NEWSLETTER 7 APRIL:
IMPOSSIBLE TO CHALLENGE VOLLEYBALL PRESIDENT
1) FIVB rules make it impossible to challenge president
2) Work on test for gene doping has begun
3) Swedish ombudsman suggest World Cup boycott
4) Handball sponsor threatens life of Danish sports editor
5) FIFA lets off Jack Warner
6) Goijman appeals verdict in Volleygate case
7) New on Play the Game’s website: Upcoming events
1) FIVB rules make it impossible to challenge president
A wide-ranging set of “Legal prerequisites for new candidates to the FIVB president” combined with the FIVB constitution seem to make it next to impossible to challenge Ruben Acosta for the presidency of the International Volleyball Federation.
The campaign of former secretary general, Jean-Pierre Seppey, may therefore have ended before it has begun.
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2) Work on test for gene doping has begun
Work has begun on a test that can detect if athletes have used genetic doping to augment the body's own production of EPO. Funded by WADA, James Rupert of University of British Columbia in Canada and Australian scientist Robin Parisotto aim to have a prototype test ready within three years.
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3) Swedish ombudsman suggest World Cup boycott
This week, the Swedish Equal Opportunities ombudsman suggested that Sweden withdraws from the World Cup in football to make a statement against forced prostitution around mega sport events.
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4) Handball sponsor threatens life of Danish sports editor
A Danish sports editor has reported a death threat to the police after a sponsor of a local handball club threatened to “smash up your face and find some people to kill you.”
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5) FIFA lets off Jack Warner
FIFA vice-president Jack Warner did not receive a punishment after all from FIFA’s Executive Committee when it met to discuss what should happen to Warner after he had been found guilty of a conflict of interest by FIFA’s Committee for Ethics and Fairplay back in February.
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6) Goijman appeals verdict in Volleygate case
Mario Goijman continues his fight against FIVB president, Ruben Acosta. He has now appealed the Swiss court’s decision to clear Ruben Acosta and chief financial controller Franz Schmied of charges of intentionally deceiving the FIVB congress by falsifying the auditor’s report for the year 2000.
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7) New on Play the Game’s website: Upcoming events
Play the Game has added a new feature to its website: A calendar of upcoming conferences, seminars, schools and other events about sport, media and society. You will find it under the News menu.
Read about:
World Cup Conference 2006 - "Football, Media & Everyday Life", Germany
Summer school - Sport, Globalisation and Cultural Diversity, Denmark
“Sporting Sounds” - A Conference on Sport and Music, Denmark
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