from moscow with love
EXCLUSIVE: Why did the Greek Emmanuel Katsiadakis unexpectedly resign as interim president of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) in April 2025? Read the answer here: because he refused to send a letter to US President Trump asking for the sanctions against Alisher Usmanov to be lifted.
fake elections
The Pentathlon Union managed to delay the arbitration process indefinitely, the appeal lodged by Sharif El Erian was now dismissed. The Egyptian had a majority of 51:50 in the second round of voting at the 2024 congress in Riyadh, but the highly controversial American Robert Stull became president.
fencing
At the FIE congress in Manama on Saturday, a Mexican fencing federation (FME) is to be expelled and replaced by another so-called Mexican federation (ADNEM). Everything has been prepared well in advance. This is no small matter – the trail leads to Uzbekistan in the Russian hemisphere.
ethics
The Table Tennis Tribunal dismissed appeals by corrupt presidential candidate Khalil Al Mohannadi and Qatar – the full decision has now been published. Among other things, the appellants had challenged the legitimacy of votes cast by rather exotic federations from the shores of the oceans.
fake governance
As minutes suggest, senior IOC member Ser Miang Ng, who is also Honorary Chairman of World Taekwondo's Kukkiwon, has obviously been campaigning for Virtual Taekwondo, a game developed by his children's companies – with the aim of it being included in the Olympic Esports Games and other events.
olympic esport games
EXCLUSIVE: The IOC Ethics Commission received a comprehensive complaint against the former IOC Vice-President from Singapore, who is alleged to have mixed his many positions with family business in several respects in connection with esports, the Olympic Esports Week and the Olympic Esports Games.