country and that, [because] South Africa

  OCTOBER 30 - RUSSIA, widely considered to be one of England's biggest rivals to stage the 2018 World Cup, still have to formally declare that they will bid for the event, the country's Sports Minister said today.

If as, expected, the World Cup returns to Europe in 2018 after being staged in South Africa in 2010 and

  OCTOBER 24 - ENGLAND'S bid to host the 2018 World Cup has been left in limbo after FIFA's ruling Executive Committee failed to reach agreement today on the bidding process.

non-European countries would decide to bid for the later tournament because it is expected that after South Africa

  OCTOBER 23 - FIFA, football's world governing body, are tomorrow set to officially fire the starting gun on the race to host the 2018 World Cup.

With the 2010 tournament being played in South Africa and the 2014 event in Brazil, a northern hemisphere

  OCTOBER 22 - A CALL has started for Steve Nash (pictured), one of the country's leading basketball players who has British parents, to oversee Canada's preparations for the 2012 Olympics in basketball and football.

footballers have already been eliminated from the qualifying rounds for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

A close friend of Owen Hargreaves, Thierry Henry and Steve McManaman, Nash was born in South Africa but

His father, John, was born in Tottenham and played professional football in South Africa, and Nash grew

  OCTOBER 22 - A CALL has started for Steve Nash (pictured), one of the country's leading basketball players who has British parents, to oversee Canada's preparations for the 2012 Olympics in basketball and football.

footballers have already been eliminated from the qualifying rounds for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

A close friend of Owen Hargreaves, Thierry Henry and Steve McManaman, Nash was born in South Africa but

His father, John, was born in Tottenham and played professional football in South Africa, and Nash grew

  OCTOBER 20 - SOUTH AFRICAN ATHLETICS is aiming to make London 2012 its most successful ever by winning at least four medals, passing their previous record of three at the 1920 and 2000 Olympics when their medallists included high jumper Hestrie Cloete (pictured), who finished second.

Athletics South Africa (ASA) high performance co-ordinator Wilfred Daniels said at a training camp in

There is a growing call in South Africa to prioritise Olympic sports, by choosing only a few codes that

South Africa made its Olympic debut in 1904 in St Louis but was banned after the 1960 Games because of

  OCTOBER 16 - SOUTH AFRICA'S successful Paralympic team, led by swimmer Natalie du Toit (pictured) and sprinter Oscar Pistorious, have shared R1.8 million (£101,000) in financial rewards, it has been announced.

  South Africa finished sixth in the final medals at the Paralympics in Beijing, winning 30 medals

He was also given a further R1 million (£56,410) by Athletics South Africa.  

her personal best in the women’s 800m to take the silver medal behind Mokgadi Caster Semanya of South Africa

  OCTOBER 15 - ENGLAND and Scotland had another successful day at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, winning four gold medals, four silver and three bronze between them.

metres, nearly eight metres further than the best throw of silver medallist Maria Badenhorst from South Africa

He beat Warren Karsten of South Africa and Singapore's Jia Hao Ng into second and third place respectively

the BMX World Championships in 2009 and 2010 will be held in Adelaide and Pietermartzburg in South Africa

the BMX World Championships in 2009 and 2010 will be held in Adelaide and Pietermartzburg in South Africa