JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Russell Domingo has been handed the huge task of taking over from World Cup winner Gary Kirsten as the new coach of South Africa’s cricket team.

Domingo was promoted from his position as assistant less than 24 hours after Kirsten announced he would not be taking up an offer to renew his contract when it ends in August, sending shockwaves through South African sport.

JOHANNESBURG, May 11 (Reuters) – Russell Domingo has been handed the huge task of taking over from World Cup winner Gary Kirsten as the new coach of South Africa’s cricket team.

Domingo was promoted from his position as assistant less than 24 hours after Kirsten announced he would not be taking up an offer to renew his contract when it ends in August, sending shockwaves through South African sport.

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis’s withdrawal from South Africa’s squad for the Champions Trophy has been described as a major blow but it also gives the team the chance to move forward free of past baggage.

The veteran all-rounder will miss June’s tournament in England for undisclosed personal reasons.

CAPE TOWN, May 2 (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis’s withdrawal from South Africa’s squad for the Champions Trophy has been described as a major blow but it also gives the team the chance to move forward free of past baggage.

The veteran all-rounder will miss June’s tournament in England for undisclosed personal reasons.

CAPE TOWN, April 24 (Reuters) – South Africa have handed central contracts to 15 players they believe will be at the core of Springbok rugby this year and in the wake of a growing list of defections to lucrative club offers overseas.

Emerging talent like Marcell Coetzee, Juan de Jongh, Eben Etzebeth and Pat Lambie were included, along with hooker Bismarck du Plessis who is recovering from a long-term injury.

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) – A supporter attempted to strike a referee with a large vuvuzela at a key South African premier league match on Saturday.

The fan evaded security and ran at least 100 metres from the side of the pitch at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, one of the venues for the 2010 World Cup, swinging the plastic trumpet at referee Lwandile Mfiki but missing him.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – FIFA have written to the South African government warning them against a judicial inquiry into the recent football match-fixing scandals, saying the matter should rather be handled by the country’s football association.

Several of South Africa’s warm-ups before they hosted the 2010 World Cup were found to have been fixed, which led to the brief suspension of senior South African Football Association (SAFA) officials, including its president Kirsten Nematandani.

JOHANNESBURG, March 31 (Reuters) – FIFA have written to the South African government warning them against a judicial inquiry into the recent soccer match-fixing scandals, saying the matter should rather be handled by the country’s football association.

Several of South Africa’s warm-ups before they hosted the 2010 World Cup were found to have been fixed, which led to the brief suspension of senior South African Football Association (SAFA) officials, including its president Kirsten Nematandani.

CAPE TOWN, March 27 (Reuters) – Tunisian referee Slim Jdidi, suspended by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) last month after an error-strewn performance at the African Nations Cup, has been retained on FIFA’s shortlist for next year’s World Cup.

Jdidi is among seven prospective World Cup referees from Africa named by FIFA to attend a seminar in Casablanca from April 27-30, the latest in a series of training camps, seminars and tests for those on the Brazil shortlist.

MASERU (Reuters) – Zambia and Morocco suffered setbacks in their World Cup qualifying campaigns on Sunday that put their hopes of reaching the finals in jeopardy and undermined previous predictions of a rise in their fortunes.

Zambia extended their winless streak to seven matches as unfancied Lesotho grabbed a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw in Maseru while Morocco crashed to a 3-1 defeat in Tanzania to fall five points adrift of the Ivory Coast in Group C.