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Champagne intervenes in debate on FIFA reform

16 January 2012

FIFA’s former director of international relations, Jérôme Champagne, has joined the debate on reform of the world body by sending his personal diagnosis on the problems and potential solutions to all 208 FIFA members.[more]




FIFA's new governance committee under fire for lack of transparency and independence

21 December 2011

Even before their first meeting, the newly appointed members of FIFA's Independent Governance Committte (IGC) have received an indication of the scrutiny their work will face. Committee members are being criticised for not being...[more]




FIFA opens revolving door for anti-corruption heavyweight, leaving main dilemma unresolved

30 November 2011

Analysis: An internationally leading expert in anti-corruption, Swiss professor Mark Pieth, is appointed to lead FIFA’s governance committee while Transparency International backs out.[more]




Expert Group looks into sports management

24 November 2011

Play the Game has received a large grant from the EU to analyse administration and management in international sports organisations in cooperation with an international group of experts.[more]




The IOC neither for nor against the call from Play the Game 2011

15 November 2011

Play the Game has received a friendly, but unclear answer to the proposal of a global code for good governance in sport which ended the Play the Game 2011 conference.[more]




German prosecutors investigate handball president

11 November 2011

Swiss authorities searched the International Handball Federation’s (IHF) Basel headquarters and IHF President Hassan Moustafa’s private residence on Wednesday. The search took place at the request of German prosecutors who have...[more]




IOC investigates the president of international athletics for corruption

09 November 2011

Bribes from the former ISL marketing company did not only go to FIFA officials. At the moment, the IOC is investigating whether the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Lamine Diack, also...[more]


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Big sponsor worries that FIFA has hurt its long term brand

03 November 2011

One of FIFA's biggest sponsors, Emirates Airlines, is concerned that the sponsorship deal with the world governing body of football has caused long term damage to its brand. The company has now commissioned research into its...[more]




FIFA’s invisible transparency reforms

24 October 2011

FIFA promised reforms, but has so far delivered illusions: It will take months and years before any change can materialise. The only obvious reform aims at repairing the image of President Blatter himself.[more]




FIFA announces reform process against corruption

21 October 2011

A new committee on good governance supplemented by four task forces is going to propose reforms in FIFA, FIFA-president Sepp Blatter said at a press conference on Friday. He also announced that the so-called ISL case will be...[more]




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