Make Malmo pay....

Of course, the city should pay for fines for not allowing spectators to see the Sweden-Israel tennis match...

The Swedish Tennis Association said on Monday it is considering billing Malmö city council for 330,000 kronor ($25,000) if it loses its appeal against a fine incurred for playing Sweden's Davis Cup match against Israel behind closed doors.

Swedish Tennis Association general secretary Henrik Källen told AFP an appeal would be launched within the next month.

"Our first step is to appeal those fines that we are obliged to pay."

"If the appeal is not approved then we have to ask ourselves: can we go back to the city of Malmö and charge those fines to them?" Källen said.

The International Tennis Federation's (ITF) Davis Cup Committee ruled on April 2nd that the Swedish governing body should pay $25,000 after local authorities refused to allow spectators to attend the March 6-9 tie which was won by Israel.

The ITF has also banned Malmö from holding Davis Cup matches for five years after local officials only allowed teams, officials, guests and media to watch the tie fearful of demonstrations taking place over Israel's bloody December offensive in Gaza.

Love that last paragraph from The Local - "Israel's bloody December offensive"....nothing about Hamas...