KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwaiti government on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) agreed to amend controversial sport legislation in a bid to end a 14-month international suspension led by the IOC and FIFA, lawmakers said.

The Gulf state’s public sports authority pledged in a letter to parliament that it will issue within six months a new law that conforms with the international sports charter, MP Abdulwahab al-Babtain said.

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