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Touchline Edition 6
NEW May 2010
Top stories:
• Norwegian Sport Examined
• Interview: Tom Maher Head Coach of GB Women's Basketball
• Risk Management Focus - New Regular Feature
• Countdown to the World Cup - we predict the winners!

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Issue 6 - May 2010
3 • Editor's Comment
Hard line in drug testing welcome
Insight
2 • A very happy 10th birthday
9 • Canada: Parents can't sign away children's right to sue
9 • Vancouver 2010
15 • At "Home on the Range"
Feature Articles
4 • Sport in Norway: Ascending to a Peak
4 • Sport in Norway: Winter Olympics - Thanks to Norway
5 • Sport in Norway: Norway's Birkenbeiner Race Unites CEOs and Inmates
6 • Something to live for
12 • Countdown to the World Cup
World Sports News Roundup 8 • Africa: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations UNINSURED
8 • UK: London to bid for 2015 World Champs
8 • USA: Plan to introduce New York F1 race by 2012
8 • Australia: Payout for injured cricketer
8 • China: Nanjing to host Youth Olympics 2014
8 • India: 2010 Commonwealth Games Security
8 • New Zealand: Match fixing rocks lawn bowls
8 • India: IPL offers renewed security plan
8 • South America: Argentina to join Tri-Nations
16 • Focus on Risk Management
Sports Shorts 22 • Mountain biker dies during Cape Epic stage race
22 • RBS Six Nations draws in £420m
22 • 2018 Winter Olympics candidates hosts
22 • FIFA rejects use of technology
22 • Madrid tops Deloitte Football Money League again
23 • Water skier killed during competition
23 • New Jaked swimsuits approved
23 • BOA and USOC sign partnership
23 • Rugby World Cup is New Zealand's Golden Goose
On Track:
18 • Race driver causes largest UK insurance payout for private car
18 • Liverpool appoints sport scientist to lessen risk
18 • Sports areas lack vital emergency care
18 • Trying to prevent head sports injuries
19 • Tips for reducing risks during marathons
19 • Report shows sports events provide economic boost
19 • 70 percent of Premiere League clubs on credit blacklist
Broker Profile
7 • Lars Petter Myklebost CEO/Partner, AGS Forsikring AS
Interview
20 • Tom Maher - head coach of GB women's basketball - Winning Ways

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Touchline Edition 5
release date: January 2010
Top stories:
• Financial crisis may impact the rise of Irish sport
• What if I owned a... football club?
• "Is the match on the laptop tonight?"

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Issue 5 - January 2010
3 • Editor's Comment
Cheats never prosper - but try telling the Irish that!!
Insight
2 • Regular sport on the increase in England
4 • Can Rio deliver a secure Olympic Games?
4 • Zero tolerance for head hits at Olympics
5 • Head hits hit hard in Washington
5 • $7.5 million payout to brain injured football player
5 • Redskins reign despite racist claims
9 • Drinking and skiing - a recipe for disaster
22 • Stadium safety in the spotlight
22 • South Africa promises a safe World Cup
23 • Kids at risk of overtraining
Feature Articles
6 • Financial crisis may impact the rise of Irish sport
11 • What if I owned a... football club?
12 • "Is the match on the laptop tonight?"
On Track:
8 • Bidders for 2013 rugby sevens World Cup
8 • Three cities to bid for 2018 winter games
8 • ECB to fight back over listed events decision
8 • FINA considers adopting two world record marks
9 • Lotus secure F1 grid spot
9 • Premier League unveils new financial regulations
Sports Shorts • 14 - 15
14 • Rogge re-elected as IOC president
14 • Golfer hit on head by ball dies
14 • Increase to 1000cc engines for MotoGP
14 • New group cycling guidelines issued to reduce death and injury
14 • 'Greatest security challenge' for London 2012
15 • Wigan players refund fans
15 • Making Aussie Rules safer for kids
15 • Half-time entertainment at risk because of law suits
World Sports News Roundup • 20
20 • South Africa - $420m prize money for 2010 World Cup
20 • South Korea to make GP debut
20 • Sweden - moving the goalposts - literally!
20 • India - Commonwealth Games chief warns Delhi 2010
20 • UAE denied America's Cup by court
Through Legal Eyes
16 - 19 • The keys to the clubhouse, but at what cost?
Broker Profile
10 • Niall O'Driscoll - CEO, O'Driscoll O'Neil Insurance Brokers

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Touchline Edition 4
release date: September 2009
Top stories:
• Focus on Singapore: Sports hub of the future
• Technology - moving the goalposts too far?
• India - Sleeping giant of sport?
• IOC announces new sports for the 2016 Olympics

