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World Sports Group sues journalist in bid to squash reporting on Bin Hammam

12 September 2012

The Singapore-based World Sports Group (WSG) has begun legal proceedings against journalist James M. Dorsey in an attempt to silence sources and stop his reporting on the WSG and its connection to the scandals surrounding the...[more]


James M. Dorsey at Play the Game 2011. Photo: Tine Harden


EP calls for suspension of the 2014 Ice hockey WC in Belarus

18 May 2011

President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek has issued a call to deprive Belarus of the right to host the 2014 Men’s World Ice Hockey Championships until political prisoners have been released from Belarusian prisons.[more]


Protests in the streets of Minsk on election night 19 December 2010. Photo by Flickr user mb7art used under a Creative Commons License 2.0


Russian reporters equipped with weapons while at work

14 December 2010

Newly elected World Cup host and home to the next winter Olympics, Russia, is a dangerous place to do investigative journalism. The newspaper Novaya Gazeta, is so worried about their employees that the journalists have been...[more]


Editor in Chief at opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, Dimitrij Mouratov, is handing out stun guns to journalists working on dangerous stories. Photo(c) Hanne Marie Brevik/NRK


The Vancouver Olympics; a critical retrospect

24 August 2010

The Vancouver Winter Games 2010 are being critically reviewed by Laura Robinson, who looks into the IOC and VANOC's spin on the women ski jumpers' right to inclusion, the degree of freedom of expression, the sustainabiblity of...[more]




Somali Government condemns militant attacks on World cup watching

17 June 2010

With Islamist militants in Somalia killing two world cup fans and arresting many others over the weekend, transitional federal government (TFG) of Somalia on Tuesday condemned the move describing it unacceptable.[more]


Footballers in Hargeysa, Somalia. Photo (c) flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/CharlesFred/61782247/">CharlesFred</a> and licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">Creative Commons 2.0 licence</a>.


South African media concerned over FIFA press accreditation rules

29 January 2010

FIFA have met with the South Africa media pressure group concerned over the implications of the press accreditation rules for this summer’s world cup but are refusing to disclose details of the meeting on January 21.[more]




Canadian border police drilled journalist on whether she would speak about the Olympics

08 December 2009

Last month an American journalist was detained and questioned at length by Canadian border guards who wanted to know if she was planning to do any public speaking on the 2010 Winter Olympics. The journalist was shocked, but the...[more]


Photo of Amy Goodman courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.


Coventry Declaration approved by Play the Game delegates

12 June 2009

The Coventry Declaration was approved by conference delegates at Play the Game 2009, the sixth world communications conference on sport and society. The declaration calls upon the Canadian Government and Olympic authorities and...[more]




German Football Federation attacks critical sports journalist with lies

21 November 2008

Critical sports journalists should choose their words carefully when blogging about sports officials. In Germany, freelance journalist and former sports editor of the Berliner Zeitung, Jens Weinreich, has become the target of an...[more]




Fight over rights to cover sports events moved into EU Parliament

23 May 2008

Principles of independent journalism won in the latest skirmish between sports federations and media organisations about the rights to cover sport events. The battle took place in the European Parliament where members voted on...[more]




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