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Cleveland to drop 'Indians' name after 2021 season
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball's (MLB) Cleveland team will drop its "Indians" name, following persistent criticism that it was offensive to Native Americans, the franchise said on Monday, but will continue to use it during the 2021 season.
NFL's Washington team to retire Redskins name and logo
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Football League's Washington team announced on Monday it will retire its Redskins name and logo, which it has used since 1933 but which has long been criticized as racist by Native American rights groups.
Rugby - Kolisi to lead Boks in 'historic moment' for black South Africa
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Siya Kolisi was appointed Springbok captain on Monday for the three-game home series against England, the first black leader in a full test match of a national rugby side criticised for failing to redress the racial imbalances of apartheid.
IAAF legal expert resigns over new hyperandrogenism rule
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A South African legal expert has resigned from the IAAF's disciplinary tribunal in protest at a new hyperandrogenism rule that could result in bans for some female athletes unless they undergo testosterone-reducing treatment.
South African football chief Jordaan denies rape accusation
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Danny Jordaan, the central figure in South Africa's staging of the 2010 football World Cup, on Wednesday denied allegations that he raped former African National Congress lawmaker and singer Jennifer Ferguson in the 1990s.
Pistorius gets six-year sentence for murder of girlfriend
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius was sent back to jail for six years on Wednesday for murdering Reeva Steenkamp, less than half the 15 year minimum term sought by prosecutors.
South African sports row reopens old wounds over race
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - When Temba Bavuma became the first black cricketer to score a century for South Africa at this year's Cape Town test, a jubilant crowd erupted in celebration and commentators swiftly hailed it as a symbolic bridging of the racial divide.
South Africa bans rugby, cricket from bidding for major tournaments
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa on Monday banned its national cricket and rugby federations from hosting or bidding for international tournaments for at least a year due to their failure to increase their representation of black players.
'South Africa's Schwarzenegger' aims to lift poor with township gyms
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striding around the gym he built in his grandmother's backyard, South African bodybuilding champion Tumi Masite recalls the day Arnold Schwarzenegger's former trainer paid him a visit.
Factbox - FIFA presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale
LONDON (Reuters) - Factbox on South African Tokyo Sexwale, one of five candidates standing for the FIFA presidency in an election on Feb. 26:
