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THE PLAY THE GAME AWARD   The Play the Game award pays tribute to an individual or a group of persons who in their professional careers or as volunteers in sport have made an outstanding effort to realise one or more of the following aims:   to strengthen the basic ethical values of sport to encourage democracy, transparency and freedom of expression in world sport to create awareness of sport’s role in society at a local, national and international level to draw a many-sided picture of sport to support the right of the individual to choose and influence his or her daily sporting activities The Award is given to persons who have shown remarkable personal courage and commitment to creating a better sports community, for instance by uncovering corruption, doping and other malpractices in sport, or by inspiring to more joyful and healthy sports practices for people in general.   Mario Goijman, receives the Play the Game 2005 Award from 2002 winner, Laura Robinson. The Play the Game Award is presented during the Play the Game World Conference, this year held from 28 October to 1 November 2007 in Reykjavik, Iceland.   The winner receives the award in front of an audience of internationally leading media professionals, academic researchers, managers and leaders in sport. The award consists of a piece of art and a speaker’s invitation including free travel, accommodation and board for Play the Game 2009.   Previous winners of the Play the Game Award are Canadian journalist and author Laura Robinson (2002) who was honoured for her courageous uncovering of systematic sexual abuse in Canadian junior hockey, and the Argentina anti-corruption fighter in world volleyball, Mario Goijman (2005).   This time, Laura Robinson (on behalf of Mario Goijman) will enter as a member of the jury for the 2007 Award alongside Søren Wormslev, representing The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and the Play the Game Board, headed by Jens Brinch.   Please click here to read more about Mario Goijman's fight against corruption in the FIVB.   To read about Laura Robinson's battle to bring attention to the plight of junior hockey players in Canada, click here.   The jury will consider all proposed candidates, but is also free to pick a winner of its own choice, to select more than one winner, or to decide that no candidate is qualified.