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European betting agencies call for independent global sports anti-corruption agency

22 September 2009

The European Sports Security Association (ESSA) has issued a call for the establishment of a robust independent global sports anti-corruption body.[more]




How to deal with the threat of corruption in sport?

21 September 2009

Transparency International’s working paper on Corruption and Sport identifies areas within sport in dire risk of corruption and brings out ways to implement anti-corruption work in the industry.[more]


Transparency International Logo (c) Transparency International


The IOC, the 2016 bidding race and the question of a secrect, democratic election

07 September 2009

Is the IOC's election system a democratic system? In this comment piece, journalist Jens Weinreich takes a critical look at the IOC election system, with the election of the Host City for the Olympic Summer Games in 2016 less...[more]


Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is one of the four cities bidding for the Games 2016. Photo (c) flickr user Rodrigo_Soldon, used under a Creative Commons 2.0 licence.


Blood doping expert: “Armstrong’s blood values could indicate blood doping"

03 September 2009

Armstrong’s blood values from the Tour de France deviate from the normal pattern of blood values. This type of pattern can stem from blood doping, says one of Denmark’s leading blood researchers[more]




Doping and athletes' legal rights

02 September 2009

Questions of doping and legal rights were raised when academics gathered in Aarhus, Denmark, on August 20-21 for the 3rd conference arranged by the International Network of Humanistic Doping Research (INHDN).[more]




The bloody mess in rugby

02 September 2009

In August it was announced that rugby would be up for election as an Olympic sport at the Olympic Congress in October. But the joy this announcement caused in the world of rugby has been replaced with worries as a series of...[more]




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