Corruption

Earlier this month the Swiss government published a report on corruption in sport with proposals on possible measures to combat the problem. This article by Jean-Loup Chappelet, professor of public management at the Swiss...[more]

A Swiss council report concludes that existing anti-corruption measures taken by sport organisations are insufficient and examines ways to enhance regulations, including making fraud in sport a criminal offence. Switzerland is a...[more]

New ways of networking and increased awareness against corruption in sport may become the most important legacies of Brazil’s hosting of the biggest mega-events in the next four years.[more]

Journalist and blogger James M. Dorsey has been ordered by a Singapore court to reveal his sources for a report on an audit of suspended Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammed bin Hammam and his management of AFC's...[more]

At Wednesday’s final keynote session at the EASM 2012 conference Jens Sejer Andersen, international director of Play the Game pointed to seven areas of interest for academic research in the future.[more]

The Football Federation of Thailand (FAT) is facing possible disbandment after allegations of tax-evasion and of attempting to set up the Thai Premier League as a profit-making arm of the federation. If the allegations turn out...[more]

The Singapore-based World Sports Group (WSG) has begun legal proceedings against journalist James M. Dorsey in an attempt to silence sources and stop his reporting on the WSG and its connection to the scandals surrounding the...[more]

The president of CONCACAF, Jeffrey Webb, has confirmed that the United States’ Internal Revenue Services (IRS), accounting firm BDO International and global legal company Sidley Austin LLP are looking into the financial legacy of...[more]

Documents revealing payments from International Sports Events (ISE) to Mohammed bin Hammam has been reported stolen from the offices of the AFC, James M. Dorsey reports.[more]

Three major investigations into corruption in global soccer are putting the credibility of major soccer associations and World Cup 2022 host Qatar to the test and could challenge the Gulf state’s successful bid as well as a...[more]