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Article 05.11.2024
FIFA ignores new sponsor Aramco’s dismal record on carbon emissions
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Article 01.11.2024
New team members and change of roles at Play the Game
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Analysis 17.10.2024
The autonomy of sport in Africa: A quest for decolonisation
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Opinion 03.10.2024
Using data from doping controls to monitor the testosterone thresholds of intersex and trans athletes violates data protection laws
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Opinion 25.09.2024
The more medals Canadian athletes win, the fewer Canadians participate in organised sport
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Analysis 18.09.2024
The African dictator with a penchant for sports
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Article 12.09.2024
China vs. Taiwan: The battle for global influence through stadium diplomacy
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Article 19.08.2024
Play the Game seeks researcher with a strong interest in international sports politics
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Article 07.08.2024
Flying high: How European football clubs are exploiting fans and the environment
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Opinion 26.07.2024
The pill that contaminated anti-doping worldwide
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Opinion 24.07.2024
Olympic athletes deserve pay and prize money
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Opinion 22.07.2024
An Olympics without flags - a road to innovation?
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Read the stories that broke the silence of sport
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How the sports debate evolved in the 21st century
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Illegal sports gambling
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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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How the sports debate evolved in the 21st century
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Research projects
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ClearingSport: Countering corruption, protecting integrity
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Dataset on sports power relations in Saudi Arabia
Idan
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The financing of grassroots sport in Europe
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National Sports Governance Observer (NSGO)
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Sports Governance Observer (SGO)
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Publications
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Publication September 2024
Evaluation of Play the Game 2024
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Publication June 2024
European sport: one or several sporting realities?
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Publication January 2024
When the silence of sport was broken - Sports politics in the times of Play the Game
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Publication December 2023
Research on the Sports Legacy of Brazilian Stadiums from the 2014 FIFA World Cup
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Publication September 2023
Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport - Final report
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Publication June 2023
Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport - A guide to opening new ways in sports governance
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Publication June 2023
ClearingSport - Towards an agency countering crime and protecting integrity in world sport
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Publication February 2023
Mapping the sport and climate space
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Publication January 2023
Evaluation of Play the Game 2022 - is there a cure for sport?
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Publication June 2022
Elite sports in Finland
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Publication January 2022
A vote with a weight
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Publication November 2021
Tipping the scales of justice - the sport and its "supreme court"
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