FIFA now siding with Dominica FA over Warner's interference FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke appears to have given his backing to Dominica Football Association president Dexter Francis in his battle to remain head of the DFA. Francis was allegedly the subject of a failed coup d’état at the DFA by former association president Patrick John, backed by FIFA vice-president Jack Warner. AHF Insider: Corruption routine in Asian Handball Match-fixing and corruption are nothing new in Asian Handball according to Bahraini Olympic Committee member Mohammed Abul. Abul provided documents to Bahrain newspaper, The Gulf Daily News, which suggests that Kuwait bought referees to ensure ‘success’. These latest allegations add weight to complaints by Japan and South Korea over corruption and favouritism within the Kuwaiti based organisation. Handball replays could cost Tokyo 2016 Olympics though boost relations with Korea Tokyo’s bid to stage the Olympic Games in 2016 could be derailed over the ongoing argument in Asian Handball over qualification for the Beijing Games. Kuwaiti prince Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, president of both the Asian Handball Federation and the Olympic Council of Asia, revoked his endorsement for the Japanese capital as a result of Japanese involvement in the argument. However, in a country where saving face is crucial and relations with Korea are touchy, standing up against a perceived injustice against their neighbours on Japanese soil may prove more important. T&T England football friendly hinges on insult retraction and player debts The English FA are reported to have agreed to visit Trinidad and Tobago to play a friendly against the ‘Soca Warriors’ subject to two conditions; Jack Warner apologises for calling them an irritant, and an agreement is reached with Trinidad and Tobago players over World Cup monies owed from the 2006 tournament. The trip is not just a test for the England team and their new coach Fabio Capello, but also a way to win Warner’s backing for England’s 2018 World Cup bid. G14 disbands as Platini’s plans to shift balance of power in European football gather pace An idea by G14, the lobby group for Europe’s most powerful football clubs, to establish a new body to represents all the clubs appearing in UEFA competitions has been abandoned. In a deal struck with UEFA and FIFA, the G14 will now disband, in favour of a European Club Association. The move follows reforms to Champions League qualification advocated by UEFA chief Michel Platini aimed at readjusting the balance of power in European football. South African politician: legalise prostitution to cut World Cup rapes South African parliamentarian George Lekgetho of the ruling ANC party has proposed that South Africa legalises prostitution for the duration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in order to prevent instances of rape, as well as bring in revenue for the government to help the unemployed. His suggestion is the latest development in an ongoing debate in South Africa about how to tackle prostitution and human trafficking before the World Cup kicks off in two years time. Sports journalists: Spin or spun? The increasing competition newspapers are facing from developments in the communications industries are pushing some journalists to exaggerate and spin stories to sell papers and justify their jobs argues Philip Townsend, communications director for Manchester United Football Club. However, Andrew Moger of the Newspaper Publishers Association and Mihir Bose of the BBC believe that it is the other way around with clubs and sports bodies manipulating news outlets, and putting a price on the reporting of news. News in Brief English FA Cup becoming irrelevant to fans; European Association for Sport Management Conference; ‘To remember is to resist’ conference on sport and social change; Media Manager job at Streetfootballworld. | 
