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Faster, Higher… Deader

23 March 2012

Another professional skier died this month, and little is being done to make the sport safer. Canadian author and journalist, Laura Robinson, comments on sports officials' tendencies to put the fight for new viewers by making the...[more]




The Berserks of London and the London Olympics

11 August 2011

Comment: While trying to control the riots in London, London Mayor Boris Johnson must also ensure that the riots will not affect the London Olympcs and that they do not happen again in July 2012.[more]




Workers' protests affecting the experience of fans at the World Cup

15 June 2010

Strikes by security and transportation workers have affected several matches in the first week of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.[more]




Argentina bans visiting supporters amid escalating football violence

10 August 2007

Football is unsafe in the FIFA senior vice-president’s country. Violence seems unstoppable in Argentina’s most popular sport and the latest fight took a victim outside a stadium, when a local supporter killed a visiting fan,...[more]




The Dangers of Sports Journalism


A list compiled by Play the Game over journalists who have been assaulted, killed or endured legal actions for their reporting on sport clearly show that safety is an issue for sports journalists too as the many stakeholders...[more]