Leagues and Governing Bodies

League Notes: Australian Football League Players To Be Counseled Against Homophobia

1.20.2014

Australian Football League players will be "counselled against homophobic vilification for the first time as league bosses move to stamp out discrimination and make the game more welcoming for gay fans, players and officials" (THE AGE, 1/19). ... The South Korea government said Wednesday that it has "asked the prosecution to investigate 10 national and regional sports federations for corruption, wrapping up its months-long audit into sports bodies" (YONHAP, 1/15). ... Osim Int'l donated $44,000 to the Singapore Swimming Association and its adopted charity, The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, on Saturday night as "part of the Aquatics Heart and Hope Campaign" (STRAITS TIMES, 1/18).

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