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● Olympic Games 2032: Brisbane ● The Yagara Magandjin Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC) and Save Victoria Park activist group have asked for a review of the Victoria Park area, in which the new Olympic stadium is to be built, as a site of cultural significance.
If so designated, it could impact development plans. YMAC spokeswoman Gaja Kerry Charlton said in a statement, “We are very concerned there are ancient trees, artefacts and very important ecosystems existing there. There may be ancestral remains.”
The Australian government confirmed it received the request and will review it. The decision to built the new stadium in Victoria Park was made by the Queensland State government, but will be partially paid for with federal funding.
● Court of Arbitration for Sport ● The International Council on Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) issued a short statement after the European Union Court of Justice (CJEU) decision in the Royal Football Club Seraing vs. FIFA case, which included:
“ICAS acknowledges that today’s CJEU judgment determined that the review of CAS awards should be limited to EU public policy only. The Seraing decision is in continuation of previous CJEU jurisprudence and in line with the International Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (i.e. The New York Convention). ICAS also acknowledges recognition by the CJEU that sports arbitration is a legitimate mechanism ensuring a uniform treatment of sporting disputes and a consistent application of sporting rules.
“CAS resolves sporting disputes worldwide and already applies EU law when required. Whilst the vast majority of cases before CAS concern contractual and disciplinary issues not governed by EU law, matters related to EU competition law can already be challenged before EU state courts following a previous CJEU judgement (Case International Skating Union C-124/21).”
Translation: no worries. The statement also noted that only about 6% of CAS decisions are ever appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
● Fencing ● At last week’s FIE World Championships in Tbilisi (GEO), seven members were elected to the FIE Athletes’ Commission, including Rio 2016 silver winner Alexander Massialas of the U.S.
Among the other selected were Olympic medalists Luca Curatoli (ITA), Ruben Limardo Gascon (VEN), Bon-gil Ku (KOR) and Andras Szamati (HUN).
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The FIE has a generous prize purse for its championships, paying $40,000-20,000-10,000 for its individual medal winners, and $50,000-25,000-15,000 for its team medal winners. The total amount paid was $1.02 million.
● Football ● Is this a new one?
At a Monday match between Lithuanian A-League clubs, seventh-place FK Zalgiris of Vilnius and league leader Kauno Zalgiris in Vilnius, home fans simultaneously threw dozens of suitcases onto the pitch at the start of the match, signaling their desire to have coach Vladimir Cheburin fired.
The bags were thrown off the field by the players, and the match resumed, but the fans chanted “Cheburin out.”
FK Zalgiris lost, 2-1. Wow.
● Gymnastics ● USA Gymnastics and NBC announced an extension of their broadcast rights agreement from 2029-32, after signing an agreement for 2025-28 rights that was announced on 27 March of this year.
Women’s gymnastics draws strong audiences for NBC, which has the U.S. Olympic Games television rights through 2036. NBC has been busy with rights extensions, taking up a deal with USA Track & Field to 2028 in March and USA Swimming through 2028 in May.
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