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PtG Article 10.12.2024
The Public Investment Fund’s growing sports portfolio
PtG Article 09.12.2024
Neom: A futuristic vision for sport on feet of clay 
PtG Article 06.12.2024
Aramco: Rich on oil, rich on sport
PtG Article 05.12.2024
Saudi Arabia’s inner circle: No match for traditional sports leaders
PtG Article 02.12.2024
Play the Game publishes fresh dataset exposing Saudi Arabia’s enormous influence in world sports
PtG Article 02.12.2024
A Kingdom's football ambition: The road to 2034
PtG Article 29.11.2024
Play the Game 2025 conference announced for 5-8 October 2025
PtG Article 26.11.2024
Whistleblower challenges the integrity of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation
PtG Opinion 15.11.2024
The dangers of ‘balanced journalism’: A call for journalists to scrutinise Saudi’s sports investments
PtG Article 05.11.2024
FIFA ignores new sponsor Aramco’s dismal record on carbon emissions
PtG Article 01.11.2024
New team members and change of roles at Play the Game
PtG Analysis 17.10.2024
The autonomy of sport in Africa: A quest for decolonisation
PtG Opinion 03.10.2024
Using data from doping controls to monitor the testosterone thresholds of intersex and trans athletes violates data protection laws
PtG Opinion 25.09.2024
The more medals Canadian athletes win, the fewer Canadians participate in organised sport
PtG Analysis 18.09.2024
The African dictator with a penchant for sports
PtG Article 12.09.2024
China vs. Taiwan: The battle for global influence through stadium diplomacy
PtG Article 19.08.2024
Play the Game seeks researcher with a strong interest in international sports politics
PtG Article 07.08.2024
Flying high: How European football clubs are exploiting fans and the environment
PtG Opinion 26.07.2024
The pill that contaminated anti-doping worldwide
PtG Opinion 24.07.2024
Olympic athletes deserve pay and prize money
PtG Opinion 22.07.2024
An Olympics without flags - a road to innovation?
PtG Article 17.07.2024
New study shows that democracies have outpaced autocracies in the Olympic race
PtG Opinion 10.07.2024
With Olympics approaching, it’s time to recognize children as a protected class in sport
PtG Article 05.07.2024
WADA and USADA are embroiled in a bitter fight over Chinese case that affects everyone in anti-doping