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The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) has suspended all domestic football in the country after JS Kabylie player Albert Ebosse died after being hit in the head by an object thrown from the stands during a top division game on Saturday.

Football

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has removed Rwanda from the qualifying competition for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations amid a dispute over the fielding of a player using two identities.

Cricket

Cricket South Africa has appointed former national team captain Graeme Smith as the tournament director and brand ambassador of its domestic Twenty20 tournament.

Basketball

The North American NBA basketball league has confirmed that it will stage an exhibition game in South Africa next August.

Football

The Msunduzi Municipality in South Africa has agreed to invest R36m (€2.5m/$3.4m) into Maritzburg United over the next three years to keep the Premier Soccer League (PSL) team in the region.
Events

The Superbike World Championship (WSBK) has been forced to remove another race from its 2014 calendar after the circuit for its South African event failed to meet the required standard for homologation by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM).
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Football

The Council of Southern African Football Associations has announced that its 2014 Cosafa Cup national team tournament will be relocated from Botswana due to “financial and logistical constraints” in the original host country.

Motorsport
Stadia

South Africa’s Kyalami race track is set to remain a motorsport venue after German automotive giant Porsche agreed to acquire the circuit for a reported R205m (€14.1m/$19.1m).

Football
Business

Football’s global governing body Fifa has today (Friday) lifted its suspension of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that was imposed earlier this month due to government interference in the organisation.

Athletics

The Athletics Kenya national governing body has appointed South African agency Frontiers Sport & Entertainment to provide it with exclusive sports marketing and commercial agency services.

Football
Business

Football’s global governing body Fifa has suspended Nigeria from international football due to government interference in the national organisation.

Football

The prospect of Nigeria receiving a Fifa suspension has increased after the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was voted out of office.

Football
Events

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Football

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has been ordered to submit a financial report every six months for the next two years by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) as part of a process to arrest the monetary problems that have engulfed the troubled national governing body.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has called on the support of other African nations as it seeks to bring the Commonwealth Games to the continent for the first time in 2022.

Rugby Union

Sanzar’s bid to establish a Super Rugby expansion franchise in the Asian market has suffered a blow with Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) president Trevor Gregory stating the continent is not ready to host a team.

SportAccord Convention has announced it is closing in on a decision over the host of its 2015 event, adding that “strong interest” has been received from multiple Brazilian cities to stage a future edition of the Convention in the country for the first time.