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ICC announces expansion of Women's World Cups and new Women’s T20 Champions Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Cricket Council has announced an expansion to its flagship women's tournaments to mark International Women's Day, although the changes will not come into effect until 2024.

Zealand, was originally scheduled to reach its climax yesterday, while the next Women's T20 World Cup in South

Africa was pushed back from late 2022 to February 2023.Both changes were blamed on the coronavirus pandemic


SASCOC signs four-year partnership with sportswear retailer Mr Price Sport

  • ANOCA

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has announced a partnership with

billed as a multi-Games partnership, will see Mr Price Sport become the official apparel sponsor of Team South

It has always been a goal of SASCOC and Team South Africa to partner with a proudly South African brand

Africa will participate in the world’s biggest events, kitted and dressed by a South African brand,

African team.The company will also make key items available in stores in South Africa.South African

Africa," said Roger Maingard, Mr Price Sport managing director."


Commonwealth Sport Foundation announces Jeya Wilson as new trustee

  • Commonwealth Games

Jeya Wilson said she was "honoured" to be announced as a new trustee of the Commonwealth Sport Foundation.

across a broad spectrum of organisations, sectors and countries, including on the Board of Nigeria-based Africa

Initiative for Governance, a private sector-led scheme to transform the public sector in Africa, where

 She was also New Zealand honorary consul in South Africa.Wilson earned her doctorate in international


Motsepe poised for CAF Presidency after rivals confirm withdrawal from election

  • Football

South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe appears all but assured of becoming Confederation of African Football

When we all work together with the experience, talent, and passion, football in Africa will experience

 "Africa is present and is a key player for the future of global football."

A united Africa behind a concrete vision and project is stronger."United we are stronger."

associations and stakeholders in a participatory and inclusive process.Motsepe is the current owner of South

The most popular players are from Africa."


Philip Barker: Inger Frith blazed a trail for women in sports governance

  • Inside the Blogs

Inger Frith was never world or Olympic champion but 60 years ago she broke new ground as President of World Archery, then known by the French name Federation Internationale de Tir a L’Arc (FITA).

ImagesEkergren also accused Frith of a "lack of moral integrity and moral integrity" over her attitude to South

Africa in an era of apartheid.

He attacked "her encouragement of the white suppression of coloured sportsmen in South Africa, a sharp


Papandrea urges IWF to switch weightlifting election date as Chinen complains of "gangsters" on Board

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) claim that it has "moved speedily" in attempting to change the way the sport is governed has been rejected by its former Interim President Ursula Papandrea.

strong credentials within the Olympic Movement.The independent members from New Zealand, Britain and South

Africa eventually stepped down when the Board, having previously agreed to Terms of Reference including


World Rugby unveils provisional calendar for 2021 Sevens Series

  • Rugby Sevens

The World Rugby Sevens Series is set to be made up of four men's and five women's legs for the 2021 edition, which has been affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Kong from November 5 to 7, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on December 3 and 4, and Cape Town in South

Africa from December 10 to 12.New Zealand are the reigning champions in the men's and women's competition


Natalie du Toit

  • Commonwealth Sport Legends

For the first time at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games there was a new prize.

Natalie du Toit, the 18-year-old South African who lost a leg in a horrific moped accident, was chosen

It certainly did rain," she said.Later, Du Toit wrapped the trophy in a quilt and took it home to South

Africa, unaware that she should have taken a replica instead because the original was made of platinum

They had to send two people to South Africa to take it back."

Africa at both those Games.She ended her career in the pool at London 2012, and was soon in demand as


World Rugby recommends postponing Women's Rugby World Cup to 2022

  • Rugby Sevens

World Rugby has recommended the postponement of the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand until next year, with a decision expected to be made at its Executive Committee meeting on March 8 and 9.

alongside one qualifier from Europe and Asia, respectively.Two-time winners England are due to meet France, South

Africa and Fiji in Pool C.


Alan Hubbard: From one Mecca to another for the Fights of the Centuries

  • Inside the Blogs

Was it really exactly half a century ago next Monday (March 8) that I sat at ringside as one of 760 scribes covering what had been labelled the Fight of the Century, Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden in New York, a city throbbing with lip-licking anticipation.

 Yet the emergence of Saudi, once a pariah state, just as South Africa was during apartheid because

be one of 760 writers ringside for the fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier ©Getty ImagesAs in South

Africa it seems that the influence of sport, and its monetary value has, in the immortal words of Nelson

Does anyone really give a damn about Fury and Joshua in China or Africa?


Coles appointed Cricket Scotland's first full-time women's head coach

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Cricket Scotland has appointed a full-time women's head coach for the first time.

the next ICC Women's T20 World Cup this year, with the tournament proper scheduled to be played in South

Africa in 2023.This and qualification for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are set to dominate


Concluding zone winners decided at FIFAe Club World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The final three zone winners were decided on the concluding day of competition at the FIFAe Club World Cup.

PlayStation platforms.Dire Wolves, 25e Sports and ELS Torneios Online were crowned winners of the Oceania, Africa

and Middle East and South America zones respectively yesterday, leaving three more to be decided today.The



Hosts France to meet New Zealand in opening match at 2023 Rugby World Cup

  • Rugby Sevens

Hosts France will take on New Zealand in the opening match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup after organisers published the match schedule for the tournament.

the two rugby union powerhouses is scheduled for September 8 at Stade de France in Paris.England and South

Africa are also due to be in action on the first weekend of the competition as they take on Argentina

Africa as the preferred host.The match schedule for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France has been published

features France, New Zealand, Italy and qualifiers from the Americas and Africa.Reigning champions South

Africa will meet Ireland and Scotland, as well as a qualifier from Europe along with another from either


Rugby Australia offers financial guarantees for hosting Lions tour of South Africa

  • Rugby Sevens

Rugby Australia has offered the British and Irish Lions financial guarantees to cover potential losses should its offer to host their summer tour be taken up.

The Lions are due to travel to South Africa for an eight-match tour in July and August, which includes

champions, but the plans have been thrown into doubt by the coronavirus pandemic.The COVID-19 situation in South

Africa - among the countries to have discovered more transmissible variants of the virus - is likely

to make their offer last month to stage the tour, with all proceeds expected to go to the Lions and South

Africa once the host nation's costs were covered, according to Sky Sports.South Africa's planned hosting