2021-01-22 16:47 By: Xinhua
President Xi Jinping speaks to athletes, coaches and staff members at the Zhangjiakou competition zone of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games while visiting the National Biathlon Center in north China s Hebei Province, Jan. 19, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)
The global sporting community has expressed confidence in China honoring its promise of delivering a spectacular Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2022.
By sportswriters Ma Xiangfei and Ji Ye
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) President Xi Jinping s recent inspection on Beijing 2022 preparations has sent a reassuring signal to the sporting world that China is determined to deliver an excellent Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in one year s time.
FOOTBALL
The decision by the Kenyan Press to blackout Football Kenya Federation (FKF) top-tier league, the FKF-PL, for selectively barring journalists has received overwhelming support from global body AIPS and the Media Council of Kenya.
Yesterday, the Standard Group PLC also stopped coverage of all FKF Premier League matches until the local FA stopped muzzling the media as the boycott of the league entered a second day.
FKF started by refusing to accredit Standard Group print division reporters and photographers, locking them out of all FKF Premier League matches, Harambee Stars Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and international friendlies. Standard Sports has in the past questioned FKF on Sh125million paid to the now-bankrupt WTS Media Group Ltd for an Outside Broadcasting van even after knowing the UK-based company was in financial ruin.
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December 14th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
FkF s Nick Mwendwa at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi on October 17, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
The spat between Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and media has reached a tipping point. The federation locked out a section of journalists from covering last Saturday’s top tier match between champions Gor Mahia and Ulinzi Stars at Nyayo National Stadium.
Ironically, this happened on the day President Uhuru Kenyatta led the country in marking its 57th Jamhuri Day celebrations at the same venue earlier on.
The incident drew widespread condemnation from both local and international journalists’ bodies, led by the International Sports Press Association and Media Council of Kenya (MCK).