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Australia football body adopts reforms after FIFA threat
AFP, Published on 02/10/2018
» SYDNEY: Australia's football governing body voted for wide-ranging reforms Tuesday against the wishes of its outgoing chairman, ending a long-running battle that saw FIFA threaten to take over the federation.
Patama's quick rise to the corridors of power
Sports, Published on 22/10/2017
» There are a great number of Thai female administrators in the sporting circles but Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul stands out among them on the international stage.
Australia eyes British-style lottery after Rio Olympics
AFP, Published on 02/09/2016
» SYDNEY - Australia may look to a national lottery to provide extra Olympic funding and make its existing sports system more efficient in the wake of below-par results at the Rio Games.
FIFA still weighing independent oversight -- Carrard
AFP, Published on 05/03/2016
» LAUSANNE - FIFA is still considering setting up an independent panel to oversee its reform effort, a move requested by world football's top corporate sponsors, the head of FIFA's reform committee Francois Carrard told AFP.
Lapasset to stand down as head of World Rugby
AFP, Published on 03/03/2016
» DUBLIN - Bernard Lapasset will stand down as head of rugby union's governing body this year to concentrate on leading the Paris bid to secure the 2024 Olympics, World Rugby said Wednesday.
New FIFA boss Infantino faces major challenges
AFP, Published on 27/02/2016
» ZURICH - FIFA's new president Gianni Infantino on Saturday faced the mountainous task of reforming and uniting world football, with a pile of crises from the scandal-ridden Sepp Blatter era needing urgent action.
Scandal-hit IAAF cancels awards gala, vows tougher financial controls
AFP, Published on 07/11/2015
» PARIS - World athletics' governing body, the IAAF, on Friday cancelled its awards gala scheduled for November 28 and ordered tougher financial controls in the wake of a corruption scandal that has engulfed track and field.
Welsh rugby in crisis as talks break down
AFP, Published on 12/07/2014
» CARDIFF (UNITED KINGDOM) - Welsh rugby was plunged into crisis on Friday after acrimonious talks between Regional Rugby Wales (RRW) and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) over the future direction of the sport.
World cricket chief to defy calls to quit over IPL scandal
AFP, Published on 11/02/2014
» New world cricket boss N. Srinivasan was expected Tuesday to defy calls to step down as India cricket chief despite a damning court inquiry that implicated a relative in illegal betting.