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Protests and the Games
In a series of articles, Play the Game zooms in on the protest campaigns that have characterised Olympic bidding during the past ten years.
Latest article in the series:
Olympc activism: Factors and frontiers
By Jules Boykoff (19 December 2018)
Although anti-Olympics activists face an uphill struggle against Olympic intransigence, Jules Boykoff points to areas that could help convert the many moments of anti-Games activism into a full-throttle movement. This is the sixth article in a series looking into protests and the Games. Read more
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Two decades of sport and politics inside WADA
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Protest and the Games: What comes next?
06.02.2019 /There is no single global anti-mega-event movement but a globalized way of protesting them that adapts to local conditions. Anti-Olympic protesting is a ‘new normal’, researchers say, concluding article series. > -
Play the Game receives grant to promote good governance
01.02.2019 /The Danish Parliament reinforces Play the Game’s international efforts to fight corruption and promote democracy and good governance in sports organisations through a special grant of 100,000 euro. > -
RUSADA escapes sanctions for missing deadline
23.01.2019 /WADA has decided to maintain RUSADA compliance in spite of the agency failing to meet the deadline for providing access to the Moscow lab data. Observers urge that focus be kept on Russian compliance. > -
WADA retrieves Moscow lab data
18.01.2019 /WADA has announced that the data, that its expert group went to Russia to obtain, has been retrieved. The data from the Moscow lab will now be brought to WADA’s HQ for authentication. > -
FIFA fails to live up to own human rights standards, critics say
16.01.2019 /The Hakeem Al-Araibi case puts FIFA and the AFC in a bad light, say critics questioning their efforts in advocating the release of the detained footballer. >