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Play the Game delegates call on the IOC to gather all stakeholders to draft a code for good governance in sport

06 October 2011

The 2011 Play the Game conference concluded with a call to the International Olympic Committee to organise a world conference before the end of 2012 in order to draft a code and international standards for good governance in...[more]


Christer Ahl contributed to making the Cologne Consensus. Photo: Tine Harden


Sports writer: FIFA bidding process was a charade

06 October 2011

The “most extraordinary story I ever worked on” is how sports writer James Corbett described the bidding procedure for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Corbett followed the process closely through his involvement with World...[more]


James Corbett (left, with Roger Pielke, Jr.) told Play the Game about the "most extraordinary story" he has ever worked on as a sports writer. Photo: Tine Harden


Former Olympic swimmer questions use of funds in FINA

05 October 2011

The governing body of aquatic sports is getting richer and becoming less unaccountable, a former Olympic swimmer told Play the Game.[more]


Nikki Dryden, a former Olympic swimmer, would like to see more current athletes “coming out against being used as a commodity”. Photo: Tine Harden


Brazil is set to repeat mistakes from previous mega-events in 2012 and 2014

05 October 2011

The next football World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games threaten to produce a catalogue of white elephants for Brazil, while restricting benefits to the business community, a panel of academics warned at today’s Play the Game.[more]


Speakers at the Brazil 2014 and 2016-themed session warn of unneccesary public spending on white elephants and material legacies. Photo: Tine Harden


On the eve of Financial Fair Play, 55 percent of clubs post a loss

05 October 2011

UEFA revealed fresh details on the woeful state of European club football to Play the Game ahead of the introduction of the new Financial Fair Play measure that aims to curb the game’s endemic losses.[more]


Stefan Szymanski, Professor of Sports Management, University of Michigan, and John Beech, Head of Sport and Tourism, Coventry University, do not see eye-to-eye on the financial stability of football. Photo: Tine Harden


Council of Europe adopts recommendation on match-fixing

29 September 2011

The Council of Europe has adopted a recommendation to its member states against match-fixing and other sorts of manipulation of sports results.[more]


Michel Platini speaking at the Council of Europe. Photo: Council of Europe/Jacques Denier


Grondona to face rival for Argentine presidency

29 September 2011

Senior FIFA Vice President Julio Grondona's bid for a ninth term as Argentina Football Association president is being challenged by Fernando Raffaini, head of the football club Velez Sarsfield.[more]


Julio Grondona. Photo: Damian Zanini/Flickr


Anti-doping: Widening the net against a common enemy

23 September 2011

Sport is huge business and the influence of the underworld is getting greater by the year. The threat is so acute that it needs to be addressed head on, argues David Howman, Director General of WADA, in the fifth contribution to...[more]


David Howman stresses the need for co-operation between the sport system and law enforcement in the fight against corruption in sport.


Strengthen your knowledge, find the stories and expand your network among top minds in international sport

22 September 2011

With less than two weeks to go, it is time to register for a unique occasion to network directly with sports political heavyweights, leading experts and top media professionals in international sport.[more]


Photo: Nietnagel/Flickr


The integrity of sport requires good governance

20 September 2011

It would be disastrous if politicians took over the governing of sport. To avoid such a worst case scenario, it is essential that sport federations at all levels work a lot more with good governance, argues Niels Nygaard,...[more]


Photo: DIF


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