South Africa

Rugby Union
Events

An agreement has been reached for South African rugby teams the Cheetahs and Southern Kings to enter the Pro12 pan-European competition after losing their Super Rugby status, according to multiple reports.

Cricket
Business

Former South Africa national team player Lonwabo Tsotsobe, a one-time No.1 bowler in the one-day international format, has been handed an eight-year ban by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a long-running investigation into a match-fixing scandal concerning the 2015 season of domestic Twenty20 competition the T20 Challenge Series wraps up.

Rugby Union
Business

The South African Rugby Union confirmed today (Friday) that the Cheetahs and Southern Kings will be cut from the next season of Super Rugby as the franchise-based rugby union competition downsizes by three teams to 15.

Rugby Union
Events

South African Super Rugby teams the Cheetahs and Southern Kings could join the Pro12 pan-European club competition as early as September this year, according to the BBC.

The M&C Saatchi agency has acquired a majority stake in South African sports and entertainment firm Levergy to lead its efforts in the country and the wider African continent.
Golf
Business

Golf’s Asian Tour has been named as a co-sanctioning partner of the New Zealand Open tournament, while it has been announced that this year’s edition of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa has been cancelled.
Cricket
Business

A variety of domestic and international investors, including franchise owners from the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Pakistan Super League (PSL), have been confirmed among the eight team owners in Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) new T20 Global League.
Cricket
Stadia

Cricket South Africa has unveiled a R350m (€24m/$27m) renovation programme for the country’s cricket venues.
Rugby Union
Business

South African Super Rugby team the Cheetahs has been invited to join the Pro12 pan-European competition, according to the BBC.

Rugby Union
Business

SA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in South Africa, has said it will stage the most profitable World Cup in the event’s history after formally submitting its bid for the 2023 edition of the national team tournament.
Rugby Union
Events

SA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in South Africa, has today (Tuesday) received a major boost in its efforts to land the 2023 World Cup after the government reversed a ban on it and two other national federations bidding for, and hosting, major sporting events.
Rugby Union
Business

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) and South African Rugby are considering their options after Sanzaar confirmed that the Super Rugby club competition will be cut from 18 to 15 franchises for its 2018 season.
Multi-sport
Media

A free report, commissioned from SportBusiness by the Budapest 2024 Olympic Games bid, surveying attitudes to, and media consumption habits around, the Olympic Games.
Rugby Union
Business

SA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in South Africa, has blamed a downturn in sponsorship revenue after posting a pre-tax loss of R23.3m (€1.67m/$1.79m) for the year ending December 31, 2016.
Business

South Africa’s Sports Minister, Fikile Mbalula, has hit back at the Commonwealth Games Federation’s decision to strip the 2022 edition of the multi-sport event from Durban, stating the CGF made excessive financial demands.
Rugby League
Business

Super Rugby, the top club rugby union competition in the southern hemisphere, is set to be reduced from 18 teams to 16 teams next season.
Cycling
Business

The Cycling South Africa governing body has signed a deal with British sports events and marketing company SweetSpot to create an elite international road cycling stage race in the country.
Business

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is seeking a new host for the 2022 Commonwealth Games after hosting rights to the multi-sport event were removed from Durban today (Monday).