DW-WORLD: FIFA Tells Soccer Teams to Release Players for Olympics Soccer clubs must release under-23 players for the Beijing Olympics, said FIFA President Joseph Blatter.
The decision could let several Bundesliga players off the judicial hook. (24.07.2008) DW-WORLD: Clubs Seek Legal Action as Diego, Rafinha Abscond to Olympics Schalke 04 defender Rafinha left his club's training camp in Austria on Monday in order to German Athletes Feel the Pressure of Olympic Gold ...
My Games ...
Lufthansa targetted with warning strikes ...
Chinese Olympic torch reaches summit of Mt. Everest ... link up with the Brazil Olympic squad despite being refused permission to travel by the Bundesliga club. (22.07.2008) DW-WORLD: On the subject of football: Is football a business like any other? Professional soccer is big business. Germany's Bundesliga posted record sales last year, one point seven billion euro. Should soccer be organised according to market criterias? (27.05.2008)
(Deutsche Welle)
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