News from other sources

The British Olympic Association (BOA) lost its battle with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and must now ratify its policy of giving lifetime Olympic...[more]

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning a boycott of the Euro 2012 football tournament taking place in Ukraine in June unless the imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is released, and...[more]

In a report released today the Council of Europe sharpens it tone against FIFA and provides new information about the scale of the corruption that has affected the world governing body of...[more]

New research project funded by the European Commission seeks to investigate football’s impact on identity dynamics and cultural change in Europe.[more]

Last week, UEFA, the European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL), the European Club Association (ECA) and the players union FIFPro Division Europe agreed on a "historic" agreement set to...[more]

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) met yesterday to hear the former FIFA executive Mohamed Bin Hammam’s appeal against his life-time ban from football.  The CAS hearing is expected to end...[more]

Mounting trouble in the Gulf state might mean a cancellation of the Formula One Grand Prix next weekend. Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone said yesterday that the racing teams will have the final...[more]

In February 2012, the International Director of Play the Game, Jens Sejer Andersen, gave a presentation at the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre titled “Is the Corporate Governance of World Sport in...[more]

Sport and Citizenship has published the eighteenth issue of its quarterly journal.  In this journal you can find several exclusive interviews with, among others, Joanna Mucha, Polish Minister...[more]

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is to consider moving the 2014 hockey world championship in Belarus to a different country “until the regime shows commitment to human rights and the...[more]

Volleyball's world body, the FIVB, has changed the rules for beach volley uniforms, offering alternatives to the bikini in order to appeal more to players with other religious or cultural...[more]

Ricardo Teixeira resigned his seat on FIFA’s Executive Committee for “personal reasons” yesterday, one week after leaving his posts as president of the Brazilian football confederation and the 2014...[more]

The walls of the Olympic house are likely to keep quivering for some time ahead after one of the most experienced and powerful IOC members, the 79-year old ANOC President Mario Vázquez Raña, Thursday...[more]

A long line of former and current Olympic athletes have joined forces to protest against Dow Chemical as an Olympic sponsor. The campaign ‘Athletes Against Dow Chemical’s Olympic Sponsorship’ argues...[more]

After the latest accounts the London 2012 Olympics is said to come in on the revised budget. However, Sky News paints a less rosy picture reporting further expenses. With 150 days to go until the...[more]