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Issue 4 - September 2009
3 • Editor's Comment
Is sport bad for your health?
Insight
5 • Participants in extreme sports not that extreme
6 • Risk Management Focus
11 • Aussie Rules footy major cause of head injuries in school-age children
16 • Infertility risk for elite cyclists
21 • India - sleeping giant of sport?
22 • Swingers are winners in golf
22 • Crime is of concern for World Cup 2010
Feature Articles
4 • Is technology moving the goalposts too far?
7 • First Asian Youth Games
8 • IOC announces new sports for 2016
12 • Singapore: sports hub of the future
News
2 • Underwriting Agency Council congratulates award winner Sportscover
On Track
10 • English Premier League revenues up as debt for big clubs increases
10 • Snooker launch new Super6s format
10 • Triathlons gaining in popularity, but fraught with danger
11 • Four bids in frame to host Euro 2016
11 • Women's boxing wins 2012 approval
11 • FINA to ban new swimsuits from January
Sports Shorts
14 • VANOC sues local firm over ticket sales
14 • Student athletes left in the lurch
14 • Pressure for boundary ropes following cricket accident
14 • Risk of concussion higher for younger athletes
14 • Go-kart centre fined A$1.4m for woman's death
15 • Olympic village to be publicly funded
15 • Men are from Mars and women from Venus even when it comes to football
15 • Gymnast dies in 'freak accident'
15 • Beckham stays on top of Sunday Times Rich List
15 • Platini criticises 'excessive' £80m Ronaldo transfer fee
World Sports News Roundup
17 • England to host Rugby World Cup in 2015
17 • UAE to host 2010 America's Cup
17 • Canadian GP likely to return in 2010
17 • English Cricket Board reports increase in participation
17 • Bidding process for 2018 Winter Games launched
17 • British Masters dropped from tour
17 • China tournament steps up to WGC status
17 • Indian athletes uninsured as they prepare for the Commonwealth Games
17 • England to become GB for 2012 football
17 • Platini confirms that Ukraine will co-host Euro 2012
17 • Pakistan lose £27m due to security concerns
17 • UK lands Rugby League World Cup
Legal
18 - 20 • Is Sport Above the Law?
Broker Profile
9 • Nancy Au - Pearson Dunn Insurance Inc
Touchline Letters • 23

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Touchline Edition 3
release date: March 2009
Top stories:
• Is wage capping the way forward for sport?
• Crisis in the Indian Sub-continent - will sporting events go ahead?
• Calculating the risk of brain injury
• Irish sports fans' lives at risk
• Hockey fights down for the count

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Issue 3 - June 2009
3 • Editor's Comment
New era of social responsibility?
Insight
2 • Sportscover sponsorship fund
4 • Boxing ban for breast implants
4 • Cheerleading is a contact sport
17 • Touchline reader in Tour de France
17 • Drought levels playing fields
Feature Articles
5 • Calculating the risk of brain injury
8 • Is wage capping the way forward for sport?
10 • Crisis in the Indian-Subcontinent - will sporting events go ahead?
14 • Hockey fights down for the count
16 • Young athletes risk injury through too much of the same sport
Sports Shorts
6 • Premier League transfers break record
6 • FIFA wants limits on foreign players
6 • First stadium completed for World Cup
7 • Chicago manufacturer sued after hypothermia death of football player
7 • Move towards Olympic equality
7 • Give the Scots a break
7 • New UK anti-doping agency
On Track
13 • FIFA loses faith in Nigeria
13 • Twelve nations bid for World Cup
13 • British cyclists destroy Olympic suits
13 • PlayStation pox
13 • London 2012 venues get £461 million bail-out
15 • Team Type 1: cycling for a cure in the Tour of California
15 • Insurance fraud "more acceptable" to Brits
15 • Weightlifting with a difference
Legal
11 • To a willing person, no injury is done? Interpreting assumption of risk
Touchline Letters • 17

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Touchline Edition 2
release date: January 2009
Top stories:
• World Cup: In jeopardy due to global financial crisis?
• Sponsors: heading for relegation
• Insurer pays millions for cancelled football game
• Kitesurfer: 'peels off half his face'
• Who is watching the children? Non-delegable duty of care

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Issue 2 - January 2009
3 • Editors Comment
Crisis, what Crisis?
Insight
2 • SCU Managing Agent
4 • 2010 World Cup rights sold for $3.4 billion
4 • Insurer to pay $1.625 million for cancelled US football game
5 • Global financial crisis could jeopardise world cup
6 • Mutual set up to cover sports clubs stops writing new business
6 • New faces on Underwriting Agencies Council
7 • Serious head injuries for snowboarders and skiers on the rise
7 • Businessman left in wheelchair by skiing accident sues tour operators
8 • Sponsors heading for relegation?
14 • Kitesurfer: 'peels off half his face'
15 • US study catalogues diving risk for kids
On Track
12 • Awards not to win
12 • Death by boules
12 • Best for business
12 • Lightning kills three players in Cambodian football match
12 • Sporting injuries cost $127 per participant
13 • Sports clubs and employers liable for individuals' behaviour
Legal
10 • Who is watching the children? Non-delegable duty of care
Broker Profile
13 • Nathan Case - Choice Insurance Solutions
Touchline Letters • 15

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Touchline Edition 1
release date: September 2008
Top stories:
• Beijing: the concern, the risk, the reality
• IPL: season-ending injuries
• Questioning Africa's World Cup
• Top Aussie law firm under investigation for misconduct
• The state of Canadian insurance

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Edition 1 - September 2008
3 • Welcome to Touchline
Insight
1 • Sportscover works with Shanghai Asian Insurance Brokers to win significant contract
3 • Beijing: The Concern, The Risk, The Reality
5 • Top law firm under investigation for misconduct
6 • Shattering maple bats new hazard in major league baseball
7 • World Cup 2010: Is Africa ready?
8 • IPL: Big money for season ending injuries
13 • Best league in the world is also the most injury prone
Sushi
11 • Is World Cup 2010 insured?
11 • No room for girls
11 • Injured thrill seekers have no one to blame but themselves
11 • Tiger tops sporting rich list
11 • 2016 Olympics venues short listed
12 • Calliden fire agency boss in dispute over strategy
12 • AIG posts $US5 billion loss
Legal
9 • Talking Tort
Broker Profile
12 • Fred Allsopp, Insurance Advisernet Australia

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