Africa

The Commonwealth Games Federation today released its technical evaluation report on the cities bidding to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Glasgow, Soctland and Abuja, Nigeria.

FIFA has invited interested parties with the ‘necessary international event experience’ to participate in FIFA’s public tender for the sale, management and production of the FIFA Hospitality Programme.

South Africa’s national soccer team is toasting one of the biggest sponsorship deals in its history.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is within budget and on target to meet financial and infrastructure objectives, according to the organising committee CEO Danny Jordaan.

ESPN STAR Sports has revealed its broadcast rights partnerships for the first edition of the ICC World Twenty20 scheduled to take place in September 2007 in South Africa.

Standard Chartered Bank has extended its sponsorship for the Nairobi international marathon for the next five years.

The IAAF completed sales for the TV rights for its World Championships in Athletics, which open on 25 August in Osaka Japan.

FIFA agreed a deal with Telkom South Africa as a National Supporter of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in the category of fixed-line telecommunications.

The battle over soccer TV rights was settled, according to South African media reports, with an agreement in which the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will screen 143 Premier Soccer League matches.

Tunisia has started the country’s first national federation for Triathlon – The Association Sportive de Triathlon (AST).

According to reports the SANZAR rugby unions have been warned by their national broadcast partners that a repeat of this season’s selection policy – in which under-strength sides were fielded - would not be tolerated.

The International Olympic Committee awarded the broadcast rights for the Olympic Games in 2010 and 2012 to South African public-service broadcaster SABC.

Hong Kong-based sports marketing company ActionHouse International has become a major shareholder of Valke Rugby, the professional South African Rugby Club who were Champions of the Vodacom Cup in 2006.

The 2010 World Cup local organising committee came out in support of the South African Premier Soccer League’s decision to award its TV rights to pay-broadcaster SuperSport.

South Africa’s Premier Soccer League is in talks with public-service broadcaster the SABC in order to try and negotiate a compromise in the row over the league’s TV rights.

South Africa’s Western Province Rugby Union is looking to move rugby out of its traditional home at Newlands to Cape Town’s new Green Point Stadium after
the 2010 World Cup.