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Warner walks the plank – But is FIFA any cleaner for it?

24 June 2011

Former FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner is gone for good from the corridors of football power in Zurich, Switzerland. His former deputy, CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer, now calls the shots in the most populous...[more]




Football must open up to promote health

23 June 2011

Comprehensive studies prove a wide variety of beneficial effects of playing football. A future challenge is to make the game accessible to new groups of potential players.[more]


Photo by Flickr User chipgriffin, used under a CC license 2.0


Financial Fair Play – a necessary evil?

21 June 2011

The new UEFA concept of Financial Fair Play is blurry and mounts the risk of court cases, according to leading sport economic, Professor Stefan Szymanski from the CASS Business School in London. Others do not see any good...[more]


Stephanie Leach, UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play speaking at the conference Challenges for Football. Photo by Mette Thorsen


IOC to look into BBC’s Havelange bribery allegations

17 June 2011

The allegations of FIFA Honorary President and IOC Member João Havelange accepting bribes from the ISL raised by the BBC, are to be investigated by the International Olympic Committee. According to BBC’s Panorama documentaries,...[more]




Play the Game Director bound for South American lecture tour

17 June 2011

Thanks to an invitation by the Brazilian association for investigative journalism, Abraji, the International Director of Play the Game, Jens Sejer Andersen, will take off 21 June for a lecture and research tour in Argentina,...[more]




Play the Game launches “Change in sport day” during October conference

17 June 2011

The preliminary programme for Play the Game 2011 presents more than 100 speakers who will debate how to bring change to the heart of sport[more]




Supporters Direct’s loss of funding turns political

16 June 2011

An attempt by Premier League representatives to cut three quarters of the funding for Supporters Direct (SD) after a row over inappropriate remarks by the chief executive of the fan-ownership group is developing into a major UK...[more]


The resignation of Dave Boyle, former CEO of Supporters Direct and Premier League's funding cut have made UK politicians engage in the discussion. Photo: Dave Boyle speaking at Play the Game 2009


FIFAgate

09 June 2011

Comment: On May 27 Alaistar Campbell - Tony Blair's former spin doctor – used the name FIFAgate on the corruption allegations and backstabbing in FIFA before the Congress in Zürich at the beginning of June.[more]


FIFA President Sepp Blatter has asked Henry Kissinger (photo) to assist FIFA in cleaning up the organisation. Photo by Flickr user darthdowney used under a CC License 2.0


Journalist unions donate 7.500 Euros to fund travel grants for Play the Game 2011

09 June 2011

For the third consecutive conference, the journalist unions of Denmark and Norway have made a considerable contribution to Play the Game’s travel grant programme allowing sports journalists from less privileged countries to...[more]




The Titanic challenge of Joseph S. Blatter

06 June 2011

The FIFA reforms introduced by its re-elected president Blatter may end up increasing corruption rather than stopping it, and there is a real risk of split in the so-called FIFA family[more]




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