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South African Sports Minister Tokozile Xasa on Wednesday night flew to Switzerland to join experts that have been assembled in support of Olympic champion Caster Semenya in her battle against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)’s discriminatory rules at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.

Olympics and World Athletics Superstar Caster Semenya has accused the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) of breaching the confidentiality around the hearing of her case against the athletics governing body at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.

South Africa’s world 800m champion and Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya is receiving an outpouring of support from the public and the South African government in her fight with the IAAF to force her to take hormone reducing drugs.

Kenya’s leading sports development company, Star Field Sports has formed a strategic partnership with Gary Kirsten Cricket (GKC) of South Africa to spearhead the development of cricket in the East African region through a series of high profile sports events.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino officially opened FIFA’s third African regional development office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Tuesady after he attended the AU summit in Addis Ababa.