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For your eyes only 13 Aug 2013 | 12:27 pm
At odds with the law. The strict anti-gay laws in Russia have attracted international attention, but what created the most outrage was when the Russian Sports Minister, Vitaly Mutko, confirmed that ga...
The Olympic Dilemma 8 Aug 2013 | 04:31 pm
The Olympic Games are victims of their own success: They have grown too big! As all six candidates for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have recognized in their manifestos, ...
Reports claim large profits from the London Olympics 1 Aug 2013 | 01:32 pm
A year after the London Olympics a report financed by the British Government estimates that the Games will bring Great Britain economic benefits between £28 and £41 billion by 2020. But the numbers ar...
60 abstracts ready for Play the Game 2013 26 Jul 2013 | 02:56 pm
With prominent keynote speakers and more than 60 accepted abstracts so far, covering a vast array of topics reflecting both the current state and future perspectives on world sport, Play the Game 2013...
Pieth, Pound, Pielke and other prominent experts to present at Play the Game 2013 12 Jul 2013 | 04:33 pm
FIFA reform advisor Mark Pieth and former WADA President Richard W. Pound (IOC) have confirmed their Play the Game 2013 participation this week. They will be accompanied by plenty of other outstanding...
OG in the future: Olympic Games or Oil & Gas? 12 Jul 2013 | 04:11 pm
The so-called Olympic movement has showed a surprisingly strong interest in the first part of our report on the presidential race in the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The acronym ABB seems to...
FIFA responds to the Report Card on FIFA Reform 8 Jul 2013 | 01:00 pm
Last month on Play the Game's website, Roger Pielke Jr. evaluated FIFA's reform process and found that it has "fallen far short of what is needed to achieve what are broadly shared community norms of ...
New Champions League Index shows less diversity 2 Jul 2013 | 02:06 pm
Just nine teams expected to feature in the 2013/14 Champions League will be making their debut as the amount of new teams entering the world’s richest competition contracts according to Play the Game’...
Play the Game enters partnership with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and media schools 2 Jul 2013 | 10:04 am
It will be a real team effort when Play the Game opens its doors to the 8th world conference on sports politics’ international hot spots on 28-31 October 2013. Play the Game has entered into the firs....
UEFA’s Malaga ban may not curb reckless spending 1 Jul 2013 | 12:21 pm
Switzerland is a country famed for its neutrality but it was in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne that the first major battle in the age of UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) regime w...
