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| AFC unable to replace Bin Hammam until next May Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:43 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) cannot elect a replacement for banned president Mohammad Bin Hammam until after May 30 next year, the regional organisation's legal committee said today. Football's governing body Fifa slapped a life ban on Bin Hammam at the conclusion of a two-day ethics committee hearing last Saturday for attempting to bribe Caribbean officials during his withdrawn presidential challenge to incumbent Sepp Blatter. The 62-year-old Bin Hammam, who was originally suspended by Fifa on May 29, has written to the AFC executive committee saying he would not resign his position and the panel seemed in no hurry to replace the Qatari. "The members were informed that the legal committee is in agreement that an Extraordinary Congress for the election of president may be convened in the event that the office of president falls vacant for more than one year," the AFC said on its website (http://www.the-afc.com) after a marathon executive committee meeting. "This means that an Extraordinary Congress for this purpose could not be convened until after 30 May, 2012." At the end of the five-and-half-hour meeting, acting president Zhang Jilong of China stressed that unity and solidarity would see the organisation through the crisis. "...today everybody is looking to us for leadership and assurance. Our fans and sponsors want to be reassured that Asian football will not be affected by this great misfortune, and that the 'Future is indeed Asia'," he said. "I think the meeting was very good for the future of Asia. We are united in solidarity under the leadership of Mr Jilong," executive committee members Kohzo Tashima told Reuters. However, the general secretary of Japan Football Association acknowledged the challenges ahead. "It's a very bad, a terrible situation for AFC. Of course Mr Bin Hammam has the right to appeal to CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sports) and of course we respect him but corruption, match-fixing and doping... we have a lot of problems and we would like to be a better AFC for the future. "Mr Jilong... has a lot of will to change the AFC," he said. The executive committee also recommended a joint AFC-Fifa task force to tackle match-fixing, which has engulfed South Korea's professional K-League in particular. It was informed that Fifa was considering opening a temporary 12-month security office in Bangkok, Thailand next year. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Sky Sports, BBC win Formula 1 TV rights to 2018 Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:08 AM PDT  McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton leads the race into the first corner ahead of Red Bull Formula One drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel after the start of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring circuit on July 24, 2011. — Reuters pic Sky will show all races, qualifying and practice sessions live, while the BBC will show half the races and qualifying sessions, including the British and Monaco Grand Prix and the season finale. The final race of the season will be screened exclusively by Sky Sports should there be an odd number of races. The BBC will have a highlights package for all of the race weekends it is not covering live, while its Radio Five channel will continue to cover every live race. The BBC, which bought exclusive rights to the sport in 2009, is under pressure to make savings as part of a wider public service cost-cutting drive in Britain. The cost of buying rights to cover F1 is between £30 million (RM145 million) and £40 million per annum, according to media reports. Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone had previously said he was reluctant for TV rights to the sport to go to a Pay-TV channel. ─ Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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