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Israeli footballer arrested for 'incitement to hatred' released

  • Football

Sagiv Jehezkel, capped eight times by Israel, celebrated scoring against Trabzonspor by wearing a bandage on his left wrist that read "100 days. 07/10." He was arrested on Sunday. He was released today, Monday, according to the DHA-Sport news agency. The public prosecutor is investigating a charge of 'incitement to hatred'.

Jehezkel shows off the bandage he wears on his left wrist while playing in the Turkish league.On Friday, South

Africa announced that it had stripped its U19 cricket World Cup captain, David Teeger, of his captaincy

Cricket South Africa (CSA) said it had been informed of likely protests over the conflict targeting tournament


Pre-Olympic hockey tournaments kick off in three different countries

  • Olympics

Hockey's final ticket to Paris 2024 will take place in three different countries from 13 January. Spain will host one men's and one women's group, while Oman and India will host the remaining qualifying matches.

five women's teams that have already qualified are Australia, the Netherlands, China, Argentina, and South

Africa, while the five qualified men's teams are Australia, the Netherlands, India, Argentina, and South

Africa.

Africa.

 In Valencia, the competition will feature Ireland, Belgium, South Korea, Ukraine, Malaysia, Great


Cricket: ICC punishes Newlands for shortest Test in history

  • Cricket

India triumphed over South Africa last Thursday.

Broad was in charge of the match between India and South Africa.

 India beat South Africa to level the series at 1-1. The match will go down.

Cricket South Africa will now have the opportunity to appeal.

 South Africa then returned to the field to resume their second innings and ended the first day

On day two, Thursday, South Africa batted first in an attempt to mount a comeback.


Welsh rugby legend JPR Williams passes away

  • Summer Sports

Welsh rugby legend John Peter Rhys Williams has died aged 74, according to the Bridgend Ravens Club, where he was president until his death.

exhibition team, made up of the best players from Great Britain and Ireland, which typically faced South

Africa, Australia and New Zealand in those days.

He was part of "The Invincibles," which won 21 out of 22 matches on a gruelling tour of South Africa


Olympic year kicks off with key qualifiers

  • Olympics

January 2024 begins with a flurry of sporting activity in the run-up to Paris 2024. The thirty-third Olympic Games of the modern era, with more than 10,000 athletes, will begin in the Paris region on 26 July.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games, alongside five men's teams (Australia, Netherlands, India, Argentina, and South

Africa) and five women's teams (Australia, Netherlands, China, Argentina, and South Africa).

The 10 teams from the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) will compete for two places in

GETTY IMAGESThe South American Olympic qualifiers will be held in Caracas, Valencia and Barquisimeto

(CONCACAF), Oceanic New Zealand (OFC), while three from Asia (AFC) and the aforementioned two from South


Pistorius seeks fresh start when he leaves prison on Friday

  • News

Oscar Pistorius, the celebrated South African athlete known for his personal triumphs, will be released

Paroled South African athlete Oscar Pistorius will leave prison this Friday after serving part of his

Being famous does not set him apart from other inmates in South African prisons.It is worth noting that

from Johannesburg, historically the continent's most liveable city.Gold medallist Oscar Pistorius of South

Africa during the medal ceremony for the Men's 400m T44 Final on day 10 of the London 2012 Paralympic

GETTY IMAGESAs part of his sentence, and as part of South Africa's restorative justice programme, he


David Castera: "The Dakar is always seeking a balance between difficulty and category"

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Two days before the start of the 46th edition of the Dakar Rally, its director, David Castera, insists that the race will be "more challenging than ever". He acknowledges that Saudi Arabia offers "all the elements to achieve something challenging". The rally will start in Al-Ula on the 5th of January and will finish in Yanbu on the 19th of January after thirteen stages with significant innovations.

He was the driving force behind the relocation of the rally from South America to Saudi Arabia.

We are experiencing what we used to have in Africa.

The nights are much shorter, so the competitors drive more at night than when we were in South America

In South America, it was summer and too hot. Here, it's rather cold.


