Africa

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has awarded its 2017 World Championships to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, while the evolution of the sport has continued with the introduction of a new fencing format.

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive committee member Sam Ramsamy has said the country is “readying” a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Tom Berrington and Seth Holmes, former vice-presidents at IMG, have set-up Rise, a sports marketing and rights representation agency based in Dubai.

English Premier League football club Manchester United has launched a new initiative as part of its ongoing efforts to better engage with its global fanbase.

Kevin Roberts travelled to Marrakech for the FIH (International Hockey Federation) Congress.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has granted hosting rights for major events to Ostrava, Kampala and Nairobi after awarding the 2019 World Championships to Doha in Qatar yesterday (Tuesday).

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has narrowed the list of contenders to replace Libya as host of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations by dropping bids from Kenya, Zimbabwe and Sudan.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named 2012 Africa Cup of Nations co-host Equatorial Guinea as the new destination for the 2015 edition of the national team tournament.

Qatar Football Association (QFA) president Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani has said his country is “ready” to help in organising the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after the national team tournament was removed from Morocco earlier this week.

Egypt will not send a team to next month’s International Aquatics Federation (Fina) World Swimming Championships (25m), which is being staged in Qatar.

Four leading South African construction companies have said they will argue against a fine imposed by antitrust authorities for alleged collusion on contracts to build stadiums for the country’s staging of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou has said the governing body will announce a replacement host for its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations by the end of the week, adding that postponing the event would have damaged its long-term credibility.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has stripped the hosting rights for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations from Morocco, and ejected its national team from the tournament, following the refusal of the country’s government to stage the event in its specified dates due to the Ebola crisis.

The Moroccan government has maintained its stance over the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations to leave the Confederation of African Football (CAF) with the prospect of either accepting the request to postpone the tournament or finding a new host nation.

South Africa’s Gauteng province will bid for the 2024 Olympic Games if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) permits regions, rather than cities, to host the event as part of changes under president Thomas Bach’s Agenda 2020 reform initiative.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed it will not change the dates of its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament despite the outbreak of Ebola across the continent and has called on host nation Morocco to make a final decision about staging the event by November 8.