Posts Tagged ‘football’
November 16th, 2011
A journalist in
Nigeria has been arrested and is
facing a libel lawsuit over stories detailing alleged corruption in the Nigerian Football Federation.
Olajide Fashikun, editor of the
National Accord newspaper, was arrested last Wednesday following a series of news articles, in which he claimed a letter from FIFA president Sepp Blatter to Aminu Maigari on his election as head of the Nigerian Football Federation, had a forged signature.
Following the arrest, the offices of National Accord newspaper were ransacked, and the journalist’s laptop and hard drive were seized.
April 20th, 2011
As a new campaign targets anti-Semitism in football, Brian Glanville asks if getting Tottenham fans to ditch the self-referential “Yid Army” chant will solve anything
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September 21st, 2010
Footballer Wayne Rooney has launched
legal action against the Daily Mirror for breach of privacy. Rooney is suing the newspaper after it published
articles making fresh allegations about his sex life. He is claiming for invasion of privacy and breach of the Data Protection Act.
Last month the England player sued the Sun for libel over the suggestion that he booked a holiday before his team were knocked out of the World Cup.
August 31st, 2010
The High Court has granted another injunction to an England footballer to prevent the media reporting aspects of his private life. The order banned the publication of allegations about a “
sexual liaison, encounter or relationship“, after personal
photographs stored on a stolen mobile phone were offered to national newspapers. This is the third injunction issued to an England footballer in the past few weeks.
August 31st, 2010
Footballer Wayne Rooney is
launching a libel claim against The Sun newspaper over stories that suggest he booked a holiday which would take place during the closing stages of the
World Cup before England was knocked out. The two articles, published in June and July, alleged that Rooney confirmed a holiday two days before the team’s last match in the competition. The player denies this and argues the stories damaged his personal and professional reputation. Rooney is seeking an injunction against any repetition of the allegations.
August 10th, 2010
Southampton FC has declared that it will
retain its ban on all non-official photographers, despite
widespread condemnation. The original company sourced to provide photographs for the media,
The Digital South, has since refused to work with the League One Club, declaring that they felt the ban was a bad idea. Southampton have nonetheless continued with the ban and will now use its
own team of photographers to provide coverage of all home games this season.
