Zimbabwe Cricket has run into difficulties after the country’s Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC) has refused to endorse its new draft constitution because it is undemocratic.

Ismail Bhamjee, the FIFA executive member exposed by a newspaper for selling tickets for World Cup matches at three times their nominal value, has now lost all his positions in African and international football.

Knowledge bank: PARIS. Far from the festive atmosphere of the World Cup, the race for cheap muscle and talent in Europe's lucrative soccer industry has created yet another wrinkle in the immigration debate: Every year thousands of school- age boys from Africa and Latin America are lured to Europe by dubious agents hawking dreams of glory and wealth.

African reporters are training to use sports journalism in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

Since Nigeria failed to qualify for the World Cup in Germany, the country’s soccer politics has been marked by all the features of a bad crime novel and now is at risk of being banned from FIFA.

Knowledge bank: Very young sports talents from third world countries are being trasferred to Verstern countries and often these players are being exploited in various ways.

Knowledge bank: Kenyan Bob Munro speaks about the culture of corruption in Kenyan football.

The favourite nephew of tyrant Robert Mugabe has been fired as boss of Zimbabwe football for being unable to account for a USD61,000 grant from FIFA for developing youth facilities.