South Africa

Rugby Union
Events

The British and Irish Lions have turned down a bid by Rugby Australia to host this summer’s tour against South Africa.
Rugby Union
Events

Rugby Australia has offered a minimum guarantee to cover the costs of the forthcoming British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, and return a profit, in what is said to be a potentially decisive move…
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Online betting and gaming company Betway has become title sponsor of Cricket South Africa’s Twenty20 competition, the T20 Challenge.
Cricket
Events

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has contacted the International Cricket Council (ICC) requesting that it consider introducing compensation for less wealthy nations when tours are postponed or cancelled
Cricket
Governance

Cricket Australia has postponed its upcoming three-Test tour of South Africa, citing an unacceptable level of health and safety risk to its players and leading Graeme Smith, Cricket South Africa’s director o…
Rugby Union
Events

Rugby Australia has offered to host the British & Irish Lions’ tour to South Africa, with a view to bolstering its bid to stage the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Southern Hemisphere rugby union alliance Sanzaar has appointed chief operating officer Brendan Morris as its new CEO, and named Argentina’s Marcelo Rodriguez as its executive committee chairman.
Rugby Union
Media

Jurie Roux, chief executive of South Africa Rugby, has pushed back against proposals from the country’s broadcast regulator, ICASA, that would impose restrictions on media-rights contracts.
Rugby Union
Events

The British and Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa this summer could be relocated to the UK and Ireland amid continued doubts over Covid-19-related travel restrictions for fans.
Events

Formula E will start its new season with a floodlit double-header in Saudi Arabia next month
Rugby Union
Events

The emergence of new strains of Covid-19 in the UK and South Africa have cast doubt over whether the British and Irish Lions rugby union tour to South Africa tour can go ahead as planned this year
Rugby Union
Events

Backers of a new world championship for leading club rugby union teams are increasingly optimistic the first edition can be launched in 2022, according to UK newspaper The Telegraph
Cricket
Events

Two major cricket tours have been scheduled for early next year, with England to visit Sri Lanka and, for the first time since 2007, South Africa to tour Pakistan
Cricket
Events

England’s One Day International series against South Africa has been stopped due to concerns over the mental and physical health of the players.
Events

The South Africa v England one-day international cricket series in South Africa was postponed, following concerns about the welfare of players and after reports of breaches of the bio-secure bubbles surrounding…
Cricket
Media

Cricket South Africa has agreed a four-year media rights deal in Australia with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel, running until the end of the 2023-24 southern hemisphere cricket season
Cricket
Media

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star has finalised a deal with Cricket South Africa for broadcast rights in the Indian subcontinent, the rest of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
Cricket
Events

The International Cricket Council has pushed the 2022 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup back by three months.