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16 January 2010:  Confusion reigns over whether South African athlete Caster Semenya can return to competition.  Earlier this week the sport's world governing body, the IAAF, said she could run again while it investigated her gender but later the South African Olympic Committee claimed she was not free to run until the IAAF had made a definitive decision.

19-year-old Semenya won the 800m at the World Championships in Berlin last August but it later transpired that just hours before she competed the IAAF demanded that the athlete take a gender test due to concerns that she was not eligible to compete as a woman.
 
Pakistan blind cricketer denied UK visas
13 August:  Pakistan's blind cricketers have been denied visas to visit the UK.  The team, who are the reigning world champions, were planning a four-match tour at the invitation of Blind Cricket England and Wales.  The UK Border Agency says it did not have enough evidence that the players would return to Pakistan once the tour was over but Chairman of the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council, Syed Sultan Shah, says they provided ample evidence including letters from their Council and the Pakistan Cricket Board, who confirmed they would pay all costs.  All the players signed affadavits saying they would return to Pakistan after the tour.  The denial of visas has left Mr Shah very frustrated.  "We just want to play cricket," he said.
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FIFA to give away World Cup tickets
football15 August:  World governing body Fifa has launched a fund to give away 120,000 free tickets for the 2010 World Cup to poor South Africans.  The tickets will be a reward to people involved in social development projects in the country.  Danny Jordaan, chief of the Local Organising Committee, said the tickets will enable people who would never have a chance to attend the World Cup to see the event.  Fifa has already set low prices for South Africans with tickets set at $17 compared to $80 for international tickets but with over a quarter of the workforce unemployed and many who are working earning less than $10 a day, even the cheap tickets are out of reach.  40,000 tickets have been allocated to construction workers who are building the stadiums but Jordaan warned that other citizens must pay to watch the matches.
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