The meticulous sports planning that started immediately after the London Olympics in 2012 and was further consolidated in 2013, will now be put to further scrutiny.

For the last past few weeks the SASCOC office at Olympic House has been firing on cylinders and by the time the staff go on holiday early in December, there will be some tired bodies out there.

The International Olympic Committee recently concluded its 10th World Conference on Sport and Environment in Sochi, Russia and I was pleased to be able to attend.

I recently seized the opportunity to attend the annual University of Pretoria Sports Awards.

Today we launched the nominees for the 2013 edition of the South African Sports Awards.

After the launch of the National Sports Awards on SABC and Metro FM, it was again time to connect with what is happening on the ground.

The annual Cricket South Africa awards were held this week and hats off to the organisers of the event.

This latest update comes to you from a rather cold and wet Glasgow, Scotland where the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Games Federation is being hosted.

Let's be honest... many South Africans both inside and outside sport do not know much about the World Games.

This column comes to you from Cali, Colombia, host of the 2013 World Games.