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South African FA Owes Second Division Clubs More Than $500K For Last Season05 / 22 / 13The South African FA "allegedly owes second division clubs" close to R5M ($524,000) for the '12-13 season, according to Sello Rabothata of SOWETAN LIVE. Though it "has been at pains to tell all and sundry that it is in a healthy financial position," the association owes all 144 second division clubs... |
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Rwanda To Build New Cricket Stadium
Once it was a killing field, now a few miles away from this small patch of land near the Rwandan capital Kigali, there are "plans to build a world-class cricket stadium," according to Mark Tran of the London GUARDIAN. The first phase of the stadium supposed is to be completed by April 2014, the "20t ...
Tags: Facilities, Africa
Pistorius Sponsors In 'Crisis' Mode
Nike "swiftly pulled the unfortunately-worded ads, as the perils of celebrity brand endorsement were brought sharply into focus once again," according to Matthew Wall of the BBC. As South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius faced charges of "premeditated murder" in a Pretoria courtroom following the ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, Africa
Kenya To Bid For 2019 AFCON
Football Kenya Federation jointly with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports "are in the process of submitting a bid to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations as well as the 2015 Africa Youth Championships," according to XINHUA. A statement from the federation read, "After the opening of bids by CAF ...
Tags: Africa, International Football
NPL Partner Denies Asking For Money
Nigeria Premier League broadcast partner Total Promotions has denied demanding N1.5B ($9.5M) from Globacom as "condition for relinquishing" the NPL title right to the telecoms company, according to THE GUARDIAN. In a release from Total Promotions, the company stressed that it demanded from Globacom ...
Sponsors Rethink Deals With Pistorius
The sponsors that helped make sprinter OSCAR PISTORIUS the highest profile and highest paid Paralympic athlete in the world are now "having to rethink their commitment to the sportsman" after he was charged with murdering his girlfriend REEVA STEENKAMP on Thursday, according to Vanessa Kortekaas ...
Republic Of Congo Places '19 AFCON Bid
The Democratic Republic of Congo is "investing in a new stadium as part of its bid to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations," according to the South African PA. The country's DRC Sports Minister Baudouin Banza Mukalay Nsungu said Thursday the republic is bidding to play host to the '19 event. Banza Mu ...
Tags: International Football, Africa
Ghana To Invest In Sports Infrastructure
Ghana Youth and Sports Minister Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah said that the country "will invest more in its sports infrastructure in the coming years to promote sports tourism and rake in the desired foreign exchange," according to Alex Osei-Boateng of XINHUA. Industry actors believe that Ghana "has the pot ...
Tags: Facilities, Africa
Olympics Notes
The Int'l Paralympic Committee has awarded the 2013 IPC Shooting European Championships to Alicante, Spain. The event, organized by Club Lucetum, will be held from Oct. 18-26. The event will be the first gathering of int'l athletes since the London Paralympics. More than 350 athletes from 35 countri ...
EPL Awards Media Rights To MP & Silva
The Premier League "has awarded the live audio visual broadcast rights for the 23-nation Middle East and North Africa region to media agency MP & Silva," according to the BBC. The deal covers all 380 EPL matches each season, from seasons '13-14 to '15-16. The firm "will be the exclusive distribu ...
Tags: Media, Middle East, Africa
Kenyan Athletes Given Blood Tests
More than 40 of Kenya’s leading athletes "have been subjected to out-of-competition blood tests in their home country for the first time after a team of overseas drug-testers paid an unannounced visit to the main high-altitude training region in the Rift Valley," according to Simon Hart of the ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Africa, Europe
