Funding for Casement Park redevelopment still ‘a big difficulty’
Funding to redevelop Casement Park stadium in west Belfast remains a “big difficulty”, Stormont’s new Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said.
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Saudi to host first ranking snooker event with prize fund of more than €2.3m
Saudi Arabia will stage its first ranking snooker event later this year, with the inaugural Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters boasting a prize fund of more than €2.3 million.
South African Olympic Champion Caster Semenya Asks For Funds For Legal Fight
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Friday appealed for funds for her legal battle against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone to take medication as she prepares for a May hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the ECHR, which ruled she was the victim of discrimination from the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport. But Swiss authorities, supported by World Athletics, have taken the matter to the ECHR's Grand Chamber, whose rulings are binding, with hearings slated to start on May 15. "We lack funds. We have a lot of experts that come in that we need to pay," Caster told a press conference in Johannesburg.
S.African Olympic champion Semenya asks for funds for legal fight
EUGENE, OREGON – JULY 20: Caster Semenya of Team South Africa competes in the Women’s 5000m heats on day six of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 20, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. Patrick Smith/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Patrick Smith / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
'75% of handpasses are fouls' - Barry Kelly urges Congress to consider fundamental rule change to hurling
Four-time All-Ireland final referee Barry Kelly says the GAA's upcoming Annual Congress must seriously consider a motion to amend the handpass rule in hurling.
How Mauritania used FIFA Goal Project fund to become giant killers
Mauritania’s team and staff celebrate after they won the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2024 group D football match between Mauritania and Algeria at Stade de la Paix in Bouake on January 23, 2024. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) / ALTERNATE CROP – ALTERNATE CROP
Parents having to pay hundreds in non-refundable fees to be put on nursery waiting lists
Parents are having to fork out hundreds of pounds in non-refundable fees to get their children on nursery waiting lists. New research shows that some families have been forced to pay almost £200 to get their child on a list at their chosen setting, despite no guarantee of actually getting a space.