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Doctor testing blood
PtG Opinion 03.10.2024
Using data from doping controls to monitor the testosterone thresholds of intersex and trans athletes violates data protection laws
Canadian athlete wins gold medal
PtG Opinion 25.09.2024
The more medals Canadian athletes win, the fewer Canadians participate in organised sport
Paul Kagame and FIFA president Gianni Infantino
PtG Analysis 18.09.2024
The African dictator with a penchant for sports
George Odlum Stadium i St Lucia
PtG Article 12.09.2024
China vs. Taiwan: The battle for global influence through stadium diplomacy
Play the Game conference
PtG Article 19.08.2024
Play the Game seeks researcher with a strong interest in international sports politics
Arsenal
PtG Article 07.08.2024
Flying high: How European football clubs are exploiting fans and the environment
Chines top swimmer
PtG Opinion 26.07.2024
The pill that contaminated anti-doping worldwide
3km steeplechase
PtG Opinion 24.07.2024
Olympic athletes deserve pay and prize money
American athletes celebrate with flags after the Women's 100m Hurdles in Rio 2016
PtG Opinion 22.07.2024
An Olympics without flags - a road to innovation?
Olympic medalists
PtG Article 17.07.2024
New study shows that democracies have outpaced autocracies in the Olympic race
Girls doing gymnastics
PtG Opinion 10.07.2024
With Olympics approaching, it’s time to recognize children as a protected class in sport
Zhang Yufe
PtG Article 05.07.2024
WADA and USADA are embroiled in a bitter fight over Chinese case that affects everyone in anti-doping
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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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FBI raids CONCACAF
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ClearingSport: Countering corruption, protecting integrity
Mohammed Bin Salman
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Dataset on sports power relations in Saudi Arabia
Kids lying down with a soccer ball
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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Publications

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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
Runners hugging
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
Speaker at a conference
PtG Publication January 2023
Evaluation of Play the Game 2022 - is there a cure for sport?
Trophys
Idan Publication June 2022
Elite sports in Finland
Badmintonspiller. Foto: GettyImages/Lintao Zhang
PtG Publication January 2022
A vote with a weight
The CAS building in Lausanne
PtG Publication November 2021
Tipping the scales of justice - the sport and its "supreme court"
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