Africa

Athletics Kenya (AK) chief executive Isaac Mwangi has asked to step aside for 21 days pending an investigation into allegations that he sought bribes to reduce the doping bans of two Kenyan athletes who failed drugs tests at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has said Kenya is being investigated for breaching the World Anti-Doping Code and could be declared non-compliant in a matter of weeks.

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has signed a lucrative eight-year partnership with the Total Sports Marketing (TSM) agency which will result in the establishment of a new tournament named after President Robert Mugabe featuring African and Asian national teams.

Athletics Kenya (AK) has today (Thursday) dismissed the latest corruption allegations levelled against it as “malicious”, as the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) called the reports “extremely troubling” and indicative of the need to establish an independent anti-doping body in the African country.

Two Kenyan athletes serving four-year bans for doping at the 2015 World Championships have alleged that Athletics Kenya (AK) chief executive Isaac Mwangi asked them each for a $24,000 (€21,486) bribe to reduce their suspensions.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has today (Friday) received a significant boost in his campaign to become the next president of Fifa after receiving the backing of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Fifa presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale is set to make a final effort to revive his troubled election campaign at a Confederation of African Football (CAF) meeting on Friday after his bid emerged intact following a gathering of the South African Football Association (SAFA).

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has today (Monday) imposed a 20-year ban on former national team player Gulam Bodi after he admitted to contriving or attempting to fix matches during last year’s edition of domestic Twenty20 tournament the T20 Challenge Series.

Hans-Peter Zurbruegg, a senior executive for the Infront Sports & Media agency, has been handed another remit in the endurance sports sector by being appointed managing director of the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) division of the Ironman triathlon series.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has fired back at criticism from fellow Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of the partnership signed between the governing body and the Confederation of African Football (CAF), describing the Jordanian’s comments as starting an “unnecessary spat”.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have strengthened their ties by signing a wide-ranging four year partnership.

International Judo Federation (IJF) president Marius Vizer has said six cities are in contention to stage its 2018 and 2019 World Championships, and has maintained North Korea remains a “genuine contender” to host the 2017 Junior World Championships.

Musa Bility's appeal to overturn his exclusion from the election process to become the next president of Fifa, football’s global governing body, has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack has denied giving money to finance Macky Sall’s successful bid to become the President of Senegal, in the latest twist to the Russian doping scandal in athletics.

The domestic governing bodies for netball in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa have entered into a new partnership with the aim of developing a new national team competition.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has confirmed that the 2016 edition of its Currie Cup domestic competition will be expanded to include the Namibian national team.