The Asian Football Confederation promises to challenge Sepp Blatter’s 12 year long reign as FIFA president at the elections next year.

Comment: Christer Ahl, former head of the International Handball Federation's (IHF) Playing Rules and referees Commission looks into last month's revelation of IHF President Moustafa's personal contract with IHF TV rights owner Sportfive.

In a letter to all council members of the International Handball Federation, it was last week announced that the Head of Sports Department of the International Handball Federation (IHF), German Ekke Hoffmann has resigned from his post as of May 2010 because of discrepancies with the direction of the IHF.

Iraq will not be competing in this year's AFC Cup.

The International Olympic Committee has suspended the National Olympic Committee of Kuwait over government interference. The suspension was effective from January 1 2010.

El Salvador, Samoa and Togo are being monitored by FIFA for political interference and could soon join Iraq and Kuwait in the international wilderness.

The Asian Football Confederation has condemned the decision by the Iraq Olympic Committee to dissolve the country’s football association.

In Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou has put his whole administration behind an effort to clean up match-fixing in the country's professional baseball league. Taiwan News reports that Vice President Eric Liluan Chu will head up a special baseball task force, and the Ministry of Justice and the National Police Administration have been asked to help teams set up anti-corruption units.