Sussex CCC are delighted to confirm the signing of overseas seamer Steve Magoffin on a deal that runs until at least the end of the 2013 season, following his retirement from first-class cricket in Australia.
The experienced 32-year-old originally signed for Sussex for the first half of the 2012 season and after an impressive run of form in the LV=County Championship this year, which has seen him take 24 wickets, the club have moved to snap him up as he announces his retirement from representing Queensland in the Australian first-class game.
He excelled on his Sussex debut against Lancashire in early May, taking nine wickets in the match, before taking six in their most recent first-class encounter against Surrey at Horsham.
Magoffin said of his new contract with Sussex: “I am very thankful to Sussex CCC, Mark Robinson and Michael Yardy, for all of their support so far this season, and having the faith in me to continue my first-class career with Sussex CCC, beyond the 2012 summer.
“I have had a wonderful time in my career with Western Australia, and most recently winning the Sheffield Shield with Queensland, and with an addition to our family due in December, this is the right time for my wife and I to relocate to the UK.
“I am looking forward to continuing to contribute to the team both on and off the field and hope to enjoy the same success with Sussex as I did with Queensland last year, and bring some silverware back to Hove.”
Sussex’s Professional Cricket Manager Mark Robinson said: “Mags has fitted in really well in his time here. With overseas players increasingly difficult to find and the International calendar even busier next season with the Champions Trophy in our summer, we are delighted to have secured such a dependable and important player for the rest of the season and the next.”
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German hunting law 'infringes rights' - European judges - BBC News
A German law obliging landowners to tolerate hunting on their land violates the European Convention on Human Rights, judges in Strasbourg say.
A German landowner morally opposed to hunting sought justice at the European Court of Human Rights. Guenter Herrmann has less than 75 hectares (185 acres) of land in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The ruling said Germany's law violated the article on protection of property.
The court previously ruled against France and Luxembourg in similar cases.
The court's judgment in Herrmann v Germany is binding and not subject to appeal, so Germany is obliged to amend its law.
Germany has also been told to pay Mr Herrmann 5,000 euros (£4,005; $6,249) in damages and 3,862 in costs.
A court statement said that since the two previous rulings several European countries had amended their legislation, allowing landowners to object to hunting on their land or to terminate their membership of a hunting association.
Currently the German Federal Hunting Law makes Mr Herrmann, a vegetarian lawyer, automatically a member of the Langsur hunting association and compels him to tolerate hunting on his land.
His complaint was rejected by the German authorities, who argued that the law was intended to maintain wildlife diversity and "rational management of game stocks".
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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