NEWSLETTER 3 MARCH:

VOLLEYGATE JUDGE WILL ONLY HEAR DEFENCE WITNESSES

1) Volleygate judge will only hear witnesses for the defence

2) IOC made human rights promises to Tibetans on hunger strike

3) European football review will encourage fan ownership of clubs

4) FIFA questioned on strange dealings by Warner

5) FIFA allows text on World Cup photos after all

6) Campus conference focuses on better governance in sport

1) Volleygate judge will only hear witnesses for the defence

When the court case against FIVB president Ruben Acosta and two other FIVB officials opens in Lausanne on 8 March, the only witnesses allowed are those of the defendants.

Judge Michel Carrard has turned down all witnesses suggested by Mario Goijman, the former president of the former Argentine Volleyball Federation who was instrumental in bringing the matter to trial.

2) IOC made human rights promises to Tibetans on hunger strike

A two week hunger strike in Turin by a Buddhist monk and two young Tibetans succeeded in extracting a promise from IOC to look at human rights in China.

3) European football review will encourage fan ownership of clubs

This month the Independent Review of European Football opens with public hearings. A key issue will be who should own football clubs in the future: Supports or business men.

4) FIFA questioned on strange dealings by Warner

A government minister and a newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago would like to know what FIFA knew about a strange deal FIFA vice president Jack Warner put together in order to fund four stadiums buil for the 2001 World Youth Championships staged in the small island state.

5) FIFA allows text on World Cup photos after all

According to FIFA, print media can superimpose headlines on photographs for the Football World Cup after all and blog directly from football matches even if pictures can not be published on the Internet until after the final whistle. So says FIFA vice president Sepp Blatter in an open letter to the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).

6) Campus conference focuses on better governance in sport

Sport governance is on the agenda of a new sports governance initiative, Sport Campus, which takes place in London at the end of March.

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NEWSLETTER 3 MARCH: VOLLEYGATE JUDGE WILL ONLY HEAR DEFENCE WITNESSES

NEWSLETTER 3 MARCH:

VOLLEYGATE JUDGE WILL ONLY HEAR DEFENCE WITNESSES