culture

New research project funded by the European Commission seeks to investigate football’s impact on identity dynamics and cultural change in Europe.[more]

Volleyball's world body, the FIVB, has changed the rules for beach volley uniforms, offering alternatives to the bikini in order to appeal more to players with other religious or cultural requirements.  After a three...[more]

Last Sunday Ali Karimi - aka Asia's Maradona – was fired from the Tehran team Steel Azin FC for not fasting during Ramadan. Karimi is no ‘nobody’ in Iran. He is the second most merited on the national team, third on the top...[more]

The Examination of Threats to the Integrity of Sports was commissioned by the EU Sports Platform and has been launched in European Parliament. The report, elaborated by Danish research institute Oxford Research, outlines the key...[more]

When the torch passes through Canada's aboriginal communities it won't shed any light on the poverty that keeps their children from the Olympic dream[more]

Mega-events as drivers of social change: Experts on China went head-to-head in trying to assess the legacy and impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[more]

Football can, it seems, revive national rivalries and conjure the ghosts of past wars. But football, can also, in a different way than long speeches or international resolutions, help induce progress toward peaceful solutions for...[more]

UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Adolf Ogi, speaks at Play the Game's conference about UN and the year 2005, which is the International Year of Sport and Physical Education.[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]

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