Play the Game is an initiative promoting democracy, transparency, and freedom of expression in world sport

Towards an entity countering crime, corruption, and other integrity breaches in sport

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ClearingSport: Towards an entity countering crime, corruption, and other integrity breaches in sport

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FBI raids CONCACAF HQ
PtG Article 31.03.2025
ClearingSport launches proposal for a new international entity to protect sports integrity
Chiel Warners
PtG Article 31.03.2025
ClearingSport advisors call on sports to engage in debate on worldwide integrity body
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PtG Article 27.03.2025
Join the webinar: ClearingSport proposes new global entity to fight integrity breaches in sport
Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino
PtG Opinion 21.03.2025
Trump, FIFA, and the World Cup 2026: A match made in climate hell
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PtG Comment 07.03.2025
The voices sports leaders fear: Why survivors must be part of the fight against abuse
A man on stage
PtG Article 05.03.2025
Power, politics, and the IOC: The case of Ng Ser Miang and World Sailing
Aramco Stadium
PtG Article 11.02.2025
Debt, sweat, and abuse: The price of building Saudi Arabia's sporting future
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PtG Article 07.02.2025
Welcome to Saudi! But not to the World Cup watch party
Matthew Etherington of Stoke City
PtG Comment 05.02.2025
Gambling addiction among athletes is a silent tsunami threatening sports
Banka and Yang Yang
PtG Article 28.01.2025
The WADA presidency: Election or coronation?
Woman jumping
PtG Comment 17.01.2025
Why dehumanisation is key to understanding abuse in sports
Stadium
PtG Article 10.01.2025
Saudi Arabia's grandiose stadium plans mock FIFA’s climate claims
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Saudi Arabia’s grip on world sport

Publications

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FBI raids CONCACAF HQ
PtG Publication March 2025
ClearingSport Concept note: Towards an entity countering crime, corruption and other integrity breaches in sport
FBI clears CONCACAF HQ
PtG Publication March 2025
Towards an entity countering crime, corruption, and other integrity breaches in sport
Bin Salman
PtG Publication December 2024
Saudi Arabia's grip on world sport
Conference panel
PtG Publication September 2024
Evaluation of Play the Game 2024
People running
PtG Publication June 2024
European sport: one or several sporting realities?
Books
PtG Publication January 2024
When the silence of sport was broken - Sports politics in the times of Play the Game
The football stadium of Maracana in Rio de Janeiro
PtG Publication December 2023
Research on the Sports Legacy of Brazilian Stadiums from the 2014 FIFA World Cup
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PtG Publication September 2023
Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport - Final report
PtG Publication June 2023
Strengthening Athlete Power in Sport - A guide to opening new ways in sports governance
FBI raids CONCACAF
PtG Publication June 2023
ClearingSport - Towards an agency countering crime and protecting integrity in world sport
Skiers
PtG Publication February 2023
Mapping the sport and climate space
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PtG Publication January 2023
Evaluation of Play the Game 2022 - is there a cure for sport?
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Research projects

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Mohammed Bin Salman
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Dataset on sports power relations in Saudi Arabia
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Idan PtG
The financing of grassroots sport in Europe
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National Sports Governance Observer (NSGO)
Swimmers
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Sports Governance Observer (SGO)
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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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