NEWSLETTER 8 NOVEMBER:
MUNRO STILL IN KENYA AS FOOTBALL UNITES AGAINST MINISTER

1) Munro still in Kenya as football unites against minister
2) FIFA softens towards EU, IOC sends mixed signals
3) Play the Game opens theme page on match fixing
4) Disabled athletes also targets for kidnappers in Iraq
5) Experienced Norwegian sports official joins Play the Game
6) French sports minister nominated as WADA president
7) Player paid the price for football money interests

1) Munro still in Kenya as football unites against minister

Sports developer Bob Munro remains in Kenya where the ongoing drama in football has taken a new twist. Kenya's Football Federation (KFF) and Kenya Premier League (KPL) have announced an agreement of collaboration to reinstate order in Kenyan football.

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Sign Play the Game's petition to support Munro

As the Kenyan government has not withdrawn its threat to deport Bob Munro, we encourage you to sign our petition in support of Munro.

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2) FIFA softens towards EU, IOC sends mixed signals

About a month after having posted a joint and quite strongly worded letter to European Commission Jan Figel, FIFA and IOC seem to soften their stance on European involvement in sports governance.

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3) Play the Game opens theme page on match fixing

Have you ever left a football match feeling the result was so unfair or bemusing that it must have been fixed? You could be right... Check out Play the Game's new theme page on match fixing and help us build a database of examples of match fixing in football.

Go to theme page

4) Disabled athletes also targets for kidnappers in Iraq

In Iraq kidnappers are also targetting disabled athletes. Last week a coach and a blind player were kidnapped and released unharmed, but conditions in Iraq are such that the IOC plans to offer Iraqi athletes opportunities to train abroad.

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5) Experienced Norwegian sports official joins Play the Game

Professor Hans B. Skaset from Norway has joined Play the Game as a Senior Consultant.

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6) French sports minister nominated as WADA president

The Council of Europe has nominated French sports minister Jean-Francois Lamour for president of WADA. The Danish Minister of Sport and current WADA vice president Brian Mikkelsen was named as a candidate to WADA's executive board.

7) Player paid the price for football money interests

An unusual plot of money interests lay behind a friendly football match between Spain-Argentina in which a key player was seriously injured.

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NEWSLETTER 8 NOVEMBER: MUNRO STILL IN KENYA AS FOOTBALL UNITES AGAINST MINISTER

NEWSLETTER 8 NOVEMBER:
MUNRO STILL IN KENYA AS FOOTBALL UNITES AGAINST MINISTER