The Knowledge Bank

Marie-Hélène Pedneau speaks at Play the Game 2005 about the thirld world muscle drain, also known as ‘brawn drain’. She shares the results of her thesis research on “Sport Labor Migrations from the Southern countries to the...[more]

Young people from indigenous cultures - societies which did not until recently have a history and culture of suicide - set alarming records of suicide. These young people could be helped through sport. Colin Tatz provides us with...[more]

Terry Monington speaks at the Play the Game 2005 conference the prospect of making sport available for all in third world countries in the contect of international politics.[more]

Joe Phelan speaks at Play the Game 2005 about the role of business in developmental issues related to sport. Sport is an excellent vehicle for business partnerships in development and  Business can add value to sport and...[more]

Words of welcome by Jens Sejer Andersen, Director, Play the Game, at Play the Game 2005: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly[more]

Does a top athlete's body belong to him- or herself? Or does it belong to the whole nation? Olcay Canbulat speaks at Play the Game 2005 about the athlete being an object of desire for national and political success and...[more]

Scandinavian countries are internationally known for their particular development of company sport. This is linked to the dynamics of Nordic welfare society and political concern about ‘public health’[more]

Lars Bernhard Jørgensen adresses the importance of the Olympic game and the reasons why cities like Copenhagen are so eager to host the games.[more]

Danish Institute for Sports Studies presents their models for sports television viewing and examins the viewers' motivation factors for chosing television content regarding sports shows and programs.[more]

Have the attitudes to and the use of performance enhancing drugs amongst professional cyclists changed since 1998?[more]

In early fall 2003, a new ”Designer steroid”, the first new substance since recombinant Eythropoetin and human Growth Hormone in the late 1980’s, THG, hit the market. Rasmus Damsgaard presents research on this performance...[more]

Huge sporting events are a break from every day life. But they are expensive. Event organisers understimate the costs and exaggerate the revenues for the event and for the host country, says Harry Arne Solberg of the Trondheim...[more]

This is the story of an earthquake. It is the story of the collapse of the former marketing giant ISL/ISMM which was for decades the leader in the Olympic world – and in the world of football. It is also a story of curious legal...[more]

Professor Christine Oughton, Director, Football Governance Research Centre, speaks about strategies and corporate governance in football. She discusses the commercialisation of football and the paradox of rising revenues and...[more]

Read about the Beijing 2008 Olympics and learn more about the current social conditions in China.[more]