The calendar also works in DAZN's favour, the 2027 tournament runs from June 19 to July 17 across Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, putting AFCON in Europe's club off-season

A global tyre partnership that brings the league's four South African franchises into the deal for the first time.

Giving him responsibility for building the structures and commercial foundations of the country's emerging esports industry.

The Swartland project is a second privately funded bid in South Africa's push to host Formula One for the first time since 1993. The group is targeting a grand prix by 2031.

The agreement was negotiated by IMG, CSA's international media rights partner.

One of Kenya’s most internationally recognised figures joins the ownership group of the basketball club.

Investing in his hometown, Mané envisions that processing can turn one of Senegal’s biggest agricultural challenges into a commercial opportunity.

NBA Africa is moving the Basketball Africa League to permanent, privately owned franchises, with initial bids of more than $50 million reported from six countries.

A South African franchise changed ownership last week in a deal signed in May, structured in Mauritius and approved in New Delhi.

On has signed Kylian Mbappé as it launches into football, ending a Nike relationship that started when he was eight years old.

The total included a 10% administrative charge set by FIFA, with the tickets not meant for resale.

Nigerian artist will perform at the league's first regular-season game in France as the NFL expands its international footprint

Charlton Athletic Women have set up a standalone club board ahead of their return to English football's top flight.

This will be the first time the event comes to Africa after a four city contest that also included London and Rome.

Diop was part of the team that launched the Basketball Africa League in 2021 and is currently Chief of Staff at Rugby Africa.

ESPN and ESPN2 will carry every week of the 2026 season live in more than 50 Sub-Saharan African markets.

He led the launch of FIFA's Forward 3.0 cycle, a USD 2.25 billion development programme covering all 211 member associations.

This locks in one of university running's most decorated recent graduates.

Yamoussoukro FC, recently promoted to Ivorian Ligue 1, is pitched by the network as a modern, ambitious club with deep local roots and its own development plans already underway.

He takes charge of a federation that, by his own account, draws close to 80 percent of its funding from FIFA.