Sport for all

The country that will host two of the world’s largest sports events has no long term strategy for sport.[more]

Play the Game and the Danish Institute for Sports Studies can now reveal the title and themes for this year’s Play the Game conference, taking place in Aarhus, Denmark from 28-31 October 2013.[more]

There was a loud call for a national Brazilian sports policy as well as for transparency in sport when Play the Game held a seminar in São Paulo last week.[more]

The lack of physical activity in everyday life has become such a rapidly increasing problem globally that a broad international effort is necessary, say the more than 70 organisations and stakeholders behind a new report called...[more]

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]

The claim that a London Games would inspire a generation to do more sport is in danger of being an over-promise, writes the Guardian’s David Conn. After the Olympic dust settles and the euphoria ebbs out, Britain is still left...[more]

Australia, one of the world’s leading sports nations, has so far not lived up to its own expectations at the London 2012 Olympics. This has caused serious public debate and prompted the president of the Australian Olympic...[more]

According to politicians, the London Olympics will provide a great financial boost to the British economy. However, neither short-term nor long-term economic benefits seem evident to critics.  A boost in the number of...[more]

The claim that Olympic medals won by Canadian athletes will inspire increased sports participation by Canadians is not clearly supported by statistics. In this comment, Peter Donnelly looks at the legacy of mass participation and...[more]

Justifying the Olympic spending by claiming that the Games in London will inspire more Britons to participate in sports may be plain wrong, reveals a new study.  “Give us our Ball Back: Reclaiming Sport for the Common...[more]