Africa

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) unveiled Absa Bank as the new official sponsor of the national team on Thursday.

South African Football Association vice-president Danny Jordaan has revealed that the country will bid to host the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.

Beyond Sport has extended its partnership with Barclays Spaces for Sports into a third year.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has asked the BBC’s Panorama documentary for the evidence the programme used to accuse Cameroon’s Issa Hayatou of taking bribes worth $20,000 in 1995.

Pan African Standard Bank Group is to terminate its sponsorships of Cricket South Africa (CSA) and football clubs Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates when the current deals expire in May.

Danny Jordaan, the chief executive officer for this year’s World Cup in South Africa, is to run for one of Africa’s four seats at FIFA’s executive committee.

Danny Jordaan, CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, was last night given the Outstanding Contribution Award at the 4th International Sports Event Management Awards in London.

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has fired its chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya over charges of mismanagement and insubordination. She had been suspended by ZIFA in July for sending a local club as the national team for games against Thailand, Syria and Malaysia.

Chief executive officer at this year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Danny Jordaan is set to deliver a post event debrief at the International Sports Event Management Conference (ISEM) in London next week.

The sports industry is in mourning following the death of sponsorship and branding expert John Lane. John, who was managing director of Worldwide Sports Marketing, committed suicide over the weekend. He is survived by his wife Callie and two children – Christie and Jason.

Johannesburg-based entrepreneur, IT mogul and Guma Group Executive Chairman Robert Gumede yesterday became the first black owner in South Africa club rugby ownership.

World football’s governing body FIFA yesterday suspended the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) following government interference.

South Africa is to put itself forward as a possible host of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015 following the successful staging of this year’s FIFA World Cup.

Former Nigeria Minister of Sport Sanni Ndanusa has been elected president of the country’s national Olympic committee (NOC) for the second time in a week, now with the recognition of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Primedia has sold its 40 per cent stake in Kaizer Chiefs back to the South African football club’s founder, Kaizer Motaung, for an undisclosed sum.

The International Olympic Commitee (IOC) has invalidated the last Thursday's Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) elections which saw former Minister of Sports, Engr Sanni Ndanusa, made president.