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Play the Game 2019 - presentations, photos and video
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NEWS
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Athletes knock the legs from under global sports governance
22.04.2021 /Sports governance worldwide has had the legs knocked out from under it. Yet, national and international sports administrators are slow in realising the scale of what has hit them. > -
Italians rally to support an athlete acquitted in court and sanctioned by sport
19.04.2021 /Following the acquittal of Alex Schwazer, Italians demand international sport rehabilitates Schwazer and let him compete at the Tokyo Olympics. > -
Schwazer vs. Sport: A race walker’s long and winding route towards doping rehabilitation
19.04.2021 /An in-depth investigation by Andy Brown reveals the details about race walker Alex Schwazer’s struggle with the antidoping system. > -
FIFA’s choice for new president in African football cements crisis in CAF
15.04.2021 /The recent election of South African Patrice Motsepe as new president of the Confederation of African Football shows how FIFA continues to meddle in African football politics. > -
How to prevent athlete abuse in cycling
07.04.2021 /Pro cycling’s Van Gansen decision has underscored a fatal flaw in sport, and shows that cycling – and all Olympic sports – must reconsider the concept of ‘the autonomy of sport’ in order to better protect athletes. > -
Save the date: New data and debate on anti-doping governance
06.04.2021 /Play the Game and a number of partners will launch results of surveys into the governance of anti-doping in 11 countries during two online seminars 18-19 May. > -
The playbook that keeps Thomas Bach in power
10.03.2021 /On the day of his re-election as IOC president, reporter Jens Weinreich describes how constantly planning for the future has provided Thomas Bach with an unprecedented hold on power in the Olympic system. >