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A European model of sports financing: under threat?

21 April 2009

Households were used to be the major source of sport finance in Europe, and then came local authorities, enterprises and the (state) government. Such was the last state of knowledge about the shape of a European model of sport...




Kipketer calls for fairer procedures in IOC Athletes' Commission

04 September 2008

Former Olympic medallist Wilson Kipketer calls for changes to voting procedures for election to the IOC Athletes' Commission. An election he feels has been subject to inappropriate and unfair procedures.




FIFA now siding with Dominica FA over Warner's interference

12 February 2008

FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke appears to have given his backing to Dominica Football Association president Dexter Francis in his battle to remain head of the DFA. Francis was allegedly the subject of a failed coup d’état...




An excess of riches and a lack of good sense

29 October 2007

The rewards have never been greater and the price of relegation never higher. But is English football’s financial model sustainable? Play the Game invited a number of experts to examine the state of professional game today.




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...




Road map for better governance in sport

22 December 2005

Michel Zen-Ruffinen, ousted Secretary General of FIFA, held the closing speech at Play the Game 2005 on road maps for better governance in sport. The sports lawyer gave examples of corruption in sport and some counter...




A matter of trust

30 November 2005

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.




Improving Governance TopDown and BottomUp Strategies

30 November 2005

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...




Organizing Sports Around the Working Place

30 November 2005

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’




Top Blatter aide fired but keeps 150K pay

26 May 2003

Sepp Blatter's cash-strapped FIFA are in turmoil this week after he sacked one of his closest aides - but agreed to pay his salary, around GBP150,000 a year, until the end of 2006.