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FIFA’s new Ethics Committee fails first test

03 May 2013

Comment: The long awaited report from FIFA’s Ethics Committee about FIFA and the ISL affair is superficial, insufficient and confuses ethics with legal formalities. The exoneration of Blatter is made on a fragile basis.[more]


According to Jens Sejer Andersen, the clearance of Sepp Blatter (photo) and other FIFA officials is one of several flaws in FIFA's examination of the ISL affair. Photo by Agência Brasil/CC 3.0


Scientists discuss limits to the autonomy of sport

22 January 2013

International sports organisations insist on their autonomy from outside interference, but what limits do national and international laws put on the autonomy of sport? How do the laws of society influence the practices and...[more]




Playing by the rules: Financial fair play and the fight against corruption in sport

19 December 2012

Intervention by Jens Sejer Andersen, International Director, Play the Game & the Danish Institute for Sports Studies at a public hearing organized by the European Parliament, 18 December 2012.[more]


Jens Sejer Andersen speaking at the EU Parliament. Photo: Screenshot from http://www.europarl.europa.eu


Public pressure is needed to continue reform process in FIFA

21 September 2012

The reform process is met by considerable resistance in FIFA, two of the main characters in the current FIFA reform process, Dr. Theo Zwanziger and Professor Mark Pieth, said, when they spoke at a session at the EASM 2012...[more]


Mark Pieth speaking at EASM 2012. Photo: © Michael Bo Rasmussen/Baghuset


Blatter strikes back at Ethics Committee Judge Eckert

03 September 2012

Last week, one of the heads of FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee, Joachim Eckert, told a German news magazine that Sepp Blatter needed to participate in the clean-up of FIFA or resign as its president, which prompted criticism...[more]


Photo: thesportreview.com/Flickr


Blatter told to clean up or resign

23 August 2012

Co-head of FIFA’s Ethics Committee, Joachim Eckert, wants to tackle corruption in FIFA and wants to punish anyone standing in the way – even when it comes to president Sepp Blatter, he stated in an interview with the German news...[more]


Co-head of FIFA's Ethics Committee warns that not even Blatter's job is safe in the fight to weed out corruption in FIFA. Photo: thesportreview/Flickr


FIFA’s top reformers discuss their key proposals at EASM 2012 conference

23 August 2012

The former president of the German Football Association, Theo Zwanziger, and head of FIFA’s Independent Governance Committee, Mark Pieth, are among the keynote speakers at the EASM conference in Aalborg, Denmark, taking place on...[more]


Theo Zwanziger, member of FIFA's Executive Committee, will be one of the keynote speakers at EASM 2012 in Aalborg, Denmark. Photo: boellstiftung/Flickr


Lost in translation

22 August 2012

It is not always easy to see where the line is drawn for the Olympic spirit, as several cases have shown us during this year’s Olympic Games, Andreas Selliaas concludes in this comment piece discussing what fair play means in...[more]


Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes pose before the press after winning the gold medal in the mens sprint - after a questionable exploitation of the rules. Photo: anonlinegreenworld/Flickr


FIFA’s Ethics Committee bans bin Hammam as new investigation begins

28 July 2012

FIFA has provisionally suspended Mohamed Bin Hammam for 90 days, just one week after his lifetime ban from world football was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The new investigation could be a litmus test...[more]




Meet the Real International Olympic Committee

25 July 2012

In an new critical report, a group of Olympians, academics, athletes, journalists and students lead by human rights lawyer and former Olympic swimmer Nikki Dryden and investigative journalist Andrew Jennings put focus on how well...[more]


Olympic athletes are expected to live up to the IOC's high ethical standards and portray the Olympic ideals, but what about the IOC members themselves? Photo: familymwr/flickr


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