Africa

Tubby Reddy, the chairman of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), has insisted that the city of Durban has “done enough” to retain hosting rights to the 2022 edition of the Commonwealth Games multi-sport event.

SA Rugby has partnered with SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, to revamp provincial rugby union in the country.

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South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has said that Durban may have to forfeit its hosting rights to the 2022 Commonwealth Games due to the high cost of staging the multi-sport event.

African football associations are set to request at least 10 places in the newly expanded Fifa World Cup, double the current number assigned to nations from the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The NBA has announced that it will return to Johannesburg in South Africa for a game later this year, while the North American basketball competition’s commissioner, Adam Silver, has warned that the league will consider state-wide discriminatory policies when assigning hosting rights for future events.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has issued a warning to the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) over a meeting it plans to stage with nations outside its home region, stating the get-together is “an attempt to destabilise” the continental governing body.

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) will continue to operate after the country’s government accepted a court ruling overturning an order to disband the organisation.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has unveiled plans for a new franchise-based Twenty20 league and is seeking overseas investment in its teams.

Africa has secured its first annual event on the International Judo Federation’s (IJF) World Tour calendar after an agreement was reached for the Tunisian capital of Tunis to stage a grand prix from 2018 to 2020.

Long-time Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou is to be challenged for his leadership of the sport on the continent as officials maintained that the format for showpiece national team tournament the Africa Cup of Nations will remain unchanged.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has announced that its delayed 2016 Women’s World Championship will take place in El Gouna, Egypt from April 5-14.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has imposed a two-year ban on former national team batsman Alviro Petersen in the latest punishment stemming from a match-fixing scandal concerning the 2015 season of domestic Twenty20 competition the T20 Challenge Series.

North American basketball league the NBA is set to expand its global development initiative into Africa next year by launching a new venture in the Senegalese city of Thies.

Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Phillip Chiyangwa has been elected as the new leader of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) after his South African counterpart, Danny Jordaan, withdrew from the race prior to the vote.

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has awarded hosting rights for its 2017 European Open Championships to the Bulgarian capital of Sofia as it unveiled calendar plans for next year that will involve its first major event in Asia.