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Iraqi member of parliament calls FIFA ban ridiculous

24 November 2009

The leader of the secular Ahrar party, Ayad Jamal Aldin, has hit out at FIFA for suspending the Iraqi Football Association (IFA).[more]




Declan Hill: I told you so

21 November 2009

"I told you so", Declan Hill says in a press statement on the large probe into match-fixing leading to 17 arrests and confiscation of documents, cash and valuables after 50 raids in three European countries.[more]




Inconsistency in FIFA's suspensions over government interference

21 November 2009

Reigning Asian champions Iraq have become the eleventh country in the last five years to be plunged into international isolation by FIFA for political interference but the world body is not seemingly intent on suspending Guinea...[more]




Comment: Merely 'drums and feathers'

20 November 2009

When the torch passes through Canada's aboriginal communities it won't shed any light on the poverty that keeps their children from the Olympic dream[more]


A group of young skiers practicing at Chippewa of Nawash First Nation. Photo (c) Laura Robinson


Iraq face FIFA ban

18 November 2009

FIFA threatens to throw out Asian football champions Iraq after the Iraqi Olympic Committee has taken control of and disbanded the Iraqi FA.[more]




A tale of two football associations

17 November 2009

Recognition or denial? Two very different approaches on how to tackle the threat of match fixing in football met journalist and author Declan Hill promoting his book "The Fix" in Belgium and the Netherlands.[more]


Dr. Declan Hill speaking at Play the Game 2009


New book alleges Samaranch KGB link

16 November 2009

A new book by Russian historian Yuri Felshtinsky alleges that former IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch, was a member of the Soviet Union’s infamous spy network, the KGB. German journalist Jens Weinreich, an expert in sports...[more]


Cover of the book "KGB plays chess"


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.[more]


Photo (c) <a href="http://www.facebook.com/letwomenjump">Let Women Ski Jump</a>


Up to ten years before international recognition of Kosovo FA

12 November 2009

Kosovo’s footballers could have to wait another decade for international recognition. That is the view of the country’s former manager after the Serbian Football Association did not take up an invitation from FIFA for tri-partite...[more]


FIFA President Sepp Blatter and FFK President Fadil Vokrri. Photo(c)Driton Latifi


FIFA brings together FAs of Kosovo and Serbia

03 November 2009

The football associations of Serbia and Kosovo will have their first official meeting in Zurich this Friday in talks hosted by FIFA aimed at dragging the former Yugoslav republic out of sporting limbo.[more]


The Kosovan Football team


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