National Rugby League club North Queensland will "employ minders for players" after forward Scott Bolton admitted to "drunkenly touching a woman's upper thigh in a Sydney court this week." Cowboys coach Paul Green said that the club "would introduce the extra safety measures for players when they go out socially" in the future after Bolton pleaded guilty to common assault in Waverley Local Court on Monday (AAP, 1/9).
A special temporary courthouse at Dhaka's main cricket stadium "expelled 20 punters for placing illegal bets" during the first three days of the Bangladesh Premier League, an official said. Betting is illegal in Bangladesh but "rampant" during cricket matches, where gamblers "exploit a brief delay between live play and the official broadcast of results to place frantic bets." Those caught are "hauled from the stands and tried on the spot" by judges stationed at stadiums (AFP, 1/9).
South Korea on Wednesday unveiled a set of measures to "wipe out sexual assault and abuse in sports" following a sex crime case involving an Olympic short track Gold Medalist. The sports ministry issued an apology and introduced measures to "prevent and eliminate sexual misconduct in the country's sports community," one day after Shim Suk-hee's allegations that her former coach, Cho Jae-bum, had sexually assaulted her for years were revealed. The measures include those who are convicted of "severe sexual harassment" and abuse can be slapped with a lifetime suspension (YONHAP, 1/9).
