The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ruling on the dispute between the International Handball Federation and the Asian Handball Federation over Asian qualification tournaments for the Beijing Olympics highlights a catalogue of failings by both organisations. John Ryan of teamhandballnews.com analyses the findings.

The Greenland Handball Federation has won its year-long dispute with the Pan-American Team Handball Federation over the continental handball federation’s decision to reduce Greenland’s membership status from full to associate.

Using dubious tactics, the Pan American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) refuses to recognise a ruling from the International Handball Federation (IHF) that teams from Greenland can continue to take part in PATHF's world cup qualifications.  But one team is allowed to participate on a temporary basis.

Match-fixing and corruption are nothing new in Asian Handball according to Bahraini Olympic Committee member Mohammed Abul. Abul provided documents to Bahrain newspaper, The Gulf Daily News, which suggests that Kuwait bought referees to ensure ‘success’.

Tokyo’s bid to stage the Olympic Games in 2016 could be derailed over the ongoing argument in Asian Handball over qualification for the Beijing Games. Kuwaiti prince Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, president of both the Asian Handball Federation and the Olympic Council of Asia, revoked his endorsement for the Japanese capital as a result of Japanese involvement in the argument.

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has confirmed a replay of the men’s and women’s Asian Olympic qualifying tournament for handball will take place, despite threats by the Asian Handball Federation (AHF) to ban participating teams.

Earlier this month, one hundred South Korean handball players and officials protested outside the Kuwaiti embassy, alleging undue political and economic influence in Asian handball after a controversial defeat to Kuwait for the men’s team. For the Koreans, it is not the first time though they have been the victims of contentious decisions in Asian handball.