Despite a succession of fierce exchanges in recent months, the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) and FIFA, football's world governing body, appear to have reached a compromise regarding the implementation of the much criticised Whereabouts doping testing system in football.
Football League clubs in England have voted to introduce a quota system to encourage the development of 'home-grown' young players. It appears to be the first quota system of its kind introduced in Europe. The new rules which come into force next season dictate that at least four players of the 16 in the match-day squad must have been registered in England for at least three years before the age of 21.
UEFA President Michel Platini plans to prevent European football clubs from spending more than around half their revenues on player salaries. To this end, he approached the European Parliament for a football-specific exemption from competition law. In addition, he wants to see a 'luxury tax' on the transfer fees and inflated salaries of the game's star players.
Since December 2008 when Andy Burnham, the Culture Secretary, announced the appointment of David Davies (former Executive Director of the Football Association) as chairman of the review of sporting and other events of national importance which must be broadcast free to the public, speculation has been rife over what events may now make the cut on the list drawn up under the Broadcasting Act 1996, it now being eleven years since the list was reviewed.
DotSport, a Luxembourg based company and the driving force behind a new .sport top level domain, has received backing for its plans from the international sports community. The aim of the .sport project is to create a globally recognisable sport-specific top level domain on which an internet community can be built to serve organisations and individuals who are interested in or associated with sport.
UEFA, European football's governing body, has written to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) objecting to its use of the words "Champions League" in the name of cricket's main international Twenty20 event.
UK Sport has moved to demystify its plans to revamp the funding for Britain's top athletes in the run up to the 2012 Olympic Games and beyond and insists that athletes will not be prevented from agreeing lucrative personal endorsement contracts.
West Ham United and Sheffield United have reached an out-of-court settlement agreement in relation to the long-running dispute between the clubs relating to West Ham's decision to play Carlos Tevez during the 2007/2008 season, in alleged breach of FA Premier League (FAPL) rules.
FINA, swimming's world governing body, has introduced new rules regulating the use of high tech bodysuits in swimming to ensure a level playing field and to ensure that swimming remains a sport "essentially based on the physical performance of the athlete".
John Kay, the New Zealand prime minister, has confirmed that the "All Blacks", the New Zealand Rugby Union team, will continue to have the right to perform the Ka Mate haka war dance prior to their international matches, despite a recent decision in New Zealand to award the moral rights in the performance to the Ngati Toa tribe.
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