The Knowledge Bank

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

Investigative reporter Andrew Jennings speaks about his work of getting nearer the truth about corruption and bribery inside the top management of FIFA. The research Jennings shares at Play the Game's 2005 conference is part of...[more]

Mario Goijman is well known for his fight for a democratic and corruption free volleyball management on an international level. He speaks at Play the Game 2005 conference about ethics in sports governance. And he furthermore...[more]

Michael Sauer from the University of Cologne in Germany presents an eye-opening study of doping use amongst German youths. The young men tell us what knowledge they have on the side effects of doping and why they risk their...[more]

Doping is widespread not only in elite sports but also in fitness centers across the world and it is a highly underestimated problem. In this paper, Alice Riis Bach presents striking research that points out that doping use is...[more]

Julio Grondona is said to be the man behind Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA. Ezequiel F. Moores speaks at Play the Game 2005 about his enormous influence in FIFA as well as his financial empire and by which paths it became a...[more]

What does the public really want to see on the television screen when it comes to sports? Florian Petrica provided research results at Play the Game 2005: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.[more]

Gudrun Doll-Tepper, President of the International Counsil of Sport Science and Physical Education, ICSSPE, adressed Play the Game 2005: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly conference with the Millenium Development Goals and a...[more]

Sandro Donati speaks at Play the Game 2005 about his cooperation for the National Anti-Mafia Directorate as representative of the Association Libera.[more]

Knut Helland speaks at Play the Game 2005 about publicist ideals, the journalistic institution and its social role and legitimacy in the context of a globalised and commercialised world of sport.[more]

This conference presentation by Sigmund Loland is a study of procedures and their justifications in the planning and carrying out of doping control in sport.[more]

Mary Hums from the Sport Administration Program from Louisville University defines sport governance and presents management models as well as the social, ethical, ecomomical, educational and political considerations concerning...[more]

WADA Vice President and Danish Minister of Culture, Brian Mikkelsen, speaks at  Play the Game 2005 "Governance in Sport: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly"[more]

Radu Naum, a Speaker at Play the Game 2005, speaks about reshaping the news in televisions broadcasting in relation to sport.[more]

A feature of the changing nature of football governance in recent years has been the increasing involvement of supporters in democratising the ownership and governance of football clubs.[more]