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Brazilian influencer Casimiro to stream World Cup matches, Airtel nets rights in Africa
Brazilian agency LiveMode has brokered an agreement on behalf of Fifa for matches from this year’s World Cup to be broadcast on streamer and digital influencer Casimiro’s various platforms in Brazil.
LaLiga develops sponsorship presence in East Africa with M-Bet deal
Spanish football's LaLiga has signed up gambling firm M-Bet as its latest regional sponsor
Matchroom in talks to bring Joshua fight to Kinshasa for ‘Rumble in the Jungle 2’
Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed that preliminary conversations have been held regarding taking an Anthony Joshua fight to the Stade Tata Raphaël in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, …
Fifa Council member arrested amid corruption probe
World football’s governing body Fifa has been hit by the news that senior executive, Constant Omari, has been arrested in his home country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on suspicion of corruption.
Aiba bans African Boxing Federation president
The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has issued a three-year ban to African Boxing Federation (AFBC) president Kelani Bayor and suspended the Congolese Boxing Federation (Fecoboxe) from hosting events for two years in the wake of incidents at June’s African Boxing Continental Championships.
Aiba names hosts for World Championships qualifiers
The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has announced the hosts of the five qualification tournaments for its showpiece World Championships event, which will be held in Hamburg later this year.
Sportfive to support Congo’s African Games
The Sportfive agency has penned a strategic partnership with the Republic of Congo surrounding the African country’s hosting of the 2015 African Games multi-sport event.
Hayatou calls for tear gas ban
African soccer chief Issa Hayatou has called for a ban on the use of tear gas in the country's stadia after stampedes last year led to almost 200 deaths in football disasters.
Organisation key to soccer success says chief
Soccer standards in East Africa will only improve if national federations are properly organised, the president of the region's football body CECAFA Farah Addo has said.
Congo takes Real Madrid to court
Colombian Edwin Congo has taken his case against European soccer giants Real Madrid to the Spanish league, La Liga Profesional de Futbol (LPF).
AFRICA?S POOR SAFETY RECORD COULD RUIN WORLD CUP PLANS
Africa?s poor safety record which has seen 50 soccer spectators killed in separate incidents in less than a month could undermine plans to stage the World Cup in the continent for the first time in 2010.
AFRICA?S SECOND STADIUM TRAGEDY IN LESS THAN A MONTH
Africa?s hopes of hosting the World Cup in 2010 were put on hold after the continent became the victim of a second soccer stadium tragedy in less than a month.
SOCCER EVENT TO GO AHEAD DESPITE HEALTH SCARE
The East and Central Senior African Challenge Cup in Uganda will go ahead as planned next month despite the scare over the Ebola virus which has killed more than 60 people, officials in Nairobi confirmed on Tuesday.
NIGERIA SOCCER TEAM GETS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Nigeria's sports ministry has set up a committee to mobilise "financial and moral support" for its national soccer team in a bid to win the 2000 African Cup of Nations.
CAF SET TO ANNOUNCE HOST NATION
Benin and Togo have withdrawn their joint bid to host the 2004 African Nations' Cup hours before the final presentation by the candidate countries was to be made in Cairo.
TICKET PRICES ROCKET AFTER CROWD CHAOS
Co-hosts Nigeria have doubled the prices of tickets for the remanining matches of their national team in the African Nations Cup.
AFRICAN NATIONS CUP HOSTS TO BE NAMED ON MONDAY
The hosts of the 2004 African Nations Cup will be announced in Cairo on Monday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said.
ZIMBABWE AMONG HOST HOPEFULS FOR AFRICAN NATIONS CUP
Zimbabwe, where 13 people were killed following a stampede at the National Sports stadium last Sunday, are bidding along with six other countries to host the 2004 African Nations Cup, The African Football Confederation has said.