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Debt-laden English Premier League clubs could be hardest hit by the global credit crunch, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Saturday. SOURCE: Sports-City.org[more]

According to EurActiv, elite sports deflect media attention away from the educational and social roles of sport. This is argued by Nathalie Rossel, co-founder of the French Agency for Education...[more]

Bob Munro has resigned as chairman of the Kenya Premier League Limited which runs the local soccer league. In an email to the media Munro who is also the Mathare United FC chairman stated that he had...[more]

According to Times Online's Ashling O'Connor, up to 6,000 community sports clubs could close during the recession because of falling memberships. A survey by the the CCPR, the umbrella...[more]

Six athletes have tested positive for CERA (ContinuousErythropoiesis Receptor Activator), the latest generation of Erythropoietin (EPO) after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) re-analysed 948...[more]

According to Sports Business, the executive board of Serbian football side Red Star Belgrade has stepped down amid an increasing financial crisis at the club: "The 1991 European Cup winners’...[more]

Research: A new study has found that people with conduct disorder, body image disorder, or both are more prone to become dependent on anabolic steroids, according to Harrison G. Pope ’69, a Harvard...[more]

German cycling team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile, was guilty of systematic doping between 1995 and 2006, Der Spiegel magazine claims in Monday's edition. SOURCE: Agence France Presse and...[more]

Sporting bodies and sports media disagree on how the rights to cover a sports event should be interpreted. In Australia, a hearing called in both parties to find a solution to the dispute. SOURCE:...[more]

Britain is justified in spending 9.3 billion pounds ($13.54 billion) on the London 2012 Olympics despite the worst recession since World War Two, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on...[more]

Match-fixing: Nick Harris reports in The Independent that "substantial illegal bets placed by footballers last year on their own team to lose a league match are "just the tip of the...[more]

Reuters reports that hosting the Beijing Olympics in 2008 has proven a cash cow for China with post-Olympic marketing being called "perfect." SOURCE: Sports City (citing Reuters)[more]

Comment: On his sports blog, Prof. Simon Chadwick asks why football alone attracts so much political interest when there are numerous other sports that have their own problems to address and would...[more]

According to Reuters, a financial disaster mightl hit Spanish professional football. Actions needs to be taken, said the president of the club Osasuna. SOURCE: Sports City[more]

According to Cycling News, former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Chairman Richard Pound has given his opinion on the Lance Armstrong - AFLD situation, saying that "the American is aware of the...[more]