Africa

The Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) has said it is open to the prospect of a joint bid with Algeria and Morocco for the 2030 Fifa World Cup.

North American basketball league the NBA has furthered its commitment to the African market by agreeing a partnership with Agence Française de Développement (AFD), France’s public development bank.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has moved to draw up a rescue package for Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), while it has issued a warning to Sri Lanka amid the governance crisis affecting the sport in the country.

The Algerian government has confirmed that a potential joint bid for the 2030 Fifa World Cup is being discussed between itself, Morocco and Tunisia.

Kenya’s Safari Rally has moved a step closer to returning to the World Rally Championship calendar after being confirmed as a candidate event for the motorsport series in 2019.

Morocco will pursue a sixth bid for the Fifa World Cup after King Mohammed VI instructed officials in the North African country to target the 2030 edition of the national team football tournament.

Senior African football officials have called on Fifa to reintroduce a rotation system for the World Cup following Morocco’s comprehensive defeat for the hosting rights to the 2026 tournament.

Morocco has committed to building a host of new football stadia despite having failed in its bid to host the 2026 edition of the Fifa World Cup national team tournament.

The joint bid comprising the United States, Canada and Mexico has today (Wednesday) secured hosting rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Morocco 2026 has sought to cast doubt over the revenue projection claims of rival Fifa World Cup bidder United 2026 ahead of tomorrow’s (Wednesday’s) vote to decide the destination of the national team football tournament.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has teamed up with rights partner, pay-television broadcaster SuperSport, to announce the launch of a new “world-class” Twenty20 competition following the collapse of previous efforts to form a T20 Global League.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has been dissolved by the country’s government following revelations of “widespread” corruption that implicates president Kwesi Nyantakyi, one of the most senior figures in African football and a member of the ruling Fifa Council of the world governing body.

World football’s governing body Fifa has cleared the way for a contest later this month to decide the host of its 2026 World Cup, but its Bid Evaluation Task Force has spelled out the “high risk” posed by Morocco’s plans for the national team tournament when compared to the vision of United 2026.

North American basketball league the NBA has announced that this year’s edition of its Africa Game will take place in the South African city of Pretoria, having initially been planned for Johannesburg.

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) will be forced into holding fresh presidential elections after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that last year’s process unfairly excluded Cameroon’s Hamad Kalkaba Malboum.

The committees behind the two bids to stage the 2026 Fifa World Cup will meet with inspectors from football’s global governing body tomorrow (Wednesday) ahead of the June 13 vote to determine the host of the national team tournament.