Africa

Cricket South Africa has become the first national governing body to speak out against a draft proposal being considered by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to give the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket Australia (CA) greater power in running the sport.

Ross Hair, managing director of sports broadcast giant ESPN’s operations in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), is leaving at the end of the month, SportBusiness International understands.

Swedish football club Ostersund has agreed a major investment deal with the Libyan government which it claims is the biggest such agreement in the country’s history.

South African Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee member Sam Ramsamy has outlined his ambition to bring the Olympic Games to the country in the “very near future” so that he can fulfil one of Nelson Mandela’s last wishes.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has added a World Triathlon Series (WTS) stop in the African continent for the first time ever.

Confederation of African Football (CAF) general-secretary Hicham El Amrani has denied reports that Libya could again be stripped of hosting rights to the Africa Cup of Nations.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has welcomed the Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia (PRUI) as a full-member union.

After nearly 10 years at the helm, Tennis South Africa (TSA) chief executive Ian Smith has stepped down.

South Africa sports minister Fikile Mbalula has hit out at FIFA’s “arrogance and pettiness” after world football’s governing body said that it would establish its own investigation into alleged match-fixing surrounding the 2010 World Cup.

Lydia Nsekera, who in May created history by being elected as the first female member of FIFA’s executive committee, has lost her position as president of the Burundi Football Association (BFA).

FIFA has insisted that the Club World Cup will go ahead as planned in Morocco next month even though it has refused to recognise the new president of the country’s football association.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has excluded Tunisian players from competing in next year’s Davis Cup, following the Tunisian Tennis Federation ordering one of its players not to play against an Israeli competitor.

The Ethiopian Football Federation has elected businessman Juneidin Basha president.

Organisers of this year’s FIFA Club World Cup – to be held in Morocco – have confirmed that goal-line technology will be used throughout the competition.

Gambia has confirmed that it will not no longer compete in the Commonwealth Games, ahead of Glasgow 2014.

Gabon has expressed its interest in hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.