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New study predicts bankruptcies in European football clubs

30 July 2010

A.T. Kearney has recently released the EU Football Sustainability Study. The study claims that clubs in the biggest leagues in Europe have the potential to go bankrupt if nothing is done. It argues that unless stricter financial...




New report examines threats to the integrity of sport

14 June 2010

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...




EU Ministers Agree on Illegal Gambling Definition

04 June 2010

The 25th of May, in Brussels marked the European Union’s preliminary steps in the process of creating a legal structure for gambling and betting.




Clash between FIFA and the EU

23 April 2009

Sepp Blatter remains on a collision course with the European Union over its attempts to restrict overseas players after an influential UK parliamentary committee threw its weight behind the FIFA supremo’s controversial 6+5 rule.




Sport Financing: European Model Facing a Risky Future?

30 March 2009

This article is a resume of a study carried out by Amnyos Group for the French Ministry of Sport. It provides an overview of the structure of sports financing in EU and recommendations in regards to securing the financing of...




'Whereabouts' rule causes controversy

24 February 2009

The new WADA whereabouts rule requiring athletes to report their whereabouts more comprehensively is proving to be very unpopular. EU is urging WADA to reconsider the rule, UEFA director Platini recommends not to follow the rule...




Fight over rights to cover sports events moved into EU Parliament

23 May 2008

Principles of independent journalism won in the latest skirmish between sports federations and media organisations about the rights to cover sport events. The battle took place in the European Parliament where members voted on...




EU Sports Policy at the Crossroads

01 November 2007

On the final day of the 2007 conference, Play the Game took a critical look the new EU white paper on the future of European sport




Pyramid or Democracy? Alternative ways in European sports policies

09 August 2007

 

When in 2005 the draft of a European Constitution failed, sport was left without any article of its own and, thus, without a legal framework on the EU level. That is why the European Commission started a process to...




European football review will encourage fan ownership of clubs

03 March 2006

The independent review of European football being carried out by former Portuguese sports minister José Luis Arnaut on behalf of EU looks set to increase tensions between governing body UEFA and the continent's major clubs...