World Football Summit appoints APO Group as Official Public Relations Agency in Africa
APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, has been appointed as the Official Public Relations Agency for the World Football Summit (WFS) (www.WorldFootballSummit.com) in Africa.
The signing ceremony, which took place today in Madrid,...
Can African football rise above the “age” conundrum?
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic “ - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
In a span of just 8 years - from 1985 to 1993...
MASKED AND MUTED OLYMPICS WILL STILL DOMINATE CROWDED 2021
The rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be the centerpiece of a crammed sporting year in 2021 as sports administrators who had their calendars wiped away by the coronavirus pandemic try to fill the gaps even as a second wave hits.
While...
FIFA to sanction increase in substitutes says Rizzoli
World Football governing body, FIFA will sanction an increase in the number of substitutes used in football matches according to referees’ chief, Nicola Rizzoli.
The plan is to increase the number of substitutes from three to five per game when...
When a successful sporting event becomes Africa’s best brand advertising
By Stephen Granger
The dust has settled on Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT) trails and most of the international athletes who participated have found sufficient gaps in flight bans to depart our shores, following an exceptional Ultra-trail Cape Town event which...
BEATING CORONA – An SPNAfrica series
ONCE UPON A TIME, IN NAIROBI
I first met Victor Muzadi in Nairobi, in 2015. He had come to our studios together with Liz Mills, a basketball coach then living in Zambia, for an interview on BAQE, the show behind...
Top sports events in the World hit by coronavirus
Major sports events around the world that have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic:
OLYMPICS
The International Olympic Committee and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympics must be postponed and held no later than the summer...
Renard: Cote d’Ivoire rode luck to beat Ghana to Afcon 2015 title
Two-time Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach, Hervé Renard has confessed his second title triumph was a stroke of luck.The Frenchman - who had previously beaten the odds to win the title with Zambia in 2012 - repeated the magic...
Spain mull tennis tournament featuring Nadal
Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) has announced that it is mulling over the possibility of organizing a domestic men's tour which will help in keeping country's top players in a position to build match fitness.Leading Spanish publication, Marca reported...
It’s a red letter day as running’s elite and Cape Town’s city runners prepare...
Two years ago Stillwater Sports CEO Michael Meyer spoke of his vision of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY 10km series becoming the best road running series in the world. Sunday’s Absa RUN YOUR CITY CAPE TOWN 10km is likely...