PRESS RELEASE: Crown witness to handball controversy speaks out at Play the Game 2009

One of the crown witnesses of the ongoing heated debate in the International Handball Federation, Secretary General Peter Mühlematter, is going to offer his version of the controversial case at Play the Game 2009 in Coventry, UK.

Secretary General Mühlematter has accused Hassan Moustafa, the President of the International Handball Federation (IHF), who is from Egypt, of financial irregularities and misuse of power.

Mühlematter has consequently been asked to resign by the council of IHF who stated in a press release that Mühlematter's opinions have damaged the sport.

Mühlematter has refused to resign and claimed his legal right to stay in his position until The General Assembly of IHF in Egypt in early June where his future as Secretary General of IHF is to be decided.

Only a few days later, on 10 June, Mühlematter will join Play the Game 2009 to give his personal account of the battles inside the IHF.

At Play the Game 2009, Mühlematter will be joined by high profile speakers such as IOC member Richard W. Pound who ten years ago was responsible for handling the IOC corruption scandal and introducing a set of Olympic reforms.

Also the staunch former Argentine volleyball president Mario Goijman, who won the Play the Game Award in 2005 in acknowledgment of his fight against former FIVB-president Ruben Acosta's huge personal commissions, will take part in the session titled “10 years after the IOC reforms: The state of governance in sport”.

Top leaders in world sport will debate how to fight corruption at Play the Game 2009 in Coventry, UK, June 10