Spain-Morocco-Portugal joint bid prepares for final FIFA examination

  • Football

Having been selected by FIFA, the Spain-Morocco-Portugal joint bid will now have to meet the requirements. World football's governing body will begin overseeing all aspects of  the proposal in the three countries from 2024. At the end of the year, FIFA will issue a binding suitability report and set out a roadmap.

The three South American countries will be hosting a match, adding to the complexity of the infrastructure

FIFA's requirements must be met in South America, Europe and Africa - three interconnected continents

The three host countries, with the agreement of the three South American hosts, will have to rush to


A very busy sporting year ahead leading to Paris 2024

  • Sports

The coming year promises to be thrilling for sports enthusiasts. The 33rd Olympic Summer Games will capture the world's attention in July and August, but the excitement doesn't stop there.

January will also be a busy month with the Africa Cup of Nations taking place from 13 January to 11 February

quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League will provide special moments and the Copa Libertadores kicks off in South

events at the cathedral of world tennis, Wimbledon, where the world's best tennis players will be on South


FIFA and business: A total transformation of the Club World Cup

  • FIFA

The Club World Cup will have a new format, completely different from the current one and very similar to the recent World Cups: 32 teams, every four years with group stage and playoffs leading to the final.

FIFA World Cup for national teams, Europe will have a greater presence than the rest of the world, and South

football world.Distribution of teams:As mentioned above, UEFA (Europe) will have 12 teams, CONMEBOL (South

America) six, while CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia), and CONCACAF (North America) will each have four places

 The second most important team competition in the world, the South American league, will have 6



The Rugby Sevens Repechage will take place at Stade Louis II in Monaco

  • Rugby Sevens

The Rugby Sevens repechage tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be held in Monaco from June 21 to 23, 2024, just over a month before the start of the XXXIII Paris Games.

12 male and 12 female teams, taking place from June 21 to 23, 2024.Among the notable teams are the South

America), Ireland (Europe), the United States (North America), Kenya (Africa), Samoa (Oceania), and

They are joined by Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, South Africa, Fiji, and Japan as winners of their respective

competitors:Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Great Britain, Hong Kong China, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, South

Africa, Spain, Tonga, and Uganda.Female competitors:Argentina, China, Czech Republic, Hong Kong China


WBSC Africa announces dates and venues for World Cup Qualifiers

  • Baseball and Softball Section Pages

The WBSC Africa has announced the dates for the qualifying tournaments for the WBSC U-15 Baseball World

Baseball World Cup QualifiersJohannesburg (South Africa) will play host to the U15 Baseball World Cup

The South African Baseball Union (SABU) will host and organise both Qualifiers.2024 will be an exciting

World Cup QualifierMakapane in the Mpumalanga region, close to the world famous Kruger National Park in South

Africa, will host the Men's Softball World Cup Qualifier from 26 February to 3 March.

-Africa (2).-The Americas (3).-Asia (3).-Europe (2) No. 2 France, No. 10 Lithuania.-Oceania (1).


Reversal in Sri Lanka on Cricket Board dismissal

  • Cricket

The Sports Minister of Sri Lanka today overturned the dismissal of the country's Cricket Board on corruption allegations, in an effort to end its suspension by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

refusing to comply with demands to revoke the board's dismissal.The former British colony, Sri Lanka, is a South

interference has caused them to lose the opportunity to host the Under-19 World Cup, which had to be moved to Africa

(South Africa), resulting in losses estimated at around nearly two and a half million dollars, money


Twickenham to host 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final

  • Sports

World Rugby and the Rugby Football Union have announced that the opening and closing ceremonies for the England 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup have been secured. The opening match will take place at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland and the iconic Twickenham Stadium will host the final on 27 September 2025.

from the 6 Nations, excluding France and England, who are already qualified; the champion of the Rugby Africa

Cup 2024; the champion of the Rugby Africa Women's Cup 2024; the champion of the Asia Rugby Women's

Four Series 2024; the champion of the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship 2024; and the champion of the South