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FIVB allows alternative to bikinis

29 March 2012

Volleyball's world body, the FIVB, has changed the rules for beach volley uniforms, offering alternatives to the bikini in order to appeal more to players with other religious or cultural requirements.  After a three...[more]




Gun threat and desperation as police try to take over Mario Goijman’s home

17 March 2012

The Argentinean whistleblower must leave his house for good on Monday. Play the Game launches an appeal to FIVB and international sport to accept mediation.[more]




From terrible to tragic: The situation of sports corruption fighter Mario Goijman

02 December 2011

The man who stood up and asked the homeless questions in world volleyball is soon to become homeless himself: Next week Mario Goijman will be forced to leave his house as a consequence of his fight against corruption.[more]




Play the Game spoke in the German Parliament

30 September 2011

A few days before Play the Game starts in Cologne, Play the Game’s International Director, Jens Sejer Andersen, gave his opinion on how corruption in sport could be fought when on September 28th he was invited to speak at a...[more]




FIVB President seeks to limit his own power

16 September 2010

The quest for “more responsibility and less power” is what the President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) hopes will mark his presidency, he says in an interview with Around the Rings.[more]




Volleyball championships concluded in war-torn Mogadishu

15 July 2010

With Mogadishu, the lawless capital of Somalia experiencing daily armed confrontations, the country’s national volleyball federation successfully ended the 24th men’s volleyball championship on Tuesday afternoon.[more]




FIVB reimburses corruption crusader for part of legal costs

05 March 2010

Goijman agrees deal with FIVB for partial reimbursement of legal costs incurred in the course of his struggle against corruption in international volleyball[more]




Goijman detained at airport

11 June 2009

One of Play the Game’s most eagerly anticipated speakers , Mario Goijman, has been prevented from leaving his native Argentina to attend this week’s conference.[more]




Ethical volleyball federation has problems following its own standards

02 June 2009

In 2006, the World Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Federation (WVBF) was founded in Copenhagen as an ethical alternative to a corrupt and undemocratic regime in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). However, despite a...[more]




Beach volley partnership collapsed in total acrimony

02 June 2009

Co-operating with the ethical World Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Federation (WVBF) turned out to be a very bad idea for the founder and president of the beach volleyball organisation ProSeries, Emanuele Monduzzi. Only 18...[more]




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