Amnesty International carried out research on the Khalifa Stadium refurbishment and the Aspire Zone between February 2015 and February 2016. Researchers visited Qatar three times and interviewed 234 men in total working for the companies responsible for the abuse. They visited the labour camps where the men were living, reviewed publically available documentation on the projects and met with the organization responsible for delivery of the World Cup in Qatar, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy. Researchers also engaged in correspondence with companies responsible for the Khalifa Stadium and Aspire Zone projects.

This contribution analyzes 132 factors on their potential to discriminate countries bidding for hosting the Olympic Games from non-bidding countries. Our binary, clustered model using generalized estimating equations (GEE) shows that countries recording long-term economic growth and pursuing a liberalization and globalization policy will consider an Olympic bid. In addition, countries with an urban population above 10 million, with stable election results and an improvement in health standards as well as more attractive tourism destinations are more likely to bid for the Olympic Games. Finally, the bid decision is shaped by experience in hosting major sports events, a country and regional rotation, persistence and climatic conditions.

The report builds on a collection of sports club policies in European countries, with the aim of elucidating potential associations between the conditions that the governmental and political framework establishes on the one hand and social inclusion and volunteering in sports clubs on the other hand. The report also includes an analysis of the historical roots of, and developments in, sports clubs in each country.

For more than 20 years Transparency International (TI) has led the fight against corruption, through more than 100 independent national chapters around the world, which take action to stop corruption and promote transparency, accountability and integrity at all levels and across all sectors of society. The Global Corruption Report (GCR) is a strong foundation to support this fight. This 11th edition, for the first time complemented online through our new Corruption in Sport Initiative, provides an authoritative look at the state of corruption in a given sector through contributions from over 50 leading experts in the field. These are complemented by case studies from TI national chapters that show how TI is tackling the problem at the national and local levels. The aim is to provide clear recommendations for change.

The NOC and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) investigated formal sports political power between all nations. This was made possible by registering members of executive committees in 118 international and European sports federations and applying a weighting of the different roles. This is a method of presenting a picture of the formal power that each nation possess through their elected sports leaders.

This report gives an overview of the results from the Spliss 2.0 project, which deals with the strategic policy planning process that underpins the development of successful national elite sport development systems.