Barry Hendricks reportedly faces potential removal from the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic

SASCOC President earlier this year, but was placed on a leave of absence in April.This followed Tennis South

Africa Board member Ntambi Ravele accusing Hendricks of blocking her potential candidacy for the SASCOC

in charge of the investigation had felt Hendricks had "acted inappropriately" when answering Tennis South

Africa President Gavin Crookes’ question about the Ravele and Riad Davids’ chances of success in the

Africa President Aleck Skhosana, Netball South Africa President Cecilia Molokwane‚ Free State Rugby

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that the postponed Men's T20 World Cup 2020, due to take place in Australia, will now take place in the country in 2022.

a 50-over World Cup scheduled for February and March, a Women's T20 World Cup set to take place in South

Africa, with dates to be confirmed, and women's cricket making its debut at the Commonwealth Games,

 Five teams have already qualified for the event - hosts New Zealand, Australia, England, South

Africa and India, and that will stand for 2022.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) - the biggest franchise cricket tournament in the world - will be played in the United Arab Emirates next month.

partly held in the UAE in 2014 owing to an Indian general election, while it has also been played in South

Africa previously because of security concerns.IPL salaries are typically cricket's biggest.The eight-team

Bathurst, in Australia, host of next year’s World Athletics Cross Country Championships, has requested a postponement from the current scheduled date of March 20 because of travel restrictions currently in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 2021, the Athletics Australia board and the New South

protected windows mean that the National Federations in Europe, North America and Caribbean and Northern Africa

The Global Calendar Unit is working on similar suitable arrangements with Asia, South America, Southern

Africa and Oceania to ensure the optimisation of the calendar in those Continental Areas."

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed the launch of the Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, which will determine seven qualifiers for the 2023 World Cup.

full ICC members Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South

Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and Zimbabwe.The Netherlands will also feature, having qualified

In 1980, there were two hockey shocks at the Olympics. In February, an unfancied team of American college players beat the Soviets en route to ice hockey gold at the Winter Games in Lake Placid. They called it the 'Miracle on Ice'. Their story inspired a movie. Few could have imagined there would be an even greater sensation on the hockey field that summer in Moscow.

laid against the Rhodesian National Olympic Committee (NOC) were very similar to those which had seen South

Stewart was an experienced player who had won representative honours with South Africa."

now Brenda Howden - was the youngest member of the side and one of many who later made their home in South

Africa.

age of 65.She had been a teacher and then sports administrator at the University of Witwatersrand in South

The World Rugby Executive Committee has recommended a revised and temporary international calendar for 2020, with the aim of making the most of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

borders and travel.The Rugby Championship 2020, which features Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South

Africa, will be hosted in full in a single country over six weeks from November 7 to December 12.Special

Alain Rolland is to step down from his role as World Rugby's 15s high performance match official manager at the end of this month.

The Irishman refereed the final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup between South Africa and England ©Getty ImagesRolland

This week the five Olympic rings assumed virtual form at the first International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session to be held online, but 100 years ago they were raised for real for the first time above an Olympic stadium.

rings which could be seen en route to the airport specifically, but incorrectly, assigned black to Africa

By the time the flag was next seen in public, Roh was no longer SLOOC President but head of state in South

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has entered into new cooperation agreements with eight National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs), a move it says will increase efficiency in the global quest for clean sport.

NADOs from China, Britain, Japan, France, South Korea, South Africa, Denmark and The Netherlands have

Players who are 24 will be eligible to compete at the Under-23 Baseball World Cup next year.

next year, after wining the 2018 edition in Barranquilla in Colombia.Japan, Chinese Taipei, China, South

Africa, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Czech Republic, Germany, New Zealand and South Korea have also qualified

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has confirmed the cancellation of three World Cup legs in China later this year, while its Asian Championships likely need new dates or an alternative venue.

October and December.Only three World Cup legs remain on the 2020 calendar - in Briançon in France, South

delayed by the pandemic, with only the the Pan-American tournament held in 2020 for far.Cape Town in South

Africa is due to stage the African Championships from December 10 to 13 and the Oceania Championships

The British and Irish Lions and South Africa Rugby have confirmed that the 2021 tour of South Africa

Africa - two in Johannesburg and one in Cape Town.The first of the games against South Africa is on

African side as well as South Africa A, the Bulls and the Sharks.Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg

- the venue of the 1995 Rugby World Cup final - will host the last test match on August 7.South Africa

The British and Irish Lions have toured South Africa on 13 previous occasions, with the first coming

The whole of South Africa is looking forward to welcoming the Lions and we continue progressing our plans

If there was supposed to be an "end of empire" feel about the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, nobody told the newsreel announcer for British Movietone.

Africa was well organised politically, via the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa at the negotiating

table, and on-the-ground, thanks to the efforts of anti-apartheid protesters.Peter Hain, a white South

a public outcry in Britain less than two years earlier when England withdrew from a cricket tour to South

Africa because the host nation effectively tried to exclude Basil D'Oliveria from England's team on

grounds of race.When the Springboks, South Africa's whites-only rugby team, toured the British Isles

New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation (NZIHF) has withdrawn its men’s under-20 and women’s under-18 teams from Ice Hockey World Championships due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

now take place with seven teams, including hosts Mexico, Australia, Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, Israel, South

Africa and Turkey.Matches in the lowest ranked division are set to take place from January 10 to 17