The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced plans to cut a quarter of its workforce and says it will take up to five years to recover from the financial impact of COVID-19.

into the game.England's men's national team made the final of the 2019 World Cup where they lost to South

Africa ©Getty Images"Our detailed scenario modelling shows there may be a short-term impact of £107

Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sam Ramsamy has been appointed to help oversee elections at the crisis-hit South

cleared to run in the election after winning a case against SASCOC following an investigation.Athletics South

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

Sports Confederation head Farrell Moses had all lodged appeals after being deemed ineligible.Tennis South

Africa Board member Ntambi Ravele also lodged a challenge after she accused then Acting President Barry

past few months," a letter from IOC President Thomas Bach to Ramsamy reportedly read.Nathi Mthethwa, South

A United Nations Human Rights Council report has called on sporting bodies to "review, revise and revoke" eligibility rules which have a negative impact on athletes’ rights, with the document highlighting the case of Caster Semenya.

High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet conducted an inquiry following a resolution from South

Africa last year over Semenya’s case.The report, titled "Intersection of race and gender discrimination

In any normal year, Edinburgh would be preparing for its world famous festival but 50 summers ago, the "Athens of the North" had a further attraction to offer.

, cricket very nearly brought about the downfall of Edinburgh 1970.It was the Apartheid era and the South

It was the precursor for what was going to happen when the South African cricket team came in 1970, but

The reason was the same, sporting contact with South Africa.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says the organisation is still trying to get its money back despite a fraud trial over a CFH10 million (£8.3 million/$10.3 million/€9.5 million) payment in relation to the 2006 World Cup collapsing.

legitimacy of the 2006 World Cup bid, which was successful by just a one-vote margin as Germany beat South

Africa 12-11 in the final round.The Office of the Attorney General claimed the money ended up in the

The men's Under-23 Baseball World Cup has been pushed back until 2021 because of the coronavirus crisis. 

Chinese Taipei were the top three teams at last year's Asian Baseball Championship, with fourth-placed South

Korea given a wild-card spot at the Under-23 World Cup.South Africa, New Zealand, Germany and the Czech

The International Netball Federation hosted a world ranking webinar for its members featuring statistician David Kendix.

 South Africa remained in fifth but with an improved rating.

Athletics South Africa (ASA) will not resume training, despite being given approval to do so by the South

lifted a ban on non-contact sports, but ASA has pointed to the rise in infections for its decision.South Africa

Athletics deem it medically safe to host events.Aleck Skhosana is against the return of athletics in South

Africa ©ASA"Even though athletics has been classified as a non-contact sport, it has unavoidable dynamics

South Africa was one of very few nations to start its track and field season this year, running events

until March.Four of South Africa's 10 medals won at the Rio 2016 Olympics came in athletics, with Caster

British hockey coach Danny Kerry has admitted he could leave the sport after the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

in the sport.In July 2017, Kerry suffered a heart attack during a Hockey World League semi-final in South

Africa before recovering and returning to work in October.Eton College is considered as one of Britain's

When the Olympic Games were last held in Tokyo, American multi-millionaire Avery Brundage was President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

From 1960, the South African problem took centre stage.

Although South Africa did take part in Rome 1960, it proved the last time for a generation.Many African

Their sporting influence grew with the foundation of a Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) which

The IOC voted 47-16 to reverse its decision and South Africa were left on the outside.

A massacre in Sharpeville in 1960 contributed to South Africa being excluded from future Olympic Games

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has decided to move its 2020 General Assembly, originally scheduled to be held in Johannesburg, online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Intended to be hosted in person in the South African city in November, it was cancelled due to the ongoing

We are very grateful to the National Federation of South Africa for the support and flexibility they

Africa Willem Edeling said: "While we are of course disappointed not to be able to hold the FEI General

Assembly in South Africa this year, we appreciate the confidence that the FEI has shown to us by giving

Africa and we look forward to welcoming delegates from around the world to our world class meeting facilities

South Africa’s multiple Olympic and world swimming medallist Chad Le Clos has admitted that it would

@Olympics pic.twitter.com/akVzdcwEjT— Chad Le Clos (@chadleclos) June 23, 2020"It’s quite bad in South

Africa at the moment in the sense that poor people are getting absolutely destroyed."

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has backed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed this month between

All schools in South Africa will now be encouraged to become active participants in esports, MSSA said.Other

Officials from African National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) will take part in webinar sessions focusing on the coronavirus crisis and Tokyo 2020 to celebrate Olympic Day.

Organised by Sports, International Relations and Event Management (SIREM), the latest installment of its "Africa

Facebook Live on June 23, when Olympic Day falls.Officials from the NOCs of Zambia, Nigeria and South

Africa will all be taking part in the English-language edition, while there will be a separate discussion

in French.Mustapha Berraf, President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA

Zambia, Emanuel Victory Nweri, Nigeria Olympic Committee policy and games manager, and Leon Fleisher, South

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has highlighted surfers acts of kindness as part of an annual occasion designed to promote the sport.

for members of the local surfing community to distribute meals to those in need.Another initiative in South

Africa has seen Shuan Solomons, a surfing coordinator, provide food to the community of Vrygrond with