The inquiry into English football's sex abuse scandal is investigating what happened to a "handful of paedophile suspects," kicked out of the game between '01 and '05, "to make certain they were not let back into the sport." The review, which is being led by Clive Sheldon QC, is examining the FA's case management files "to establish that the potential abusers -- a small number, believed to be around four or five -- were tracked properly and are still out of football." Sheldon and his team of four barristers are "also exploring why the FA pulled out" of a flagship child protection program in '03 because of funding (SUNDAY TIMES, 6/25).
Proceeds from the 2017 FA Community Shield will be "donated to support those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire." Arsenal will play Chelsea on August 6 at Wembley Stadium, and £1.25M ($1.59M) "could be raised from the match." The English Football League said that it would also be donating £175,000 ($222,700), "with member clubs contributing their share of proceeds from the match." Premier League clubs agreed to contribute a total of £250,000 ($318,200) (BBC, 6/23).
South Sudan FA President Francis Amin "believes he can use the game to unite a fractured nation." For the past four years, South Sudan "has been torn apart by a civil war." Amin "wants to develop the game throughout South Sudan -- but also to use the sport to bring people together in a country scarred by massacres and killings on ethnic grounds" (BBC, 6/25).
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon "proposed reviving a Seoul-Pyongyang football exchange program to a senior North Korean sports official on Sunday." Park broached the idea at a luncheon meeting with Chang Ung, the lone North Korean member of the IOC (YONHAP, 6/25).
