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SUPERSPORT TO AIR KLITSCHKO FIGHT - 03 Sep 2010

SuperSport has secured the rights to broadcast the IBF world heavyweight championship fight between titleholder Wladimir Klitschko and Nigeria’s Samuel Peter. 

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SuperSport set for biggest production - 17 Aug 2010

SuperSport has announced that Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test between South Africa and New Zealand at FNB Stadium will be the biggest rugby production in the broadcaster’s history. read more

SuperSport CEO Patel promoted - 16 Aug 2010

Imtiaz Patel, CEO of SuperSport International, has been promoted to Group CEO of MultiChoice South Africa. read more

FIBA launches Facebook app - 05 Aug 2010

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has launched a new Facebook app for basketball fans around the world to generate online buzz around the upcoming World Championship in Turkey which starts on 28th August. read more

PSL to trial online referee aid - 23 Jul 2010

The Premier Soccer League is set to pilot a new online capturing system in order to improve communications between the referees and the League. read more

SABC may stop showing boxing - 20 Jul 2010

Boxing could no longer be broadcast on SABC after the broadcaster spent over R30m during the World Cup. read more

quarter of a billion visit FIFA.com - 14 Jul 2010

FIFA.com attracted over a quarter of a billion visits as the world engaged online with the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. read more

Bafana attracts largest sports TV audience - 09 Jul 2010

According to figures released by media agency Carat, Bafana Bafana’s opening game at this summer’s World Cup attracted the largest television audience for a sporting event in the country’s history with 7.7m South Africans tuning in. read more

Supersport unveils EPL channel - 06 Jul 2010

SuperSport has unveiled a revolutionary new strategy to produce a high definition channel dedicated entirely to the English Premier League. read more

IPL TV rights contract put back out to market - 01 Jul 2010

The lucrative contract for the sale of international TV rights to the Indian Premier League is be put back out to market after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) cancelled its existing partnership with World Sport Group amid allegations of ‘all-pervasive fraud’. read more

YouTube adopts vuvuzela button - 25 Jun 2010

Video sharing website YouTube has joined in with the party atmosphere at the South Africa World Cup by adding a vuvuzela button- in the form of a football - on its latest video player, allowing the sound of the trumpet to play alongside the video being watched. read more

WC viewing figures released - 23 Jun 2010

The latest World Cup viewing figures for SuperSport3 have been released with the South Africa against Uruguay match attracting 1,383,000 viewers. read more

Twitter struggling to cope with WC - 17 Jun 2010

Social networking site Twitter has been struggling to cope with the overwhelming reaction to the World Cup in South Africa. read more

FIFA.com attracts record amount of visitors - 17 Jun 2010

World football governing body FIFA has announced record for visitors to its website FIFA.com during the World Cup in South Africa. read more

SPORT NEEDS TO DO MORE IN COMMUNITIES SAYS MEYER - 16 Jun 2010

Elana Meyer, Olympic Silver Medallist and CEO of the JAG Foundation, who has today been unveiled as the latest member of the Judging Panel for the inaugural Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards 2011, has emphasised that sport is still not doing enough to engage with communities. read more

World Cup opener draws record TV audience - 15 Jun 2010

The opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup between hosts South Africa and Mexico drew a record TV audience in recent history of sports viewing in South Africa. read more

Sony unveils WC 3D pavilion - 15 Jun 2010

Sony Corporation has unveiled '3D world Created by Sony', a premium 3D pavilion featuring a 280 inch 3D LED screen and 240 seats, at Nelson Mandela Square in celebration of the first ever World Cup to be produced in 3D. read more

Twitter launches World Cup site - 11 Jun 2010

Social networking site Twitter has opened its own dedicated World Cup site in a bid to jump on the football bandwagon this month. read more

Broadcasters add WC pundits - 08 Jun 2010

SuperSport has announced that former Bafana goalkeeper Rowen Fernandes, former Ghana and Bayern Munich star Samuel Kuffour, Nigeria’s World Cup ’94 captain Steven Keshi and Mido, the ex-Ajax and Spurs striker have joined the channel’s list of pundits for its World Cup coverage. read more

British newspapers to publish in SA - 04 Jun 2010

British newspapers The Daily Mirror and The Sun are set to battle for readers in South Africa during the World Cup as both are to publish papers in the host country. read more

2.9m tune in to Bulls' Super 14 final victory - 03 Jun 2010

The Vodacom Bulls victory over the Stormers in the Super 14 final in Soweto broke a number of television records according to the latest figures released by research firm BMI Sport Info which showed a record audience of 2.9m South Africans tuned in to the game. read more

Semi-Finals attract largest home-viewing audience - 01 Jun 2010

The Vodacom Blue Bulls and Crusaders Super 14 semi-finals attracted the largest home-viewing audience on a digital platform ever recorded in South Africa, with over one-million viewers tuning into the game. read more

SuperSport show live from Soweto - 27 May 2010

‘Boots and All’, SuperSport’s flagship rugby TV show, is a mark a first this week when it broadcasts live from Soweto with Winnie Madikizela Mandela as one of the special guests. read more

Supersport unveils largest ever production for WC - 19 May 2010

Supersport has announced that the 2010 World Cup will represent the biggest production in its 23-year history. read more

SABC hires duo to bolster World Cup coverage - 17 May 2010

World Cup host broadcaster SABC has hired two renowned sport broadcasting executives to help bolster the terrestrial network’s extensive coverage of this summer’s tournament from South Africa which begins on 11th June. read more

Neo Africa unveils WC competition - 29 Apr 2010

2010 FIFA World Cup sponsor Neo Africa has launched a new competition to find South Africa's best voice singing the national anthem. read more

Avusa Media Live launches WC site - 28 Apr 2010

Avusa Media Live has launched a dedicated World Cup website, www.go2010.co.za, to provide in-depth coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. read more

Gerber: World Cup will attract 'good crowds' - 28 Apr 2010

Bokkie Gerber, Editor of Sport24, who has today been unveiled as the latest member of the Judging Panel for the inaugural Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards 2011, has calmed fears over low uptake of tickets for the World Cup by stating his belief that the month-long tournament will attract ‘good crowds’. read more

Shortlist named for SABC song comp - 26 Apr 2010

A competition run by host broadcaster SABC to write an official Bafana Bafana song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has received over 5000 entries, from which the panel of judges have selected five finalists. read more

SuperSport unveils T20 line-up - 23 Apr 2010

SuperSport has announced details of its coverage of the T20 Cricket World Cup with the broadcaster to televise all 27 matches from the tournament which starts in the Caribbean on 30th April. read more

SuperSport renews SANZAR TV rights deal - 22 Apr 2010

SANZAR, the collective rights holder for rugby in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, has confirmed new broadcast rights agreements worth $437m, for all its professional competitions including the Super 14, for the five-year period from 2011 to 2015, with SuperSport continuing as the host broadcaster in South Africa. read more

M-Net postpones drama series over FIFA rules - 20 Apr 2010

South African TV channel M-Net has been forced to postpone the broadcast of a new drama series after scenes involving the use of an official FIFA football transgressed the world football governing body’s strict licensing regulations. read more

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All great players have these spells where they lose form, Bryan has set the bar very high, so we probably notice it more.

 

Springbok assistant coach Dick Muir has backed wing Bryan Habana to recover from his recent slump in form in the near future.