Lausanne, September - The International Olympic Committee has announced today that six cities have been put forward by their respective National Olympic Committees to apply to host the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020. Four of them belong to our continent: Baku (Azerbaijan), Istanbul (Turkey), Madrid (Spain), and Rome (Italy) and two from Asia Doha (Qatar) and Tokyo (Japan).

The World Fair Play Trophy for the IAAF World Championships, Daegu 2011, has been awarded to World Hammer Throw champion Koji Murofushi of Japan.

MAPUTO,September 4,2011 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will have a significant presence at the All African Games in Maputo, Mozambique as it looks to spread the anti-doping message to the finest athletes from across the region, and sports fans in Africa.

DAEGU, September 3, 2011 - Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova, the pretty 22-year-old Byelorussian should take heed and think about changing her hairdresser

DAEGU, September 1, 2011 - Doha formally joined two European cities in the bid for the 2017 World Athletics Championships hosting rights.