Summer Sports








Ukraine's Golubnichiy to join IAAF Hall of Fame

By Mike Rowbottom

Hall of_Fame_Vladimir_Golubnichy_Sept_16September 18 - Vladimir Golubnichy, Ukraine's two-time Olympic race walk champion and multiple world record breaker is the latest athlete to be named as one of the 24 inaugural members of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Hall of Fame which has been created to mark the year of the IAAF centenary.



CONCACAF Congress delayed as external audit continues

By Andrew Warshaw

http--www.insideworldfootball.biz-images-2012-09-Jeffrey Webb 18-09-12-130x87September 18 - Auditors examining the books of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) under the previous regime led by former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who resigned from football in the wake of last year's cash-for-votes scandal, have not yet completed their work, delaying the Confederation's Extraordinary Congress until next year.


Ramsamy elected as new head of African Swimming

By Duncan Mackay

Sam Ramsamy_gesturing_at_FINA_eventSeptember 17 - South Africa's Sam Ramsamy (pictured) has been elected as the new President of the Confederation of African Swimming (CANA), succeeding Algeria's Mustapha Larfaoui, who had stepped down after holding the position since the creation of the organisation in 1972.