Cant some one take all of this and submit it to Reuters??
Especially that Qatar was banned and Bahrain and Egypt were not. That is the most obvious proof that having Bahrain pay US$60000 took the suspension away.
And when Milos just talked about the doping test; the Bahrain president went furious and threatened him with an act of terrorism by an official letter
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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/sports/2007/September/sports_September7.xml§ion=sports&subsection=miscellaneousOsama aims high for bodybuilding
By Edwin Ashie-Nikoi
1 September 2007
DUBAI — The newly-elected president of the Asian Bodybuilding Federation (ABBF) Osama Al Shafar says his objective as the head of the organisation is to improve the sport throughout the continent.
The 33-year-old from UAE, speaking to Khaleej Times by telephone after his election on Thursday said: “My goal as the new president of the ABBF is to support all the associations to develop the sport. We are going to work as a team and as one family. I can tell you that we started the moment I got elected as the new president.”
Al Shafar, the youngest president in the history of the ABBF, said he had personally given $130,000 to the ABBF for the sport development in the continent. Bahrain Bodybuilding Association has also contributed $60,000, UAE Bodybuilding and Weightlifting Association $10,000 and Kazakhstan $5,000.
On his election as the new president, Al Shafar, the vice-president of the UAE Bodybuilding and Weightlifting Association said: “I am very happy and I cannot express my feelings. It is like a new born baby. This happiness is for all the people of the UAE who prayed and supported me.” Al Shafar’s mandate is for four years till 2011 end.
Al Shafar also expressed his thanks to Hussain Al Shafar who has also been elected as the head of the technical committee of the ABBF. “Hussain played a key role in my election as he canvassed vigorously and did all the communication to have me elected. He acted like my campaign manager,” he added.
The ABBF, meanwhile, has added 100kg and above to its competitions during the executive board congress held on Thursday. The board also suspended Malaysia’s coach, Milus from Serbia for two years. The Serbian attacked the ABBF secretary general, Paul Chua, during the Asian Games held in Doha last December.
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In Reuters:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL0953391920061210Coach says Bodybuilding-Mr Universe robbed
Sat Dec 9, 2006 8:01 PM GMT
By Nazvi Careem
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The furious coach of Malaysia's world amateur bodybuilding champion Sazali Abdul Samad branded the Asian Games competition a disgrace on Saturday.
Sazali, who won the amateur 'Mr Universe' title in the Czech Republic in October, had to settle for silver in the 65kg category after judges awarded gold to Mohammed Salem Abdullah Zahmi of the United Arab Emirates.
"It's a total disgrace," Milos Sarcev raged in The Star newspaper. "There is no aspect in which Sazali could lose even by a point to the Arab."
Sarcev said he had never witnessed biased judging once in his 15-year career as a coach before the Doha Games and that he would be taking the matter up with the sport's governing bodies.
"I heard that it happens in Asia but this is the first time I have witnessed it. What a disgrace," he said.
Poor judging was a feature of the whole competition in the Qatari capital, he added.
"In the 75kg, the Singaporean (Chua Ling Fung) won the title although he has no muscles."
Malaysia's National Sports Council (NSC) also weighed in.
"Sazali was the clear favourite and they fixed it to give the UAE athlete the gold," said Zolkples Embong, the NSC's deputy director general.
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