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Opinion 15.11.2024
The dangers of ‘balanced journalism’: A call for journalists to scrutinise Saudi’s sports investments
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Analysis 17.10.2024
The autonomy of sport in Africa: A quest for decolonisation
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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 27.06.2024
How Saudi Arabia buys influence in US Sports
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Analysis 24.06.2024
EURO 2024 sponsors linked to forced labour and pornographic content for minors
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Analysis 12.06.2024
EURO 2024: Meet the man that secures Qatar’s grip on European football
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Article 03.06.2024
New study challenges European Model of Sport as EU ministers move to support self-organised sport
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Article 23.05.2024
Rich Gulf states are taking over combat sports
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Article 07.02.2024
Sporting bodies called out for lack of action on Palestine and Afghan women
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Article 01.02.2024
The Saudi prince: "Our ambition is to organise a better World Cup than Qatar"
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Article 01.11.2023
The power players behind Saudi Arabia's sports strategy
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Article 01.11.2023
Play the Game publishes dataset that maps the network of actors behind Saudi Arabia's sports strategy
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Comment 27.03.2023
Coe and Bach: United in history, divided by history
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Article 12.01.2023
The expansion of Saudi investments in sport: From football to esport
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Article 30.11.2022
A sportswashing Qatarstrophe
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Opinion 19.11.2022
Football may unite the world, but FIFA works to divide it
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Article 18.11.2022
World sports federations may give up their own independent platform
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Article 27.10.2022
The Saudis in sport: Ambitions much larger than sportswashing
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Article 07.10.2022
Political campaign for a world anti-corruption agency launched at the European Parliament
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Article 28.09.2022
Member of European Parliament launches call for a world anti-corruption agency for sport
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Article 29.08.2022
Sexual abuse in sport: Canada could be a world leader in developing solutions
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Article 27.07.2022
From sportswashing in autocracies to soft power in democracies