Africa

Issa Hayatou is poised to retain his powerbase at the helm of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after an age limit for senior executives was dropped today (Tuesday) as member associations reaffirmed their support for Sepp Blatter to continue as Fifa president.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today (Thursday) today upheld a significant proportion of an appeal lodged by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) against sanctions handed out by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) related to its non-staging of the 2015 Cup of Nations.

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has awarded hosting rights for 10 world championship events and has revealed reform plans to tie into the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Agenda 2020 efforts.

South Africa’s round in the World Rugby Sevens Series will move from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town for the four-year cycle beginning in 2015-16.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has confirmed its interest in bidding to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Durban has vowed to stage the most compact Commonwealth Games in the history of the multi-sport event after officially lodging its bid documents for the 2022 edition of the Games.

Guinea has dismissed the prospect of hosting the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in June to accommodate a November-December staging of the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.

Egypt’s Sports Minister Khaled Abdel-Aziz has confirmed that the country has withdrawn its bid to stage the 2017 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Morocco has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against sanctions imposed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the country withdrew from hosting this year's Africa Cup of Nations national team tournament.

Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is seeking to change the organisation’s rules to allow him to remain at the helm, while the Royal Federation of Moroccan Football (FRMF) has rejected sanctions imposed on it by the governing body for not hosting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Durban is set to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games after the South African city’s only rival, Edmonton in Canada, pulled out of the bidding contest due to economic concerns.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) $1m (€880,000) and banned its national team from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations following its withdrawal as host of the 2015 tournament, which concluded on Sunday.

Air Race 1, the international series for the sport of formula one air racing, has announced Tunisia, Spain and the USA will host events in its inaugural World Cup season.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts (MMA) series has promoted David Allen to the position of senior vice-president and general manager of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) division.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has moved to play down speculation linking the country with a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games by stating it is fully focused on Durban’s tilt at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The president of the African Handball Confederation, Mansourou Aremou, has thrown the governing body’s support behind Egypt’s bid to host the sport’s men’s world championship in 2021.