Basketball Africa League and Flutterwave strike a multiyear partnership
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced on Sunday a multiyear partnership with Flutterwave that makes the payments technology company an associate partner of the BAL. The inaugural BAL season kicked off on Sunday at the Kigali Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, with 12 teams from across Africa competing in the new...
New-look Basketball Africa League unveils broadcast partners, says matches to be live
After decades of being hooked on the National Basketball Association (NBA) league of the USA, the African version of the sport is set to kick off this weekend with 12 clubs from 12 countries involved in the inaugural phase of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The Basketball Africa League comes...
World Rugby member federations rise to 128 as Algeria and Burundi are admitted
World Rugby’s reach across Africa grew further after Algeria and Burundi were on Wednesday May 12granted membership of the international federation following approval by World Rugby Council during its virtual meeting. The African nations were given the all clear after meeting the criteria for membership and their elevation to full...
Olympics: Starved of action, Kenyan and South African rugby teams train together
Rugby Africa has embarked on preparation African teams that will represent the continent in the Tokyo Olympic Games by organising a training camp in South Africa. The preparations under #AficaAsOne campaign involve South Africa and Kenya, which have already qualified for the games, while Zimbabwe and Uganda will be using...
Clean sport: New body needed to address doping, bribery, racism and harassment
The world of sport is replete with rhetoric involving the word ‘clean’. Whether in the mission statements of organisations such as UK Anti-Doping or in the names of groups such as the US non-profit organisation the Partnership for Clean Competition, clean is used as a label of integrity, authenticity and...
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...
World Rugby unveils 22 match officials for Tokyo Olympics rugby sevens
A squad of 22 match officials that will take charge of the women’s and men’s rugby sevens competitions at the delayed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was on April 16 announced by World Rugby, just 100 days to the kick off in Tokyo Stadium on July 21, this year. Among the...
