The board of Play the Game has approved the new German Sportnetzwerk as an official partner of Play the Game.

FIFA vice president Jack Warner has been found guilty of violating FIFA’s Code of Ethics because of his involvement with a travel agency that sells tickets to the World Cup in Germany. Next month FIFA’s Executive Committee will decide whether the penalty for the violation should be expulsion.

A cartoon of Iranian soccer players dressed as suicide bombers has caused friction between the Tagesspiegel newspaper in Berlin and Iran. The cartoon was published on 10 February as a comment on preparations for the football World Cup but it has angered Iranians to such a degree that the Iranian embassy in Germany has demanded a written apology and the cartoonist has gone into hiding after receiving several death threats.

UEFA is renewing its efforts to clamp down on the racism that continues to dog the game in Europe. Only last week, the football club AS Roma had to play a home match against Cagliari at a neutral venue without spectators because Roma fans had displayed neo-Nazi banners and anti-semitic slogans at a previous game.

President of the International Judo Federation and member of the IOC, Yong-sung Park, has been convicted of embezzlement and fraud by a court in South Korea.

Frustrated local soccer fans may be behind a recent armed attack on the home of sports journalist Manuel Gilberto García on 22 January in the city of Jutiapa in Guatemala. Two bullets penetrated the door of his home, landing inside, but luckily neither Garcia nor his family was hurt.

WADA is preparing itself for taking stronger measures in the fight against drugs trafficking. Following Sandro Donati’s presentation on drugs trafficking at the Play the Game conference in November 2005, WADA decided to invite him for closer consultations.

Trinidad Express reporter Lasana Liburd has continued his investigations into the affairs of FIFA vice president Jack Warner and has now uncovered evidence that Warner has not been telling the truth about the amount of money that the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) will receive from FIFA for appearing in the World Cup.