11.   In a strongly worded statement, NSC president Mluleki George condemned TSA and other sporting federations for applying to stage international events without the necessary finance.

12.   And it is highly unlikely that sporting federations are going to re-arrange everything just to accommodate Serbia and Montenegro.

13.   As for punishment for athletes, the commission reiterated that each international sporting federation had a disciplinary code, and this was enforced scrupulously by China.