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Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has reversed a two-year suspension from international competitions imposed on the national team after its dire display at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has fired President Sani Lulu and Vice President Amanze Ugbulam in an attempt to reverse a two-year ban from international competitions imposed by the country’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, after the national team’s poor campaign at the World Cup in South Africa.
Business

Nike is reported to be lining up a shock coup d’etat by becoming official shirt sponsor of the South Africa national football team after it emerged yesterday the South African Football Association was close to ending its 12-year relationship with adidas.
Business

Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the national football team to withdraw from international competitions for two years following its exit at the World Cup group stages in South Africa.
Business

Danny Jordaan, chief executive of the 2010 World Cup organising committee, has accused committee chairman Irvin Khoza of a “malicious” campaign against him.
Stadia

FIFA will release 5,000 tickets for the first knock-out stage of the World Cup that had been reserved for fans of teams including France and South Africa, following the knocking out of those teams in the first round.
Business

FIFA has decided not to pursue its case in the South African courts against two Dutch women accused of illegal involvement in an ambush marketing campaign.
Events

South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) wants to go on strike as it does not see state-owned energy company Eskom meeting its pay rise demands. The industrial action, that could be joined by two other unions and comprise two-thirds of Eskom’s 32,000 staff, would likely disrupt power supply during the World Cup.
Business

FIFA has filed criminal charges against Bavaria with the South African Police Service, accusing the Dutch beer brand of conducting ambush marketing activities during the World Cup on Monday. Two Dutch women were also detained and face charges.
Stadia

Organisers of the World Cup ejected 36 female Dutch fans from the Netherlands-Denmark game on Monday for alleged ambush marketing activities. It emerged seperately the tickets used by the fans were given to a marketing agency by pundit Robbie Earle, from UK commercial broadcaster ITV, who was dismissed with immediate effect.
Business

Stewards due to provide security at last night’s World Cup matches in Cape Town and Durban went on strike following a dispute over wages. Around 1,000 police officers stood in the place of stewards in Cape Town alone.
Events

With the start of the World Cup finally here, we look forward to our first ever event in Africa.
Business

FIFA and the organising committee for this year's World Cup have said they were not involved in the warm-up match between Nigeria and North Korea in which a crowd stampede left several people injured.
Stadia

FIFA will today release for sale another 90,000 tickets for the World Cup, adding to the 75,000 category one tickets still available.

The Sri Lanka cricket board has said it will not support the nomination of John Howard, former Australian Prime Minister, for the vice-presidency of the International Cricket Council.
Events

Sport Tourism is a fast growing sector with an estimated value of $600bn a year.
Stadia

The brewer SABMiller Plc will introduce a new beer container at this year's football World Cup that it says will reduce waste and reduce missile throwing at sports events.
Business

FIFA has been forced to defend itself against accusations of heavy-handedness after launching 2,500 legal actions around the world to protect its World Cup brand, including 450 in South Africa.