Africa

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay have confirmed a joint bid to host football’s 2030 Fifa World Cup while Ghana has set its sights on the 2038 edition of the tournament, as well as the summer Olympic Games as part of an ambitious 40-year national development plan.

Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia and Morocco will contest the reassigned hosting rights to the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN), the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has today (Thursday) announced the departure of chief executive Haroon Lorgat amid reports of concerns over preparations for its new T20 Global League competition.

South Africa has become the first major cricket nation to confirm the scheduling of a four-day Test match amid growing momentum for change to the sport’s most historic format.

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont today (Monday) said that the sport’s global governing body faces a tough choice in selecting the host of the 2023 World Cup after France, Ireland and South Africa laid out “exceptionally strong, impressive and exciting bids” for the national team tournament.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has stripped its 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) from Kenya, while Cameroon remains host of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations but faces an inspection of its infrastructure for the tournament.

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has issued a three-year ban to African Boxing Federation (AFBC) president Kelani Bayor and suspended the Congolese Boxing Federation (Fecoboxe) from hosting events for two years in the wake of incidents at June’s African Boxing Continental Championships.

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has completed the ownership line-up for Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) T20 Global League by securing control of the Stellenbosch franchise.

World football’s governing body Fifa has ordered the replay of a 2018 World Cup qualification game between South Africa and Senegal after a ban imposed on the match referee was upheld, a decision that could have a significant impact on Africa’s qualification process for next year’s tournament in Russia.

Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, president of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), has revealed that the continent will bid to host the 2025 edition of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Championships.

A ‘normalisation committee’ has been appointed by Fifa, football’s global governing body, to oversee the administration of Fecafoot, the organisation that oversees the sport in Cameroon.

Plans have emerged for a $100m (€85.9m) project in Nigeria that is set to result in West Africa’s first motorsport circuit and leisure park development.

Kenyan Sports Minister Hassan Wario has said the East African nation will bid to host the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) 2023 World Championships.

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has today (Friday) confirmed that the country will bid to host the 2026 Fifa World Cup national football team tournament.

The Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has hit out at comments from Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad criticising preparations in the country for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

The South African government has today (Thursday) formally backed the country’s bid to host the 2023 edition of the Rugby World Cup.