Sub-Saharan Africa

Athletics
Events

Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m
Rugby Union
Events

The South African government has given permission for professional rugby to resume in the country after the Covid-19 shutdown
Football
Media

LaLiga has finalised an agreement for the sale of its French-language media rights in sub-Saharan Africa with pay-television broadcaster StarTimes
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The president of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF), Nick Mwendwa has suggested gambling firm BetKing’s new title sponsorship deal for the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) can help the competition move past p…
Athletics
Events

Fifa said there is "no reason" for the Swiss criminal investigation into president Gianni Infantino, and he will continue in his role as normal
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby has announced the cancellation of the Dubai and Cape Town rounds of the 2021 HSBC World Sevens Series due to Covid-19
Media

Pan-African pay-television operator Multichoice has signed a carriage deal with the Walt Disney Company to carry ESPN and ESPN2 channels on its DStv platform
Football
Media

SuperSport, the sub-Saharan African pay-television broadcaster, has renewed its exclusive rights to the top two tiers of Spanish football, LaLiga
Rugby Union
Events

A temporary international rugby union Test match window between October 24 and December 5 has been recommended by World Rugby's executive committee
Events

The Chinese Formula One Grand Prix is to be cancelled this year, but is also set for a five-year extension to its hosting deal, from 2021 to 2025, according to reports by specialist motorsport journalists…
Rugby Union
Events

Jurie Roux, chief executive of the SA Rugby national governing body, has confirmed that the men’s national team will not play any home Tests in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cricket
Events

The Thai football league season may restart earlier than planned due to pressure from domestic broadcast partner TrueVisions, the Football Association of Thailand has said - Bangkok Post
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

English Premier League champions Liverpool have signed a sponsorship contract with the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority and Economic Development Board Mauritius in the category of tourism and economic…
Cricket
Events

Football's Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player, run by French magazine France Football, will not take place this year due to Covid-19
Badminton
Events

The Chinese Basketball Association’s first chief executive officer Wang Dawei has left his post after just 14 months in the job citing “personal reasons”. The
Rugby Union
Business

SA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions have created a joint venture to maximise the appeal of the Lions’ Tour of South Africa in 2021.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Football Kenya Federation has announced a title sponsorship deal for the country’s Premier League with online betting firm BetKing Kenya in a five-year deal worth a total of KES1.2bn ($11.2m/€9.8m)
Rugby Union
Events

Sanzaar, the umbrella body of the South African, New Zealand, Australian and Argentinian rugby unions, has identified New Zealand as the preferred destination for the 2020 Rugby Championship, adding that…