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The local Trinidad and Tobago online newspaper Wired868.com is being threatened with a lawsuit by ex-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner for defamation and libel in connection with an article about...[more]

Prior to the 2012 conference of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM) the Department of Leadership and Corporate Strategy at the University of Southern Denmark would like to invite...[more]

Rome has scrapped its bid for the 2020 Olympics after Prime Minister Mario Monti decided that the Italian government would not provide the necessary financial backing at a time of financial...[more]

Issa Hayatou, recently sanctioned IOC member, was backed by all six regions of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at Friday’s general assembly and will stand unopposed at next year’s CAF...[more]

After a year, the IOC working group on irregular and illegal betting in sport has launched a number of recommendations to combat illegal betting, including the issue of match-fixing in...[more]

The European Association for Sports Management (EASM) has now opened its registration for the third EASM summer school – this year focusing on International Sport Marketing and the latest findings in...[more]

In the biggest disaster in Egypt’s football history, at least 74 people were killed when rival fans from two of Egypt’s top tier clubs clashed yesterday. On top of the 74 deaths, a great number of...[more]

A leaked hand-written letter aledgedly penned by FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke to former vice-president Jack Warner suggests that Valcke and president Blatter secretly bypassed FIFA’s...[more]

During the past two years, FIFA has experienced a wealth of scandals which lead football’s governing body to create an independent Governance Committee charged with reforming FIFA. But the Chairman...[more]

Former T&T national goal keeper and TTFF technical director Lincoln Philips calls for a reform of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) and appeals to FIFA to take the lead by...[more]

The cost of hosting mega-events is high. New predictions say that Ukraine, co-host of the Euro 2012, who has long struggled to meet UEFA’s deadlines, could end up staring at a loss of $8bn for the...[more]

SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for 105 Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations, has created a programme to battle match-fixing in sport. The international sports movement has identified...[more]

Lennart Johansson, the challenger Sepp Blatter had to beat when he first became president of FIFA, wants a probe into allegations that Blatter promised to sell World Cup television rights to a voter...[more]

In response to recent tragic incidents involving football and handball referees in Europe, Christer Ahl, former President of the International Handball Federation’s Playing Rules and Referees...[more]

Swiss authorities searched the International Handball Federation’s (IHF) Basel headquarters and IHF President Hassan Moustafa’s private residence on Wednesday. The search took place at the request...[more]