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Viva World Cup Draw

26 April 2010

A record six men's teams have entered next month’s Viva World Cup (VWC) for international teams not affiliated to FIFA.




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...




New policy aims to set up India as a world leader in sport

10 August 2007

Athletes from India rarely win medals in international competitions but that may soon change. India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has just published a draft for a new national sports policy on its website inviting...




Doping fitness and the changing bodies

30 November 2005

Doping is widespread not only in elite sports but also in fitness centers across the world and it is a highly underestimated problem. In this paper, Alice Riis Bach presents striking research that points out that doping use is...




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’




Sport for All in the Third World Reality or Not?

30 November 2005

Terry Monington speaks at the Play the Game 2005 conference the prospect of making sport available for all in third world countries in the contect of international politics.




Sport as a life saver

30 November 2005

Young people from indigenous cultures - societies which did not until recently have a history and culture of suicide - set alarming records of suicide. These young people could be helped through sport. Colin Tatz provides us with...




The Dark Side of Australian Sport

22 July 2003

In spite of the attention given to the Australian Aborigines before and during the Summer Olympics 2000 in Sydney, the games didn't change their human rights situation. Genuine racial equality in Australian sport remains...




Open Fun Football Schools - A Tool for Peace in the Balkans

15 November 2000

In this article, Anders Levinsens introduces the Open Fun Football Schools, which is a humanitarian sports project he has initiated and implemented in Bosnia Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia.