For very different reasons, Play the Game has seen two staff members part in recent weeks.

In the Play the Game newsletter for Tuesday 8 May we brought a story about the French Sports Minister and WADA Vice-President, Mr. Jean-François Lamour, who allegedly had been tested positive for doping substances twice in his career as an international fencer.

Now you can do your own analysis of the world’s most comprehensive data so far on the international sports press. On a new theme page, we publish the full data sheet and bring brand new analysis of the International Sport Press Survey 2005 that included 10,000 articles from the sports pages in 37 newspapers in 10 countries.

The threat to Bob Munro's immigration status is over. He stays in Kenya and thanks the Play the Game network for its support.

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.

The Icelandic President, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, has agreed to speak at the opening of the next Play the Game conference, which will take place between 28 October and 2 November 2007 in Reykjavik.

The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) has decided to withdraw from Play the Game from 2008. DIF is one of the founder members of Play the Game but withdraws because Play the Game has not yet succeeded in attracting permanent funding from the other Nordic countries such as it was envisioned at the beginning.

What issues deserve strong international attention when 3-400 media professionals, academic sports researchers and sports officials meet this autumn in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the next Play the Game world conference?