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Pat Cummins batting at criket game
PtG Comment 17.04.2024
Creating a liveable sporting future through climate leadership, environmental justice and citizen science
The Stepanovs at Play the Game conference in 2019
PtG Article 04.04.2024
Ten years of trouble for a whistleblower couple on the run from Russian retribution
2024 conference
PtG Article 04.04.2024
Who wants to host Play the Game 2025 and 2027? Calling interested partners
Football girl with rainbow armband
PtG Comment 26.03.2024
Practical suggestions on how sports federations can be fair to transgender athletes
Alex Krumer at Play the Game 2024
PtG Article 19.03.2024
Women's football teams should not play in white shorts if they want to win
Football player and data scout
PtG Article 11.03.2024
The root of illegal betting: Britain's white label industry that not even the regulator oversees
Football player and data scout
PtG Article 29.02.2024
Welcome to Curaçao: How a Caribbean island facilitates the illegal betting boom
Karim Zidan at Play the Game 2024
PtG Comment 27.02.2024
From Qatar to Saudi: Soul-searching in sports reporting
Whitney Bragnolo at Play the Game conference
PtG Article 23.02.2024
Sports federations urged to do more to safeguard athletes
Gerke Berenschot at Play the Game conference
PtG Article 22.02.2024
Male athletes could have twice the risk of dying from cardiac issues  compared to men of similar age
Faraz Shahlaei
PtG Article 20.02.2024
The Russian doping scandal has exposed the weaknesses in the international anti-doping structure
Joanna Maranhão and Andrea Florence
PtG Article 19.02.2024
Sports organisations are bad at handling sexual abuse, and athletes risk retaliation for speaking out
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FBI raids CONCACAF
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ClearingSport: Countering corruption, protecting integrity
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Dataset on sports power relations in Saudi Arabia
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The financing of grassroots sport in Europe
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National Sports Governance Observer (NSGO)
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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
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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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Idan Publication June 2022
Elite sports in Finland
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PtG Publication January 2022
A vote with a weight
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PtG Publication November 2021
Tipping the scales of justice - the sport and its "supreme court"
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PtG Publication November 2021
National Sports Governance Observer 2: Benchmarking governance in national sports organisations
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PtG Publication September 2021
Strengthening athlete power in sport - A multidisciplinary review and framework
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