South Africa
BLATTER CONFIRMS 2010 CONTINGENCY PLAN
FIFA president Sepp Blatter says a string of countries are lined up to take over the hosting of the 2010 World Cup should South Africa be unable to fulfil their commitments.
WORLD CUP SECURITY PLANNING UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AT INTERNATIONAL SPORTS SECURITY SUMMIT
The senior police officer leading security planning for the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa is to deliver a keynote address at the influential International Sports Security Summit at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London on Thursday.
SOUTH AFRICA TO HOST ELITE CYCLE RACE
A new elite cycle race, the Tour of South Africa will be held for the first time later this year. The seven-day event will start on 18 November 2007 with 20 teams of 6 riders taking part.
NEW SPONSOR FOR SOUTH ATHLETICS ATHLETICS
Athletics South Africa (ASA) agreed a deal with Yellow Pages to become its national sponsor for the domestic track and field season.
BRITISH & IRISH LIONS PLAN SOUTH AFRICA 2009 TOUR
The British & Irish Lions appointed Accelerate as its exclusive commercial broker and sponsorship managers for the 2009 tour to South Africa.
SA CHIEFS DENY 2010 DELAYS
The winners of the major contracts for work in South Africa ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup are to be announced before the end of the year, according to the country’s deputy minister of finance.
FIFA TELLS SOUTH AFRICA NOT TO DELAY FOR 2010
FIFA has rapped out a warning to South Africa to get work started on the venues it intends to use for the 2010 World Cup.
TELKOM SPONSORS WOMEN’S GOLF
Telkom Business signed a three-year deal to sponsor golf’s Women's World Cup of Golf.
BLATTER SAYS SOUTH AFRICA WILL HOST WORLD CUP
FIFA president Sepp Blatter again dismissed fears that the next World Cup could be moved from South Africa and said the 2010 hosts were further along at this point than Germany was four years ago.
TAJ TV TO PRODUCE CRICKET FOR DIRECTV IN THE US
Taj TV agreed a deal with US satellite TV provider DIRECTV to produce its new Cricket Plus Channel.
SOUTH AFRICA WINS BID TO HOST SOCCEREX
Gauteng province, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa has fought off stiff competition from several European and Middle East rivals to win the rights to host the world’s largest soccer exhibition, Soccerex, from 2007 to 2009.
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 COSTS ROCKET
The organising committee behind the 2010 FIFA World Cup says costs of staging the event have rocketed from 2.3bn rand ($303,670m) to 12bn rand ($1.58bn).
RECORD NUMBER OF COUNTRIES TENDER FOR RWC SEVENS
The International Rugby Board (IRB) said that a record number of countries have officially confirmed their intention to tender for the right to host the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in 2009.
SCHMIDT APPOINTED CONSULTANT FOR 2010 WORLD CUP™
The general secretary of the German football association (DFB) and one of the driving forces behind the success of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ Horst R. Schmidt, is take a consultancy role in the staging of the 2010 event in South Africa following an agreement reached with FIFA football’s governing body.
ICC HOLDS MEETINGS WITH BROADCASTERS AND AGENCIES
In the latest stage in the exploitation of its commercial and broadcast rights for 2007 – 2015 the International Cricket Council (ICC) said it would start meetings with broadcasters and agencies in Dubai today.
DRAFT BILL COULD JEOPARDISE SOUTH AFRICAN SPORT
Civil rights initiative Afriforum has warned that proposed legislation could negatively affect South Africa's participation in the 2010 football World Cup.
SOUTH AFRICA TO HOST PARALYMPIC WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPS
South Africa has won the right to host the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Durban in December.
ICC TO LAUNCH NEXT STAGE OF MEDIA RIGHTS SALE
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said that it would launch the next stage of its sale of media and sponsorship rights for its events, from late 2007 to 2015, this month.