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Tipping point for ‘The Fifa’

31 May 2011

FIFA President Sepp Blatter stood in front of the world’s media in Zurich, Switzerland on Monday afternoon and, like a former Europe-based monarch, he demanded that the tide stop rising.[more]


Photo: Sepp Blatter, Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer at the CONCACAF Congress May 2011 (c) Jens Weinreich


Top speakers announced for Challenges for Football conference

31 May 2011

The conference taking place during the U/21 UEFA Championships has now released its programme featuring top speakers from UEFA, UK Premier League and many other football stakeholders.[more]




Danish FA Chairman calls for Interpol to investigate sports organisations

30 May 2011

Match fixing and organisational corruption are intertwined and sports organisations do not have sufficient tools to investigate, says Allan Hansen[more]


Danish FA Chairman Allan Hansen wants tougher action against corruption in sports organisations. Photo (c) DBU


FIFA executives suspended

30 May 2011

After allegations of bribery, FIFA’s Ethics Committee suspended Jack Warner and Mohamad Bin Hammam. The latter withdrew his candidature yesterday, leaving the incumbent FIFA President Sepp Blatter to carry on his race for...[more]


Screen shot from the Press Conference at FIFA's headquarters in Zurich on 29 May following the FIFA Ethics Committee hearing


FIFA stunned by Caribbean battle - Bribery allegations spark election chaos

28 May 2011

Three of FIFA’s most powerful men, President Sepp Blatter, presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam and Vice-President and would-be “king maker” Jack Warner face the Ethics Committee Sunday in Zurich, Switzerland while a fourth,...[more]


CONCACAF President Jack Warner is central in the FIFA Ethics Committee hearing to take place this weekend. Photo (c) CONCACAF


EP calls for suspension of the 2014 Ice hockey WC in Belarus

18 May 2011

President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek has issued a call to deprive Belarus of the right to host the 2014 Men’s World Ice Hockey Championships until political prisoners have been released from Belarusian prisons.[more]


Protests in the streets of Minsk on election night 19 December 2010. Photo by Flickr user mb7art used under a Creative Commons License 2.0


German broadcaster offers extra media seminar up to Play the Game 2011

16 May 2011

The national radio Deutschlandfunk and Play the Game enter a partnership to inspire sports journalism and render tangible benefits to both international and German participants in Cologne[more]


German radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk offers a one-day seminar in relation to Play the Game 2011. Photo (c) www.dradio.de


What took you so long?

13 May 2011

FIFA's new anti-corruption initiative leaves a lot to wish for, says match fixing expert and author Declan Hill in this comment where he expresses worries that without money put aside for enforcement and investigation - also into...[more]


INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble and FIFA President Sepp Blatter sign the deal on a new EUR 20 mio. anti-corruption initiative. Photo from Interpol's youtube channel.


International football conference during U/21 Championships

12 May 2011

The conference Challenges for Football, 20-21 June in Aarhus, Denmark, presents an ambitious programme with a great range of interesting speakers.[more]




Whistleblowers and top brass from international sport to meet at Play the Game 2011

10 May 2011

IWF President Tamás Aján and Brazilian world champion and social entrepreneur Raí are among the first new names on the list of speakers for Play the Game 2011[more]


The seventh Play the Game conference will present an impressive line-up of internationally renowned speakers including social entrepreneur and former world football champion for Brazil Raì. Photo: Raì in Gol de Lectra Project (c) Ana Mesquita


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