Monday, November 13, 2006

Self-inflicted blows

UK -- Karate England, the governing body of the sport, created to great fanfare last November, is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy amid allegations of extravagance and mismanagement.

The Times can reveal evidence that raises serious questions about the role of Sport England, the quango that is understood to have allowed hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money to be spent by the governing body.

At an extraordinary meeting of Karate England in Burton upon Trent on Sunday, criticism was levelled at Nick Halafihi, the former head of Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league club, who was chief executive of Karate England until being dismissed for gross misconduct in September for alleged threatening behaviour at a board meeting. The board was also criticised.

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