Africa

Reform of the Super Rugby model is set to move forward with a four-conference setup in 2016, according to Australian Rugby Union (ARU) chief executive Bill Pulver.

Generations For Peace volunteers in 15 countries led activities to demonstrate how sport can be used as a tool to bridge gender, religious and ethnic divides in their communities as part of Sunday’s first-ever International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP).

The South African city of Durban (pictured) and Edmonton in Canada have entered the running to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has announced a small operating profit as forecast for the year ending December 31, 2013.

A growing number of Chinese-built football stadia have popped up across Africa over the last decade, as a result of strong diplomatic and trade relations between the two regions. But are they just simply a new breed of white elephants? Elisha Chauhan investigates.

The International Triathlon Union has opened a training and education facility in Cairo, Egypt.

The English Premier League has announced that the South African city of Johannesburg will stage the first edition of its Premier League Live initiative on March 29-30.

New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) chief executive Steve Tew has moved to allay fears over player welfare through the planned expansion of Super Rugby, adding that new teams in South Africa and Argentina will boost broadcast revenues and enhance the development of the game.

Kenya has been awarded the hosting rights for the 2018 African Nations Championship, the tournament for home-based footballers.

The first half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament will be staged outside India after the country’s government said that it cannot provide security for the event owing to a clash with the general election.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Uefa, European football’s governing body, have signed a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for mutual co-operation in the development of the game.

Super Rugby organiser Sanzar has announced that a “preferred model” has been drawn up for the southern hemisphere rugby union competition to expand to 17 teams from 2016 through the addition of new clubs from Argentina and South Africa.

Delhi Daredevils ownership group GMR Sports has warned Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises stand to lose around 40 per cent of their annual revenues if the Twenty20 cricket tournament is moved outside India, while Cricket South Africa has maintained it is yet to be contacted over potentially hosting the event.

The FIA, motor sport’s global governing body, is looking at the possibility of encouraging new African championships to develop motor racing across the continent.

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) has announced the schedule for the 2014-15 Big Wave World Tour (BWWT), with two new events added to the calendar in South Africa and Maui.

Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Ranjib Biswal has admitted that the 2014 edition of the Twenty20 cricket competition could return to South Africa amid security concerns arising from a clash with the country’s general election.