Africa

Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has entered into a strategic partnership with sports events organiser RPM-MKTG that is designed to drive the development of mountain bike event the Titan Desert.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that video assistant referees (VAR) will be used during one of its competitions for the first time at next year’s African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco.

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has awarded hosting rights for three of its upcoming events to Salt Lake City in Utah, US, the Egyptian capital of Cairo and Zagreb in Croatia.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Amr Fahmy, currently an executive with the Lagardère Sports agency, as its new general secretary.

South Africa’s Sports Minister, Thulas Nxesi, has hit back at criticism of World Rugby’s decision to recommend the country as host of the 2023 World Cup stating the “latter day prophets and naysayers” will be proven wrong.

World Rugby today (Thursday) announced details of an increased investment into Fiji, Tonga and Samoa in co-operation with Pacific Rugby Players, the body representing players in the region, while the sport’s global governing body has again defended its under-fire bidding process for the 2023 World Cup.

World football’s governing body Fifa has issued a guide to the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup, stating the revamped procedure is designed to ensure the process cannot be open to “even one iota of doubt”.

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has ramped up the pressure on World Rugby following last week’s decision to recommend South Africa as host of the 2023 World Cup by issuing a formal complaint over the process to the sport’s global governing body.

World Rugby has said it will contact the French Rugby Federation (FFR) to “raise its concerns” after FFR president Bernard Laporte accused the world governing body of “amateurism” in the process by which it last week backed South Africa as the proposed host of the 2023 World Cup.

France and Ireland have vowed to fight on in their efforts to land the 2023 Rugby World Cup after seeing South Africa’s bid backed by the sport’s world governing body.

Isha Johansen, president of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) and an executive committee member with the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has been charged with 10 counts of corruption and abuse of power.

South Africa is poised to land the 2023 Rugby World Cup after World Rugby today (Tuesday) announced that it has unanimously recommended the country’s bid for its showpiece national team competition ahead of rival offers from France and Ireland.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that Morocco will host the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) after the event was stripped from Kenya.

The inaugural season of Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) T20 Global League has been postponed for one year until November 2018 just days after the national governing body revealed that it was set to post a significant loss on the launch edition of the Twenty20 tournament.

Hosting the inaugural T20 Global League could cost Cricket South Africa (CSA) up to $25m (€21.3m) following delays and difficulties in negotiating media-rights and commercial partnerships surrounding the Twenty20 tournament, it has been revealed.

The race to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup will conclude in just a matter of weeks, with the World Rugby Council set to decide on November 15 whether France, Ireland or South Africa should host the tournament. Here, SportBusiness International examines the South African bid.