NEWSLETTER 8 SEPTEMBER:

FIFA DOES NOT FEEL DUTY TO WORK WITH DIFFICULT JOURNALISTS

1) FIFA does not feel obliged to work with difficult journalists

2) Chairman of Play the Game resigns

3) Blood profiles and Danish anti-doping expert to clean up cycling

4) Gibraltar to become member of UEFA despite Spanish resistance

5) Romanian president wants Securitate files on athletes opened

6) Undemocratic cricket constitution rejected in Zimbabwe

7) How elections in the Nigerian Football Association were fixed

8) UEFA and European politicians to discuss governance in sport

1) FIFA does not feel obliged to work with difficult journalists

In reply to questions from Play the Game about allegations in Andrew Jennings book: Foul!, FIFA says that it does not feel obliged to enter into discussions with journalists who oppose FIFA and severely violates principles of proper journalism.

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2) Chairman of Play the Game resigns

Michael Andersen has resigned his post as chairman of the board of Play the Game to avoid conflicts of interest after he has taken up a top position in Danish elite sport.

3) Blood profiles and Danish anti-doping expert to clean up cycling

Cycling is adopting new measures to combat doping. The German Cycling Federation introduces a control system using blood profiles from 2007 and Team CSC has hired an outspoken Danish anti-doping expert as a consultant to a new anti-doping program.

4) Gibraltar to become member of UEFA despite Spanish resistance

The International Court of Arbitration of Sport has ruled that Gibraltar should be admitted to UEFA despite years of protest from Spain that lays claim to the territory.

5) Romanian president wants Securitate files on athletes opened

In a showdown with its communist past, the Romanian president wants to open the files on athletes held by the country’s former secret police, Securitate.

6) Undemocratic cricket constitution rejected in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Cricket has run into difficulties after the country’s Sport and Recreation Commission has refused to endorse its new draft constitution because it is undemocratic.

7) How elections in the Nigerian Football Association were fixed

In Nigeria, the football association has elected a new chairman under the watchful eye of the FIFA secretary general. In this background analysis, Nigerian journalist Olykayode Thomas shows how there were never any doubts about the outcome of the elections.

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8) UEFA and European politicians to discuss governance in sport

At the end of September, politicians from Europe and the Russian State Duma will meet with a wide range of sports actors to discuss the future of sport at a conference called “Play Fair With Sport.”

Read more and see the programme

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