Kenya

Africa?s hopes of staging the 2010 World Cup were dashed after more than 130 people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a soccer game in Ghana's capital, Accra, in Africa's worst soccer tragedy.

South African soccer officials are introducing numbered tickets for the World Cup qualifier against Zimbabwe in Johannesburg on Saturday after 43 people died at the city?s Ellis Park stadium last month.

Indian cricket chiefs have until today to provide assurances that they can host this year's ICC Cup.

Africa?s hopes of hosting the World Cup in 2010 were put on hold after the continent became the victim of a second soccer stadium tragedy in less than a month.

The International Cricket Council has approved South Africa?s proposals for the format of the 2003 World Cup.

Kenya's cricket team has given the country's governing body a list of demands and warned of possible strike action if their conditions were not met soon.

Kenya is to host an international squash tournament sponsored by Lucozade Sport with 32 contestants from all over the world expected to compete.

The East and Central Senior African Challenge Cup in Uganda will go ahead as planned next month despite the scare over the Ebola virus which has killed more than 60 people, officials in Nairobi confirmed on Tuesday.

CricInfo.com has broken its page impressions record during its coverage of the India vs South Africa ICC Knockout tournament semi-final.

The ICC has ordered all international cricket players, umpires and officials to declare their innocence of match-fixing by the end of November.

Some of cricket's leading figures were anxiously awaiting news of their fate after the International Cricket Council (ICC) began its executive board meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.

Indian cricket authorities will release the names of four players suspected of match-fixing this week, a senior official attending the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board meeting in Nairobi, Kenya has revealed.

The executive board of the International Cricket Council (ICC) will focus on corruption within the game when it meets in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi next week.

IT firm Pentasoft Technologies Ltd has signed a deal with the Australian Cricket Board to sponsor the national cricket team at the ICC knock-out tournament in Kenya.

The hosts of the 2004 African Nations Cup will be announced in Cairo on Monday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said.

Kenya's High Court has stopped elections for the national athletics body scheduled to have taken place at the weekend, according to local media reports.

With an eye on Sydney's Olympic Games, shoe and apparel giant Nike has unveiled its space-age "Swift Suit" for sprinters.

Former world rally car champion Colin McRae has urged rally chiefs to adopt a Formula One-style approach to television coverage to increase the popularity of the sport.