Tibetans are increasingly using sports as a means of resisting the Chinese occupation of Tibet. So far it has led to diplomatic headaches in India where authorities have tried to stop sport events for Tibetans, and in Switzerland the president for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) must figure out what to do about a letter from a new National Olympic Committee for Tibet.

Athletes from India rarely win medals in international competitions but that may soon change. India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has just published a draft for a new national sports policy on its website inviting everybody to contribute their views on a policy that aims to make India one of the world’s leading sporting nations within the next decade.

The volleyball federation in the tiny state of San Marino has been suspended by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV). The suspension is a reaction to interference from the National Olympic Committee in San Marino, which has dismissed the president and board members elected by the San Marino federation in 2005 and replaced them with others.

As Team Nigeria athletes and officials left for the Algeria 2007 All African Games on Friday, stakeholders were calling upon Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to restructure Nigeria's sports and make them independent of government in the area of funding, management and administration.

Since China was awarded the Olympic Games in 2008, human rights organisations and politicians have applied pressure on the International Olympic Committee to use the Games as a lever to improve China’s human rights record. But what is the rationale for regarding the Olympics as a source for political and social change?

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has banned the national cricket team from their upcoming three-match tour of Zimbabwe. The ban has now placed increased pressure on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to suspend links with Zimbabwe.

South African sports committee takes drastic measure against rugby team in order to pay attention to racial composition in the transformation process.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wants governments to take action against the illegal manufacture and distribution of performance-enhancing substances as an evolution in the global fight against doping in sport is underway.