Female ski jumpers have pledged to appeal a ruling by the Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia that the organisers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are not bound by Canadian constitutional law to offer a women’s ski jump event at the Games.

Two stories last week raise serious questions about the coming Vancouver Olympics and basic freedoms

COMMENT:In her second report from Canada, journalist Laura Robinson comments on the ongoing heated debate over gender inequality in sport.

After the publication of Girl Unprotected, Laura Robinson was contacted by a woman who led her attention to yet another Canadian hockey scandal. In this article, first published in The Globe and Mail, Laura Robinson reveals how a Canadian girl's hockey team has hired a convicted felon, guilty of sexual assault amongst other things, as its new coach.

David Frost, a hockey coach and agent is accused and on trial for the sexual abuse of two of his players. The case is of great interest especially for the Canadians, but also for the world of sport in general. Laura Robinson is present in Napanee, Ontario and reports from the trial in Canada.

As one of the consequences of the Cold War from the end of World War II and up to 1989, the competition on the battlefield of sport became fiercer and fiercer, and at some point rumours started circulating in the west about female athletes, mainly from the eastern countries, who were not THAT female. Stories were told about specific athletes who never undressed together with other athletes, but came directly from their hotel, and went straight back for a shower, and of athletes who had a number of male features as for example a fast growing beard.

Together with International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) Play the Game has given its full support on cooperation with World Outgames 2009, a sports, culture and human rights event to be held in Copenhagen from July 25 to 2 August 2009.