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ITF confirm Davis Cup finalists as top seeds ahead of 2017 World Group draw

  • Tennis

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) have confirmed that Davis Cup finalists Argentina and Croatia will be the top two seeds ahead of the World Group draw for the 2017 competition.

victory against defending champions Great Britain, who have been seeded third for the 2017 draw.The South

 The draws for groups I and II in both the Asia/Oceania and Europe/Africa zones will also take place


Record entry list revealed for WSF World Masters Championships in Johannesburg

  • Squash

Federation (WSF) has announced that a record 951 players will compete in the World Masters Championships in South

be spread across ten countries, according to the WSF seedings for the competitions.England and hosts South

Africa are tipped to win four gold medals each, with Adrian Wright going for a fourth World Masters


Australian and Hungarians add pairs titles to individual honours at ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships

  • Canoeing

Hank McGregor claimed an eighth world title on the final day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Marathon World Championships in Brandenburg today as Hungary otherwise continued their dominant streak.

The South Africa, who claimed K1 gold yesterday, joined forces with Jasper Mocke to win the K2 26.2 miles

28.6sec.Adrián Boros and László Solti claimed Hungarian silver in 2:06:29.1, while there was another South

They won in 2:02:09.6 to beat South Africa's Jenna Ward and Kyeta Purchase while Zsófia Giczy and Sára

Anna Mihalik took Hungarian bronze.Hank McGregor (right) claimed another gold for South African in the

Africa will host the next edition of the World Championships in September 2017.


PwC replace KPMG as auditors of FIFA

  • Football

Professional services network PwC have been appointed as the new statutory auditors of FIFA after KPMG resigned from the role in June in the wake of numerous corruption scandals engulfing the governing body.

CHF23 million (£17.6 million/$23.4 million/€21 million) in December 2010 following the World Cup in South

Africa that year, which was approved "apparently without an underlying contract provision stipulating


Pakistan to receive test mace from ICC next week after topping world rankings

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Pakistan will receive the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship mace next Wednesday (September 21), having moved to the top of the world rankings.

Dhabi.They are only the fifth team to top the ICC Test rankings, following Australia, England, India and South

Africa.



African Minigolf Summit being held in Kenya to discuss developing sport

  • Non-Olympic Sports

A summit to discuss developing minigolf is being organised in Africa, with eight countries set to attend

 Representatives from Botswana, Cameroon Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Togo

countries will be discussed during the historic forum, including setting up education programmes in Africa

 Developing minigolf in Africa will be top of the agenda at the summit being held in Kenya ©WMFIt

responsibility for social activities according to the spirit of the Olympic Movement and considers Africa


FIFA Ethics Committee opens proceedings against Blatter and two former top officials

  • Football

The Investigatory Chamber of FIFA's Ethics Committee has opened formal proceedings against banned former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, ex-secretary general Jérôme Valcke and Markus Kattner for the trio's involvement in an illicit bonus and pay rise scheme during their time in office, it was announced today.

CHF23 million (£17.6 million/$23.4 million/€21 million) in December 2010 following the World Cup in South

Africa that year, which was approved "apparently without an underlying contract provision stipulating


Plans for two-tier league scrapped as biennial play-off to crown Test champion discussed at ICC workshop

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Plans to install a two-tier international Test league from 2019 have been shelved but a biennial play off between the world’s two highest ranked teams could be introduced, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced.

were thought to have been behind the idea, which would have seen the trio, along with India, Pakistan, South

Africa and Sri Lanka, form the top division of the league.West Indies, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe would



Peyer begins work as FIFA's chief finance officer

  • Football

Thomas Peyer, the replacement for the disgraced Markus Kattner, has officially started work as FIFA's new chief finance officer today.

CHF23 million (£17.6 million/$23.4 million/€21 million) in December 2010 following the World Cup in South

Africa that year, which was approved "apparently without an underlying contract provision stipulating


ANOCA President hails taekwondo success and athletics world records as African highlights of Rio 2016

  • ANOCA

Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) President Lassana Palenfo has praised Brazil

 "In this regard, thumbs up to taekwondo, ranked as the second medal getter for Africa at the Rio

In fact, amongst the world records smashed, South Africa’s Wayde Van Niekerk’s 400 metres run [of 43.03sec

Palenfo praised the presence of refugee athletes in Rio - many of whom were originally from South Sudan


Cricket South Africa impose racial quotas on national teams in bid to increase number of black players

  • Non-Olympic Sports

the national team across all three formats under new racial quota regulations established by Cricket South

Africa (CSA).

attainable”, with a number of black cricketers, including Kagiso Rabada, already prominent members of South

South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has put a ban in place on four of the country's national

ImagesThe move comes amid continued criticism over the apparent lack of black players in top-level sport in South

Africa from Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula.CSA was one of four sporting governing bodies in South Africa


Paul Blanchard: Carrying Team GB’s success to the Gold Coast

  • Inside the Blogs

The Team GB brand has been a real winner across the Olympic Games, not least in the incredible performance of its athletes, but also in its winning brand marketing and digital communications strategies.

success of Team GB at Gold Coast 2018 ©CGEWales won more medals than 2022 Commonwealth Games hosts South

Africa, and Scotland’s 47 athletes equaled their London tally of 13 medals.Like Team GB, we’ve had similar


South Africa defy Government ban to submit bid to host 2023 Rugby World Cup

  • Rugby Sevens

South Africa has defied the country's Government by submitting a bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup

bodies in each sport had missed their transformation targets.SA Rugby, the sport's governing body in South

Africa, have submitted the necessary documents by the deadline of midnight on September 1 in the hope

 South Africa last hosted the Rugby World Cup in 1995 when they were the winners and President Nelson

Mandela presented the trophy to captain Francois Pienaar ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa last staged the World

history.It was won by the host country and provided one of the most iconic pictures in sport when then South