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It’s stressful and lonely at the top for referees

02 December 2011

In response to recent tragic incidents involving football and handball referees in Europe, Christer Ahl, former President of the International Handball Federation’s Playing Rules and Referees Commission, calls for new reforms...[more]




Expert Group looks into sports management

24 November 2011

Play the Game has received a large grant from the EU to analyse administration and management in international sports organisations in cooperation with an international group of experts.[more]




Jens Weinreich and Andrew Jennings win 2011 Play the Game Award

06 October 2011

Two veteran investigative journalists, Jens Weinreich from Germany and Andrew Jennings from the United Kingdom, receive the 2011 Play the Game award in recognition of their tireless work documenting and bringing the enormous...[more]




Lagging preparations are concerning

15 July 2010

TCU, a budget watchdog in Brazil, has described Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup as “impressively late” according to Khaleej Times Online. In the report TCU found that work on stadiums, adjacent roads and urban...[more]




The sportswear company World Cup

06 July 2010

The pensioner was talking himself into a rage. “Football is becoming too commercialized”, he scolded. “The young people today are too focused on money”. In his time, Eusébio da Silva Ferreira argues, everything was better. Back...[more]




Government interference in football

01 July 2010

At the current World Cup in South Africa many were surprised to see how embarrassingly France tumbled out of the tournament.[more]




Massive Indian cricket corruption scandal still unfolding

17 June 2010

On April 27, 2010 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi over corruption allegations.[more]




As the IOC brand gets stronger, so do the advantages of being situated in Switzerland

09 October 2009

The International Olympic Committee headquarters in Switzerland where the owners of the Olympics are registered as members of a non-profit sports club and as such they do not have to pay 20 percent income tax on their billion...[more]




European betting agencies call for independent global sports anti-corruption agency

22 September 2009

The European Sports Security Association (ESSA) has issued a call for the establishment of a robust independent global sports anti-corruption body.[more]




FIVB stops practice that has enriched former president Acosta

21 April 2009

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) is getting ready to shut down a very lucrative financial arrangement that has benefited its former president and current honorary president, Ruben Acosta, for years. FIVB leaders...[more]




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