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European breakthrough for Play the Game

27 February 2008

Applicants from the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain vie to host Play the Game in 2009.[more]




Regional handball federation continues foul play against Greenland

25 February 2008

Using dubious tactics, the Pan American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) refuses to recognise a ruling from the International Handball Federation (IHF) that teams from Greenland can continue to take part in PATHF's world cup...[more]




Sports journalists: Spin or spun?

12 February 2008

The increasing competition newspapers are facing from developments in the communications industries are pushing some journalists to exaggerate and spin stories to sell papers and justify their jobs argues Philip Townsend,...[more]




News in brief 12 February 2008

12 February 2008

English FA Cup becoming irrelevant to fans; European Association for Sport Management Conference; ‘To remember is to resist’ conference on sport and social change; Media Manager job at Streetfootballworld.  [more]




T&T England football friendly hinges on insult retraction and player debts

12 February 2008

The English FA are reported to have agreed to visit Trinidad and Tobago to play a friendly against the ‘Soca Warriors’ subject to two conditions; Jack Warner apologises for calling them an irritant, and an agreement is reached...[more]




FIFA now siding with Dominica FA over Warner's interference

12 February 2008

FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke appears to have given his backing to Dominica Football Association president Dexter Francis in his battle to remain head of the DFA. Francis was allegedly the subject of a failed coup d’état...[more]




AHF Insider: Corruption routine in Asian handball

05 February 2008

Match-fixing and corruption are nothing new in Asian Handball according to Bahraini Olympic Committee member Mohammed Abul. Abul provided documents to Bahrain newspaper, The Gulf Daily News, which suggests that Kuwait bought...[more]




Handball replays could cost Tokyo 2016 Olympics though boost relations with Korea

05 February 2008

Tokyo’s bid to stage the Olympic Games in 2016 could be derailed over the ongoing argument in Asian Handball over qualification for the Beijing Games. Kuwaiti prince Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, president of both the Asian...[more]




South African politician: legalise prostitution to cut World Cup rapes

01 February 2008

South African parliamentarian George Lekgetho of the ruling ANC party has proposed that South Africa legalises prostitution for the duration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in order to prevent instances of rape, as well as bring in...[more]




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