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On scandal after scandal, sports journalists drop the ball

12 March 2013

What is sports journalism for? Are sports journalists a part of the fourth estate or merely a fan club? In this article from The Conversation, David Rowe discusses the role of sports journalism in the light of the number of...[more]


Photo: sacks08/Flickr


Ex-Vanoc head goes to court after abuse allegations

28 November 2012

Strong accusations against John Furlong, former CEO of the Vancouver 2010 organising committee, are now going to court. Furlong has filed legal claims against Canadian newspaper Georgia Straight and journalist Laura Robinson for...[more]


Former head of Vanoc, John Furlong (photo), launches legal suit over abuse allegations. Photo (c) Flickr/United Way of the Lower Mainland


Tables are turning on UCI

06 November 2012

After the Lance Armstrong revelations, the UCI’s reputation has suffered severely and to add insult to injury, the cycling body received two lawsuits this weekend. The UCI top has not been reluctant in taking legal actions...[more]


Photo (c) eugene/Flickr


Journalist court-ordered to reveal sources

02 October 2012

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]


Journalist and blogger James M. Dorsey speaking at Play the Game 2011. Photo: Tine Harden


Seven sins of omission in sport

20 September 2012

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]


Jens Sejer Andersen giving his keynote speech. Photo: UCN


World Sports Group sues journalist in bid to squash reporting on Bin Hammam

12 September 2012

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]


James M. Dorsey at Play the Game 2011. Photo: Tine Harden


Experience Play the Game at EASM 2012

23 August 2012

Prominent keynote speakers from the international world of sport and a long line of special Play the Game symposia will give spectators a taste of Play the Game as an integral part of EASM 2012 in Aalborg, Denmark, on 18-21...[more]


German investigative journalist and blogger Jens Weinreich is one of the speakers at Play the Game's symposia at EASM 2012 in Aalborg, Denmark.


Unanswered questions and unsung heroes

12 July 2012

Comment: The publication of the ISL dossier leaves FIFA with a number of inconvenient questions, including the most sensitive: Can FIFA accept a president who allowed his allies to steal massive values from his own enterprise?[more]


FIFA's headquarter. Photo: Ed Coyle/Flickr


Play the Game’s International Director honoured as Sports Writer of the Year

08 March 2012

Jens Sejer Andersen, founder and International Director of Play the Game, was honoured yesterday when he was elected Sports Writer of the Year by the Association of Danish Sports Journalists.[more]


Steen Ankerdal presented the award for Sports Writer of the Year to Jens Sejer Andersen (right). Photo: Lars Rønbøg


Surveying media coverage of Play the Game: Another story about football

19 October 2011

Bringing change to the heart of sport was the slogan for the 2011 Play the Game conference. Judging from media coverage of the conference, there is little doubt that the heart of sport lies in football, and its main affliction is...[more]


Photo: Play the Game/Tine Harden


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