Africa

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge believes South Africa is “ready” to host the Olympics even though the country’s government recently claimed that the nation would not bid for the 2020 Games.

The host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics will be unveiled later today after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) votes on the candidate cities of Annecy, Munich and PyeongChang.

Barcelona vice-president of finance Javier Faus has admitted that the Barclays Premier League’s top clubs are ahead of the Catalan giant in efforts to tap into the potentially lucrative Indian market.

Puma has signed up as the official technical supplier to the South Africa Football Association (SAFA) in a kit deal that will cover the next two editions of the FIFA World Cup.

South Africa, which surprisingly withdrew from the running to host the 2020 Olympics last week, has set its sights on staging the 2022 Commonwealth Games, according to the head of the country’s National Olympic Committee.

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) president Gideon Sam has refused to rule out bidding for future Olympic Games after the country’s government declined to back a tilt at the 2020 event.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has agreed a five-year partnership that sees BMW South Africa become the official vehicle sponsor of the national team.

Iran has tabled an unlikely bid to host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2013 and 2014, world football’s governing body has announced.

SAB Miller’s Castle Lager brand has signed up as the new title sponsor of the Tri-Nations rugby union series between South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has reinstated ousted president Mtutuzeli Nyoka and agreed to allow external auditors to examine its finances after allegations emerged that R68 million (US$10 million) earmarked for the 2009 Indian Premier League had gone missing from its accounts.

SuperSport has retained pay-TV broadcast rights within Africa to the UEFA Champions League and Europa League.

South Africa will host what has been described as the world’s richest golf event from next year after a US$10 million World Golf Championship (WGC) event featuring the sport’s top 70 players was unveiled on Tuesday.

Durban is being lined up as South Africa’s candidate for the 2020 Olympics due to the “economies of scale” presented by the city, according to the country’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) president, Gideon Sam.

Beyond Sport has announced that the Beyond Sport Summit and Awards 2011 will take place in Cape Town from December 5-8.

South Africa has been named as the new host of the 2011 African Youth Championship following the removal of the event from Libya.

A new study by South African Tourism and the country’s Ministry of Tourism has claimed that the country’s economy received a R3.6 billion (US$523 million) boost from hosting the FIFA World Cup last year.