FIFA World Cup set to return to Africa in 2030
FIFA World Cup (www.FIFA.com) in 2030 set to unite the world in unique global celebration; Morocco, Portugal and Spain joint bid is the sole candidate to host FIFA World Cup 2030™; Centenary celebration and celebratory games to take place...
FIFA International Transfer Snapshot confirms record-breaking figures
FIFA has published its International Transfer Snapshot (1 June – 1 September 2023), an analysis of the international player transfer activity during the 2023 mid-year transfer windowZURICH, Switzerland, September 8, 2023/ -- All time-high of USD 7.36 billion spent on...
The running academy driving South Africa’s distance running revolution
As a young girl, Elana van Zyl delighted at running along the tracks and roads on her parents’ farm near Albertina. At first, running was just fun. Later, she discovered that it was something she could do better than...
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...
SPNAfrica to stream Xtreme Outdoors Africa
SPNAfrica’s Outdoors and Travel Channel is to host XOA – Xtreme Outdoors Africa - thanks to a deal with XOA owners Africa InSight Communications, Kenya. XOA is a TV show that follows two African adventurers and their extreme...
Africa Sports Ventures Group to collaborate with ABEO
The CEO of Africa Sports Ventures Group (ASVG), Leslie Koroma Sr, has confirmed that the company has entered into an official collaboration with the ABEO Group (ABEO) and Brand It Solutions after an MOU was signed by all 3...
Q&A: Pellegrino Matarazzo/ VfB Stuttgart
Q: How do you feel about being a head coach in the Bundesliga?
“It’s a fantastic feeling to have such a big responsibility at a club likeStuttgart. It is a club with so much history and culture and such...
Uprise Flag Football League winner to pocket N5m
American Football is begining to take roots with the advent of the Uprise Flag Football Leage in Nigeria, and with it, Yellow Trumpets will face The Chiefs in the maiden edition of the League championship game on Sunday at...
How trail running’s focus on health is enabling a zero-tolerance doping culture.
Trail running, of all the athletics disciplines, would appear the least likely to attract drug cheats. One definition of the sport is "running in the heart of nature". The sport's promotion of a healthy lifestyle would appear to make...
Messi Snr not professional enough, says Crespo
Former Argentina striker, Hernan Crespo insists that Lionel Messi's father and agent, Jorge isn't professional enough to handle his son's official commitments. Crespo, who is Messi's former national teammate, added that Messi needed a professional on his side and...