A milestone in the never-ending story of football in Kenya was laid as Kenya's international ban from world football ended on 9 March 2007.

The Danish Minister of Culture, Brian Mikkelsen, has appointed an experienced player in international sports politics, 60-year-old Jens Brinch, as chairman of Play the Game upon recommendation from the Danish sports organisations.

FIFA have secretly fined the son of a top official almost $1million for selling World Cup tickets illegally.

A European database will be established to study the economic effects of sport, its role in national economies and its impact on the labour market.

A new sports network, the Agita Mundo Network (Move for Health), has been launched, with the goal of promoting physical activity as a healthy behaviour for people of all ages, nations, and characteristics.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wants governments to take action against the illegal manufacture and distribution of performance-enhancing substances as an evolution in the global fight against doping in sport is underway.

A new doping study by anti-doping expert Sandro Donati estimates that 31 million people are involved in doping worldwide. The trafficking of performance-enhancing drugs poses a danger to society not only because of its links to organised crime but also because the cost of treating doping addicts is exploding.

China has long held a prominent position in the Western imagination. From Marco Polo onwards, China – or the Middle Kingdom – has been viewed as a mystical, unknown and unknowable place.