Sub-Saharan Africa
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
Media

Free-to-air coverage of Tokyo’s 2020 Paralympics, which will take place next summer, will be shown by broadcasters in at least 24 sub-Saharan African countries thanks to an agreement announced by the I…
Rugby Union
Media

The Kenyan Rugby Union has agreed a new five-year domestic rights deal with media group Mediamax Networks, boosting national coverage
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.
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has sealed its second major football rights deal this week by extending and expanding its contract in sub-Saharan Africa for the club competitions organised by European…
Sponsorship & Marketing

Most Japanese companies want the Olympics to go ahead in the country next year, according to a survey - Reuters
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has retained its Premier League rights across sub-Saharan Africa until the end of the 2024-25 season in a new deal announced today (Tuesday)
Media

South Africa’s broadcast regulator ICASA has continued to apply pressure on the country’s dominant pay-television broadcaster SuperSport, releasing an expanded draft list of ‘public interest’ sports events …
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

South African beer brand Castle Lager has become the official title sponsor of the British & Irish Lions Tour of South Africa in 2021
Rugby Union
Governance

Sanzaar, the body which oversees Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship competitions, has confirmed that Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have confirmed their places in the southern hemisphere’s R…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

South African Breweries has further enhanced its long-running association with South Africa Rugby after agreeing a three-season deal for its Carling Black Label beer brand to title sponsor club competition…