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Brazil ups fight against corruption, puts sport under pressure

10 May 2013

A televised legal battle against corrupt politicians and two upcoming mega-events are sharpening people’s awareness of how sport is governed in South America’s largest country.[more]


Carlos Nuzman, president of both the Brazilian Olympic Committee and the Rio 2016 Organising Committee, is one of the Brazilian sports leaders who are in the line of fire. Photo: Global Sports Forum/Flickr


Rio’s fragile Olympic spirit

10 May 2013

Analysis: Several scandals centring around Brazil’s Olympic president and Rio 2016 chairman, Carlos Nuzman, is creating unrest regarding Brazil’s image and internal dispute between the government and the Brazilian Olympic...[more]


Currently, The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff (centre) and COB president Carlos Nuzman (left) keep only a necessary working relationship (here pictured at President Dilma's inauguration on 1 January 2011 with IOC president Rogge). Photo: Blog do Planalto/Flickr


The Challenge for Europe in the Governance of Sport

09 April 2013

On 8 April 2013, Play the Game hosted a one-day seminar in Brussels titled 'the Challenge for Europe in the Governance of Sport'. The seminar marked the conclusion of the AGGIS project, and provided a platform to reveal the final...[more]


The seminar 'The Challenge for Europe in the Governance of Sport' was attended by more than 100 researchers, journalists, governance experts and sports leaders.


Sports Governance Observer: A new tool against corruption in sport

08 April 2013

Sports organisations who want to curb corruption and mismanagement in their own ranks, will soon have a tool developed by experts at their hand: The Sports Governance Observer.[more]




SportAccord’s gender equality tracking shows little change in number of female leaders

01 March 2013

SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for both Olympic and non-Olympic international sports, has released a Factsheet providing an overview of the representation of women in leadership positions amongst the organisation’s...[more]


The president of the Equestrian Federation (FEI), Princess Haya bint al Hussein, is one of only six female presidents of SportAccord's 107 members. Photo: Ammar Abd Rabbo/Flickr


Scientists discuss limits to the autonomy of sport

22 January 2013

International sports organisations insist on their autonomy from outside interference, but what limits do national and international laws put on the autonomy of sport? How do the laws of society influence the practices and...[more]




Boats against the current? - The past, present and future of football in Australia

03 December 2012

In this speech prepared for the EASM conference in Aalborg earlier this year, Bonita Mersiades guides us through the development of football in Australia.[more]


Photo (c) Flickr/Helen K


Unanswered questions and unsung heroes

12 July 2012

Comment: The publication of the ISL dossier leaves FIFA with a number of inconvenient questions, including the most sensitive: Can FIFA accept a president who allowed his allies to steal massive values from his own enterprise?[more]


FIFA's headquarter. Photo: Ed Coyle/Flickr


Sport between business and civil society

23 March 2012

The main theme of the EASM 2012 conference in Aalborg, Denmark, on 18-21 September 2012 will be ‘Sport between business and civil society.’[more]




Extended deadline for paper submission to the 20th EASM Conference in Aalborg, Denmark

23 March 2012

The deadline for paper submission to the 20th EASM Conference taking place in Aalborg, Denmark, on 18-21 September 2012 has been extended two weeks. EASM therefore invites you and your colleagues/peers...[more]




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