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Just Stop Oil activist is tackled by security
PtG Comment 29.11.2023
Just stopping oil? The rise of climate protests at sporting events
Man in shadow and football player
PtG Article 27.11.2023
Mapping the territory of football's lucrative pact with illegal sports gambling
Zeinab Rezaie from Afghanistan
PtG Article 07.11.2023
The IOC has turned a blind eye to Taliban violations of the Olympic Charter for more than two years
Yasir Al-Rumayyan
PtG Article 01.11.2023
Play the Game publishes dataset that maps the network of actors behind Saudi Arabia's sports strategy
Saudi Arabia
PtG Article 01.11.2023
The power players behind Saudi Arabia's sports strategy
Putin at the football World Cup finale in 2018
PtG Article 30.10.2023
Pride and propaganda: Russia’s reimagined sports world
Jiu jitsu
PtG Article 12.10.2023
Soft power through combat sports: The Abu Dhabi blueprint
Panel debate at SAPIS conference
PtG Article 04.10.2023
Conference showcased many examples of how athletes organise to protect and further their own interests
Runners hugging
PtG Article 20.09.2023
New SAPIS report highlights that many athletes still lack influence and points to ways forward for better athlete representation
Presenters at conference
PtG Article 14.09.2023
Special call for journalists to present their work and investigations at Play the Game 2024
People at desk
PtG Article 13.09.2023
Broad Nordic support for Play the Game’s first conference in Norway
Spanish women futsal players
PtG Article 28.08.2023
Pioneers share success stories about athlete influence at SAPIS conference
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Saudi Arabia
PtG Article 01.11.2023

The power players behind Saudi Arabia's sports strategy

Research projects

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Mohammed Bin Salman
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Dataset on sports power relations in Saudi Arabia
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Power relations in international sport
Kids lying down with a soccer ball
Idan PtG
The financing of grassroots sport in Europe
Athletes
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Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport (SAPIS)
FBI raids CONCACAF
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ClearingSport: Countering corruption, protecting integrity
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National Sports Governance Observer (NSGO)
Swimmers
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Sports Governance Observer (SGO)
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See the theme page on sport and climate change

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Sport and climate change

Other themes

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Athletes in front of spectators
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Athlete power and representation

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Benchmarking sports governance

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Do your own sports governance benchmarking

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Special journalistic investigations

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Publications

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Runners hugging
PtG Publication September 2023
Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport - Final report
PtG Publication June 2023
Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport - A guide to opening new ways in sports governance
FBI raids CONCACAF
PtG Publication June 2023
ClearingSport - Towards an agency countering crime and protecting integrity in world sport
Skiers
PtG Publication February 2023
Mapping the sport and climate space
Speaker at a conference
PtG Publication January 2023
Evaluation of Play the Game 2022 - is there a cure for sport?
Trophys
Idan Publication June 2022
Elite sports in Finland
Badmintonspiller. Foto: GettyImages/Lintao Zhang
PtG Publication January 2022
A vote with a weight
The CAS building in Lausanne
PtG Publication November 2021
Tipping the scales of justice - the sport and its "supreme court"
Grass. Photo: GettyImages/Jurgita Vaicikeviciene/EyeEm
PtG Publication November 2021
National Sports Governance Observer 2: Benchmarking governance in national sports organisations
Basketball players. Photo: Getty Images/Icon Sportswire
PtG Publication September 2021
Strengthening athlete power in sport - A multidisciplinary review and framework
Runners. Photo: Getty Images/Alan Thornton
PtG Publication June 2021
National Anti-Doping Governance Observer - final report
Runner winning by far. Photo: GettyImages/Paul Bradbury
PtG Publication May 2021
National Anti-Doping Governance Observer - indicators and instructions
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