Play the Game Newsletter for 8 May 2007
TOP STORY: Greenland victim of foul play in regional handball federation
- Greenland victim of foul play in regional handball federation
- Chairman of South African sports committee puts race over sporting abilities
- Park Yong-sung restored as an IOC member after corruption scandal
- Environmental group opposes 2010 Soccer world cup
- New theme page brings all results from International Sport Press Survey
- First International Seminar on Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention
- New books on sport
Greenland victim of foul play in regional handball federation
The Panamerican Team Handball Federation (PATHF) is not likely to win prizes this year for fair play and transparent decision-making. In contravention of the rules of the International Handball Federation (IHF), PATHF has downgraded Greenland from full to associate membership without any warning - and now teams from Greenland can no longer qualify for participation in World Championships.
Chairman of South African sports committee puts race over sporting abilities
South African sports committee takes drastic measure against rugby team in order to pay attention to racial composition in the transformation process.
Park Yong-sung restored as an IOC member after corruption scandal
IOC restores corrupt South Korean Park Yong-sung in IOC with no clear reason.
Environmental group opposes 2010 football World Cup
The troubled Cape Town preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup face further problems as an environmental group opposes the construction of a stadium in Cape Town and threatens the city with legal action.
New theme page brings all results from International Sport Press Survey
Now you can do your own analysis of the world’s most comprehensive data so far on the international sports press. On a new theme page, we publish the full data sheet and bring brand new analysis of the International Sport Press Survey 2005 that included 10,000 articles from the sports pages in 37 newspapers in 10 countries.
First International Seminar on Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention
The first International Seminar on Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention is to be held in Berlin, Germany from the 4th to the 9th November 2007, organised by International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE/CIEPSS).
New books on sport
“Doping in Cycling” (Doping in Radsport) and “The Football World Cup 2006 – Analysis of Sports Media”
In the Play the Game newsletter for Tuesday 8 May we brought a story about the French Sports Minister and WADA Vice-President, Mr. Jean-François Lamour, who allegedly had been tested positive for doping substances twice in his career as an international fencer.
We built the story on sources that are usually reliable and on apparently solid documentation. Nevertheless, the documentation was misinterpreted and the story untrue, and Play the Game deeply regrets that it was published.
We kindly ask Mr. Jean-François Lamour, WADA and all other persons affected by the story to accept our sincere apologies.
Please click here to view our public apology to Mr Lamour.
