Fifa president inaugurates regional development office in Congo Brazzaville
A new Fifa regional development office has been inaugurated in Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of the Congo. The inauguration of the new office is a statement of Fifa’s commitment to supporting member associations in the delivery of infrastructure, competitions, development and education projects, Fifa President Gianni Infantino...
Rugby Africa formally launches referees committee
Rugby Africa (RA) Referees Committee that was formed in December last year has been formally launched. The committee will, among other things, oversee the growth and development of the sport, besides enforcement of the rules of the game and monitoring playing trends on the continent. Speaking at the launch in...
African Union, Fifa pledge to enhance collaboration in sports and education
African Union and Federation Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) have vowed to further grow the positive momentum of collaboration between both organisations in the past two years for the benefit of Africa. Speaking during a conference call that preceded the 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of...
Decathlon named official licensee of US basketball league
Decathlon, one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced a new multiyear merchandising partnership that makes it an official licensee of the NBA in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. The partnership marks Decathlon’s first partnership with a North...
Kenya Rugby taps high performance wonk Harding for national teams
High performance consultant Peter Harding has been seconded to the Kenya Rugby Union on a three-month renewable contract by World Rugby. Harding’s immediate task will be to prepare Kenyan rugby teams for KRU, specifically KRU Women’s 7s for Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games. iIn a statement, KRU said Harding “will also...
Rugby Africa dishes out €276,000 to 11 unions on the continent
Rugby Africa has disbursed €276,490 to 11 affiliates on the continent to enable them to prepare for the 2021 after a difficult 2020 rugby season. The fund will enable 11 of the 39 Unions – Namibia, Kenya, Uganda, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Zambia, Madagascar, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Ghana – start...
Mediamax unveiled as Kenya Rugby Union official broadcast partner
The Kenya Rugby Union has entered into a partnership with Mediamax Networks Limited that sees the media organisation become the KRU’s official broadcast partner for the next five years. They will have exclusive rights to cover KRU’s flagship competitions – The Kenya Cup, Eric Shirley Shield, Rugby Super Series, National...
Curtains come down on Argentine soccer wizard Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and led his country to that year’s World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60. Maradona’s spokesman, Sebastián Sanchi, said he died on November 25 of a...
Milwaukee Bucks signs guard Jaylen Adams and forward Mamadi Diakite
Jaylen Adams spent the majority of the 2019-20 season with the Bucks’ G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd, where he was the NBA G League MVP runner up and an All-NBA G League First Team selection after averaging 21.5 points, 5.7 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals over 33 games....
New NBA season set for December 22
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association have set the date for the start of the 2020-2021 season.The two bodies have reached agreement in principle on the start of the new season as well as adjustments to some provisions of the current collective bargaining agreement as...
