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Bidding dropped due to financial crisis

30 April 2009

Rugby hit hard by withdrawals: Neither Australia nor Scotland will be able to go through with the bidding process of the 2015 and 2019 Rugby Union World Cups.[more]


The recession has hit international rugby hard


The Olympics, an all boys club?

30 April 2009

COMMENT:In her second report from Canada, journalist Laura Robinson comments on the ongoing heated debate over gender inequality in sport.[more]


"Why force female beach volleyball players to limit their bikini bottoms to a maximum of 7 centimetres at the hip?" asks Robinson


Women ski jumpers fight for their right to compete in the Olympics

29 April 2009

COMMENT:Canadian journalist Laura Robinson gives her personal account from within the court in Canada, where 15 female skiiers fight for their right to participate in the Olympics. A historic Olympic competition took place at...[more]


© VANOC/COVAN


Teams struggling to be allowed to play

24 April 2009

Exclusive: Play the Game has interviewed representatives from a number of national football teams who are struggling to be allowed to play. Since their country is not recognized by the UN, their teams have difficulties entering...[more]


Kosovo’s manager Edmond Rugova. Photo: Driton Latifi


Clash between FIFA and the EU

23 April 2009

Sepp Blatter remains on a collision course with the European Union over its attempts to restrict overseas players after an influential UK parliamentary committee threw its weight behind the FIFA supremo’s controversial 6+5 rule.[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]


Honorary President Ruben Acosta and new President Wei Jizhong. Photo: Courtesy of FIVB


Exclusive research: PTG Champions League Diversity Index

16 April 2009

Exclusive research from Play the Game (PTG) in the PTG Champions League Diversity Index puts the spot light on the lack of diversity when it comes to Champions League entries.[more]




Football clubs not fit for stock markets

14 April 2009

The beleaguered financial model of football clubs operating as Public Limited Companies on stock exchanges has taken a further knock with one of the last PLC teams in England sinking into administration.[more]




PRESS RELEASE: Tentative programme for Play the Game 2009

06 April 2009

The full programme for Play the Game 2009, the sixth world sport conference, has been revealed. The list boasts a record-setting variety of speakers.[more]




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