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Human rights activists want India to call off Commonwealth Games

30 August 2010

Human rights activists in India are demanding that the 2010 Commonwealth Games are called off. Human rights violations have grown in leaps and bounds around the event, one NGO said a few days ago. Another NGO estimates in a new...




The Vancouver Olympics; a critical retrospect

24 August 2010

The Vancouver Winter Games 2010 are being critically reviewed by Laura Robinson, who looks into the IOC and VANOC's spin on the women ski jumpers' right to inclusion, the degree of freedom of expression, the sustainabiblity of...




Oil spill of Olympic dimensions

28 July 2010

The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has left its clear mark on David Cameron's visit to Washington. The biggest oil disaster of our time overshadows the war in Afghanistan and the financial crisis that the two...




Alshabab militants in Somalia arrest football club Boss

29 June 2010

The Alqaeda-Linked Alshabab militants in Somalia arrested the Chairman of Dahabshil Football Club, Abdulkadir Ali Barre, Somali football federation and family members confirmed Monday.




Women ski jumpers back in court

13 November 2009

The 14 female ski jumpers fighting to be allowed to compete at the Winter Games 2010 next February in Vancouver went to court yesterday to continue their battle.




Doping and athletes' legal rights

02 September 2009

Questions of doping and legal rights were raised when academics gathered in Aarhus, Denmark, on August 20-21 for the 3rd conference arranged by the International Network of Humanistic Doping Research (INHDN).




Women Ski Jumpers continue fight to jump

22 July 2009

Female ski jumpers have pledged to appeal a ruling by the Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia that the organisers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are not bound by Canadian constitutional law to...




Human rights are no game

16 July 2009

Two stories last week raise serious questions about the coming Vancouver Olympics and basic freedoms




Coventry Declaration approved by Play the Game delegates

12 June 2009

The Coventry Declaration was approved by conference delegates at Play the Game 2009, the sixth world communications conference on sport and society. The declaration calls upon the Canadian Government and Olympic authorities and...




EOC honours Europe's last dictator

11 December 2008

The European Olympic Committee has honoured the man known as Europe’s last dictator, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, with an award “For Outstanding Contribution to the Olympic Movement”. Critics argue that sport is...




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