American media giant CBS has filed a lawsuit against the NFL Players’ Association, in response to threats by the Association that it would bring legal action unless CBS agreed to pay licence fees for use of player statistics in...[more]

The chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (JSA), Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, has resigned after a series of scandals in the sport. Initially, Kitanoumi had been able to escape responsibility, relying on ideological preconceptions with...[more]

Play the Game, the world communication conference on sport and society, will travel to the UK for the first time. Coventry is to be the first ever city outside of the Nordic countries to host the conference, which has been...[more]

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is backing a formal complaint to UEFA against the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) and its president Mircea Sandu, after the football federation allegedly encouraged footballers to...[more]

A new internet TV channel will be transmitting 8 hours of live footage with commentaries daily as well as news from the Beijing 2008 Paralympics Games.[more]

Former Olympic medallist Wilson Kipketer calls for changes to voting procedures for election to the IOC Athletes' Commission. An election he feels has been subject to inappropriate and unfair procedures.[more]

Many regulars at Play the Game conferences have been left amazed and outraged in equal measure by the research carried out by Canadian investigative journalist and academic Declan Hill, who has devoted years to researching the...[more]