Venue for Tokyo Olympics rugby sevens lands a try as organisers do a test run
Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held an operational test event for rugby sevens on Thursday, with just 95 days to go before the first match of the tournament on July 26. The event was held at Tokyo Stadium that will host all six days of action during the...
Basketball Africa League unveils game ball ahead of historic inaugural season
The Basketball Africa League and Wilson Sporting Goods Company (Wilson) today unveiled the Official Game Ball that will be used for the BAL’s historic inaugural season, which will tip off Sunday, May 16 at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda. Twelve teams from across Africa will compete in the new professional...
World Rugby chair Beaumont promises 10 per cent rise in rugby popularity by 2025
World Rugby is set to launch a new plan to accelerate diversity and inclusion across all levels of the game in line with the recommendations of the organisation’s wide-ranging governance review. To promote and increase engagement in a marketplace where the competition for attention is continually increasing, World Rugby says...
World Rugby launches ‘A Global Sport for All’ strategic plan to guide its growth
World Rugby has launched a new strategic plan for the advancement and growth of the sport through to 2025. The strategic plan titled ‘A Global Sport for All – True to its Values’ is intended to steer the sport and society in general through challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic...
Coronavirus: Trade in Africa recorded $5B financial outflow in first quarter of 2020
Despite tough global financial situation triggered by Covid-19 pandemic, there was massive portfolio outflows from Africa estimated to be above $5 billion in the first quarter of 2020. A new continent-wide survey on trade finance shows that over $3.1 billion left the South African market alone. South Africa is the...
Despite justice being served for George Floyd, US police reforms are urgent
A Minnesota jury has properly convicted former officer Derek Chauvin of second-degree murder for the killing of George Floyd on May 26, 2020. Millions of people across the country watched the video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck until long after he lost consciousness and stopped begging for mercy. And...
New report accuses China of serious crimes against humanity in Xinjiang region
The Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday. The Chinese leadership is responsible for widespread and systematic policies of mass detention, torture, and cultural persecution, among other offenses....
Ensure genetically modified pork is safe for human consumption – experts
Companies that hope to bring genetically engineered pigs to the mass market may have to demonstrate similar levels of molecular characterisation to Revivicor’s, but the environmental impact assessments will undoubtedly be more onerous – and those stewardship requirements are “still being designed as we’re going.” According to Elena Rice, Community...
GM pork to be on your plate soon, but its makers have transplant organs in mind
The first genetically engineered pig products could soon be coming to a dinner plate – or pharmacy – near you. Late last year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised a facility in northern Iowa to raise hogs that lack the gene needed to produce galactose-α-1,3-galactose (α-Gal), a sugar...
Kenya’s President Kenyatta commissions new Equity-BCDC bank in Kinshasa
President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday commissioned the new Equity-BCDC in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a subsidiary of Kenya’s Equity Group Holdings Plc. President Kenyatta also toured the bank’s headquarters at the towering 18-floor Equity Centre in Kinshasa, which will also serve as the head office for...
