As recently as October, Nurlan Zhakupov sat alongside World Aquatics president Husain Al-Musallam as a guest of the autocratic ruler Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Now Zhakupov is in custody. The sovereign wealth fund he heads, Samruk-Kazyna, is an important tool of Kazakh sports policy.
Bestimmte Kreise wollen den Lobbyisten Michael Micky Mronz zum DOSB-Präsidenten machen und eine echte Wahl verhindern. Um Bayern zu befrieden und zugleich die Phalanx für Martin Engelhardt aufzubrechen, soll ein weiterer Lobbyist Vizepräsident werden: der unvermeidliche CSU-Mann Stephan Mayer (MdB).
FIFA has until 2 November to respond to more than 200 unresolved points and provide supporting documents, just 16 days before the deadline for presidential candidatures. The questions cover Infantino's role in key decisions, the administration's neutrality and Bruno Chiomento's four key positions.
Representatives of India's dysfunctional sports system and their highly paid advisers at Burson & Co have a simple fact to explain: they are presenting a slogan that one of the world's most important National Olympic Committees has been using for years and has registered as a trade mark.
The IOC presents a handbook for the 2036 Olympic bid, but has yet to provide the most important documents and rules. The greater involvement of IOC members in the selection process emphasised at the June Session has not been implemented. On the contrary, power remains with the Executive Board.