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Code of Conduct for Football 1.Play to Win 2.Play Fair 3.Observe the Laws of the Game 4.Respect Opponents, Teammates, Referees, Officials and Spectators 5.Accept Defeat with Dignity 6.Promote the Interests of Football 7.Reject Corruption, Drugs, Racism, Violence and other Dangers to our Sport Football's huge popularity sometimes makes it vulnerable to negative outside interests. 8.Help Others to Resist Corrupting Pressures 9.Denounce Those who Attempt to Discredit our Sport 10.Honour Those who Defend Football's Good Reputation
The Olympic Truce http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/missions/truce/index_uk.asp 1.ROUND TABLES ON SPORT FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE "The goal of Olympism is to place everywhere sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to encouraging the establishment of a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity"
2.TEN YEARS OF INITIATIVE FOR PEACE
"Olympic ideals are also United Nations ideals: tolerance, equality, fair play and, most of all, peace. Together, the Olympics and the United Nations can be a winning team. But the contest will not be won easily. War, intolerance and deprivation continue to stalk the earth. We must fight back. Just as athletes strive for world records, so must we strive for world peace"
Asian football is synonymous with Fair Play. Indeed, Asian culture lends itself perfectly to sportsmanship, which is why footballers from the continent are famed for conducting themselves with grace and humility in victory or defeat.
So it is fitting that an Asian team, Japan, was the 〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜 first to earn official global recognition in the Fair 〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜 Play stakes. 〜〜〜〜〜〜〜
Japan coach Zico's press conference ahead of the holder's semifinal clash with Bahrain at the Asian Cup ended in a farce Monday with politically charged questions, constant disruptions and poor translations leaving the Brazilian shaking his head.